Recommendation 74

Each year more than 58,000 international students from 180 countries study in Scotland.167 In 2018, this made up about a quarter of the total student population.168 Professor Chris Pearce, University of Glasgow, told us that international students “enrich the diversity of our campuses”.169 Professor Nigel Seaton, Abertay University, was “determined to emphasise the value of interactions culturally, in terms of the shared experience of all our students”.170 Rachel Sandison, University of Glasgow, said that the University of Glasgow was “creating multinational, multicultural learning environments” for their students and that, as a result, international students are of “tremendous benefit to our home students in Scotland”.171 Attractiveness of Scottish institutions