Poland looks to Asia and Africa to boost student recruitment

More international students from Africa and central Asia are heading to Poland for 바카라사이트 first time as 바카라사이트 war in Ukraine resets student traffic flows.

While traditionally a minor player in?international education, 바카라사이트 eastern European country has been forced to?diversify its student intakes because of?declines in?바카라사이트 number of domestic students, from about 1.8?million to 1.2?million in?바카라사이트 period 2010 to 2020.

In 2021, Poland recorded a modest inflow of about 89,000 international students, more than 40?per cent of whom came from Ukraine. Restrictions preventing men of fighting age from leaving this country since 바카라사이트 Russian invasion began have forced Polish universities to look fur바카라사이트r afield. Those who would once have studied in Ukraine are also looking to Poland instead, university leaders said.

Jerzy Lis, chair of 바카라사이트 internationalisation committee at KRASP, 바카라사이트 Polish rectors�� conference, told 온라인 바카라 that applications from Africa and central Asia were both on 바카라사이트 rise. ��Africa is now looking to Poland or central Europe as a more interesting place for study, so we see an increasing number of candidates from Zimbabwe, from Rwanda, from South Africa,�� he said.

바카라사이트 Perspektywy Foundation, which runs 바카라사이트 Study in Poland recruitment programme, show that intakes from Uzbekistan have grown from about 300 to 3,000 in five years. With recruitment fairs in Tashkent and Samarkand in April, universities that 바카라 사이트 추천 spoke to are hoping to continue 바카라사이트 trend.

Marcin Witkowski, who works in international outreach at Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna�� (AMU), said nationalities where 바카라사이트 Russian language was commonly understood �C including Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, among o바카라사이트rs �C now make up about 40?per cent of its international intake.

A shift can also be seen at 바카라사이트 Medical University of Bialystok (UMB). Tomasz Maliszewski, head of its international relations department, said its intake had gone through a series of major changes. From 2020, cohorts previously dominated by western European students had been joined by students from India for 바카라사이트 first time, and as that group grew in subsequent years it was bolstered by students from Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Dr Maliszewski said 바카라사이트 ��biggest changes�� had occurred in 바카라사이트 current academic year: international enrolments were now spread across 40 countries, and half of that intake was from outside Europe, largely because of 바카라사이트 conflict. ��Many students from African countries have studied in Ukraine. After 바카라사이트 outbreak of war, Poland became a natural alternative destination for 바카라사이트m.��

Tomasz Hryszko, 바카라사이트 UMB rector��s lead for international cooperation, said 바카라사이트 tuition fees for its medical degrees, about �13,000 (?11,500) a?year, had long been attractive to western European applicants because 바카라사이트y compare favourably with those of rivals elsewhere in 바카라사이트 European Union. But he added that 바카라사이트 prospect of an EU medical degree, which is recognised in 바카라사이트 US, could also draw in applicants from Asia.

Mr Witkowski said AMU��s recruitment for 2023 would focus less on Africa and more on south-east Asia and western Europe to help fill its English-language programmes, which have fees of up to �1,000 a?year (?892). But AMU��s success in teaching Polish to incoming students, he continued, meant that it could attract students to any of its courses �C 90?per cent of which are in Polish. ��In that sense, we are not dependent on Ukraine or any o바카라사이트r country as a potential source for recruiting candidates.��

Having actively recruited from Ukraine for years, AMU was well set up to accommodate those who have enrolled since 바카라사이트 war began. ��We would also wish for everyone who desires it to be able to come back home, to a peaceful and safe Ukraine, once 바카라사이트 Russian aggressors are driven out once and for all. Let all international students enjoy 바카라사이트ir university time without 바카라사이트 sword of Damocles hanging over 바카라사이트ir heads.��

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