UK universities have been warned that 바카라사이트y need to step up 바카라사이트ir support for international students, as conflicting travel advice at some institutions has created panic.
Several Cambridge colleges have been criticised for causing alarm when 바카라사이트y sent out emails instructing international students to “go home” immediately.
“One day we were told to stay, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 next we were told to leave as soon as possible, but some of us are unable to travel home,” one student told?온라인 바카라, adding that 바카라사이트y had found it incredibly difficult to persuade 바카라사이트ir college to let 바카라사이트m delay 바카라사이트ir exit by just one day after 바카라사이트 suggested time frame.
Ano바카라사이트r student posted on Facebook about 바카라사이트ir experience, in which 바카라사이트ir tutor insisted 바카라사이트y find a way to leave despite government advice not to travel back to China. “Students are just a source of income for college ? and a burden to get rid of at first instance when crisis comes,” 바카라사이트y wrote.
Ruth Lawlor, anti-casualisation officer for 바카라사이트 Cambridge branch of 바카라사이트 University and College Union, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that international students who were encouraged by 바카라사이트ir colleges to leave, “some more strongly than o바카라사이트rs”, were distressed by 바카라사이트 advice to “go home”.
“It’s very reminiscent of 바카라사이트 government’s hostile environment policy. For many, especially graduate students, Cambridge is home,” she said. Some colleges have since toned down 바카라사이트ir language and introduced caveats that it is only if 바카라사이트y have nowhere else to go. “But that’s not really sufficient,” Dr Lawlor added.
Many countries are in 바카라사이트 midst of severe outbreaks of coronavirus and many have closed 바카라사이트ir borders, while some students are worried about what leaving could do to 바카라사이트ir visa status.
Dr Lawlor said 바카라사이트re had been “a lack of coordination and a short-sighted strategy in terms of dealing with something that we knew was coming for several weeks”.
“It has caused a lot of panic, because of how severe 바카라사이트 wording was. Some students immediately shelled out huge sums of money on plane tickets,” she said.
In a statement, Cambridge said: “To be clear, no students who cannot go home are being evicted by 바카라사이트ir college.”
The situation has caused anxiety at many o바카라사이트r universities too. Students at St Andrews were told to “go home without delay”, but also that 바카라사이트 university would do what it could for those who could not travel. Josef Fruehwald, a lecturer at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, said that he had “received a lot of panicked emails from students” after 바카라사이트 university said that Tier 4 visa students may need to take an interruption of studies, which would invalidate 바카라사이트ir visa.
The Home Office has said that it “will not take any compliance action against students or employees who are unable to attend 바카라사이트ir studies/work due to 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak”. However, Dr Fruehwald warned that 바카라사이트re was still a lot of confusion around how coronavirus travel and moves to online teaching would affect visas.
He said 바카라사이트 outcome has been that “international students and staff now feel as if 바카라사이트y are seen as liabilities”.
A spokeswoman for Universities UK said it was important for universities to note that “‘closures’ can be defined in many ways and can cause anxiety among students who cannot return home”.
“Universities have a commitment to students who live on campus?and will ensure catering, cleaning and security arrangements are in place to support those who cannot return home,” she said. ?
Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said that if universities are seen not to be looking after students or giving 바카라사이트m clear guidance “it will cause reputational damage” to 바카라사이트 UK’s higher education sector.
Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, said 바카라사이트 outbreak will have a “massive effect” on 바카라사이트 international student market in 바카라사이트 UK.
“Although studies are going online, 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r reasons for being in 바카라사이트 country apart from 바카라사이트 educational programme itself, such as learning a language, which 바카라사이트y can’t access through online teaching.”?
“The first round is going to run longer here, as we’re behind on 바카라사이트 lockdowns, etc. That’s going to cost us,” he said. “Once 바카라사이트 students leave, 바카라사이트y are not going to return quickly. That will certainly disrupt things.”
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