Private higher education colleges are at risk of being put out of business as a result of visa changes which prevent their students from doing part-time work, a think-tank has warned.

CentreForum says that private colleges are put at "a major disadvantage" by the Government's visa changes, which allow students of state universities and colleges to work for up to 20 hours a week but bar those in private institutions from doing the same.

Towards the end of last month English UK welcomed 13 agents from Central Asia, the Caucasus, other former Soviet Union countries and Russia to our Spring Inward Mission. This mission was both our first trip to Scotland and our first joint activity with two of our newest formed geographical groups, English UK Scotland and English UK London.

New Tier 4 rules were laid before Parliament yesterday, these cover changes from 4th July 2011.

The effects of the Government's intention to dramatically cut the number of international student visas was the subject of a report and wide-ranging discussion on BBC2's Newsnight.