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Heriot-Watt has one of 바카라사이트 UK’s highest proportions of EU students among its taught postgraduate cohort, with 22.3 per cent coming from continental Europe. Scottish institutions appear to be particularly exposed to any instability in recruitment, with both Edinburgh Napier University and 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews reporting figures of about 30 per cent for 바카라사이트 same cohort.
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