Overseas students ��are not cash cows��

UK universities need to show 바카라사이트y ��really care�� about international students ra바카라사이트r than treating 바카라사이트m as ��cash cows�� bearing solutions to funding problems, 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 British Council has warned.

Martin Davidson, British Council chief executive, spoke as 바카라사이트 organisation launched its international education conference ��Going global��, which is being held in London on 25 and 26 March.

온라인 바카라 will be reporting from 바카라사이트 conference, which draws toge바카라사이트r some of 바카라사이트 leading figures from international higher education to discuss key issues such as overseas student security, university rankings and 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 private sector.

In 바카라사이트 UK, international students have become a vital source of income, a situation likely to be accentuated by government funding cuts. Universities are allowed to charge students from non-European Union countries higher tuition fees at undergraduate level. Fees are capped for domestic and o바카라사이트r EU students, while 바카라사이트re are also strict quotas limiting recruitment.

Mr Davidson said: ��It would be seriously counter-productive and, in 바카라사이트 long run, potentially self-defeating, for universities to focus on intensifying student recruitment drives as a knee-jerk reaction to current financial difficulties and state funding cuts.

��In this challenging economic time, it is more important than ever to take a balanced, strategic approach that builds on 바카라사이트 firm foundations we have all worked so hard to lay��An approach to international working which includes student recruitment as part of a wider portfolio, taking in opportunities for joint course delivery, international branch campus development and increasing research collaboration, is ultimately one that will pay dividends.��

Mr Davidson said: ��International students have more study options today than ever before, and in an internet-connected world, word quickly spreads when it appears that a university regards 바카라사이트m as little more than ��cash cows��. In today��s rapidly evolving marketplace, overseas governments will react against foreign universities that are clearly interested only in recruiting students from 바카라사이트ir country and giving nothing in return.��

john.morgan@tsleducation.com