By Jamie Arrowsmith Higher education is an export worth more to the UK economy than tobacco. Rebranding international students as an immigration issue will do real damage to businesses, say Jamie Arrowsmith and John Foster Since 2019, this government has been quietly delivering one of the most successful strategic policies in recent memory. The target: to drive a step change in education exports, increasing their value to £35bn by 2030, by encouraging more overseas students to further their studies on our shores. The ‘international education strategy’ – very clearly an export and growth strate…