Extract from International Trade Questions: International Education Strategy - Jun 6

Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove) (Con): What steps are being taken by his Department to ensure that UK institutions, such as the excellent universities in Manchester, can promote their strong educational brands as world-class centres of teaching and research?

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade (Graham Stuart): My hon. Friend is right: the UK education sector is world leading. It has four of the top 10 universities in the world and 18 of the top 100. Institutions such as the universities in Manchester stand out for their multicultural campuses and international collaborations, driving global research into important areas such as childhood Leukaemia. We plan to work with them and others in the sector to promote it across the world.