to study here there is a long long tradition of outstandingly bright young indians coming to study in our outstanding british universities we want to see more of that not less i think britain is enriched india is enriched and i think our relationship is enriched by having talented bright people going in both directions in order to study in our great universities cleggs frank admission comes days after scotland told toi in an exclusive interview that it will reintroduce post study work visa for indian students if it gains independence from uk in the historic referendum a historic referendum on september 18 will see scotland vote on should scotland be an independent country scotlands minister for external affairs and international development humza yousaf said scotland will allow indian students to work at least for two years after they finish their education degree in scotland yousaf told toi that ever since uk changed its immigration policy and ended its poststudy work route for international students scotland has seen a 51 dip in indian students enrolling to scottish universities at present over 2000 indian students study across scotland scotland has seen a massive fall in indian students coming here to study just because of the new uk regulations what is the point of attracting the best and brightest students to scotland to study and not reap its benefits by asking them to leave immediately we will allow indian students to stay and work after getting their degree yousaf added the british parliament recently debated how uk faces a serious realistic threat of losing out on indian students to canada and australia as the present government is sending out a negative message the highly prominent pio in uk lord karan faridoon bilimoria the first zoroastrian parsi to sit in the house of lords told the house that while other western countries were making hay with foreign students uk was making it difficult for them to study there he said in canada the government aims to double the number of international students by 2022 raising the total to 450000 yearly in australia more than 74000 student visa applications were lodged in the september 2013 quarter 71 higher than the same period in 2012 and the highest for this quarter in the past four years in france the government have moved to simplify the visa application process and to double the number of indian students studying at french universities lord bilimoria added intake of postgraduate students from india at its institutions dropped by 21 in 201112 with a further drop of 18 in 201213 meanwhile postgraduate student numbers to the us increased by 40 in 2013 visas granted to indian students across all levels in australia have risen by 22 in the past year following the introduction of a more open immigration policy and visas granted to indian students in canada rose by 8 in 2012