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Foreign students have travelled to Britain for centuries and, from the beginning, attracted controversy. This book explores changing British policy and practice, and changing student experience, set within the context of British social and political history.

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1. Introduction: Travelling Abroad to Study PART I: NARRATIVE 2. Internationalism Reshaped 1185-1800 3. Revival and Reform 1800-1900 4. Universities for the Empire 1900-1945 5. Recovery and Expansion 1945-1979 6. Into the Market Place 1979-2010 PART II: PERSPECTIVES 7. Student Experience 8. Poor Scholars and Endowed Scholars 9. International Comparisons 10. Conclusion: Policies, Purposes and Effects

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Hilary Perraton is an Historian based at Institute of Education, University of London, UK. He served for seven years on the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and, to celebrate the scholarships´ fiftieth anniversary, published Learning Abroad: A History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (2009).

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