A UK government-backed scholarship awardee has called for the country’s new home secretary to be more welcoming to international students and widen Graduate Route opportunities for students from modest backgrounds.
Speaking to members of the House of Lords at an event in Westminster ahead of international students’ day, University of Hull student and UKCISA ambassador Loan Thu Nguyen said that studying in the UK had always been a dream since she was little, but that it “seemed almost impossible for me with a modest background”.
