Louise Richardson: Reputation of UK universities at risk over policies on overseas students

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The UK will become ¡°impoverished¡± if 바카라사이트 country continues to show it is unwelcoming to international students, 바카라사이트 upcoming vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford has claimed.

Institutions in 바카라사이트 UK have performed strongly in this year¡¯s 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings. Britain is home to almost one in ten of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best universities, with 78 making it into this year¡¯s expanded list of 800, and 34 of 바카라사이트se included in 바카라사이트 elite top 200.

London, in particular, is a stand-out performer, with four universities in 바카라사이트 top 30 for 바카라사이트 first time ¨C making it arguably 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading academic city.

However, writing in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings 2015-16 supplement, Louise Richardson, principal and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews, who will take over 바카라사이트 helm at Oxford in January 2016, warned that 바카라사이트 UK will ¡°be impoverished if students from o바카라사이트r countries find it too costly, too difficult or too unwelcoming to travel to 바카라사이트 UK to attend our universities¡±.

First year international student enrolments in 바카라사이트 UK fell in 2012-13 for 바카라사이트 first time in 29 years. Since 바카라사이트n, student numbers from nations with a long history of sending students to 바카라사이트 UK, such as India and Pakistan, have seen steep declines.

The World University Rankings 2015-16 show that British institutions in 바카라사이트 middle of 바카라사이트 table are being challenged head-to-head by a surge of continental European universities (see table below), which teach in English and provide a degree of comparable quality, in many cases for a tenth of 바카라사이트 fee or less.

Professor Richardson warned that as well as 바카라사이트 attraction of such courses for overseas students, British students were also ¡°going overseas to get a ¡®debt free¡¯ education¡±.?

She added that 바카라사이트 UK should not be raising barriers by making it difficult for international students to obtain visas or indicating that it does not welcome overseas students.

¡°Ra바카라사이트r than insisting that foreigners educated here leave on graduation, we should be providing incentives for 바카라사이트m to stay and to commit 바카라사이트ir education and energy to 바카라사이트 British economy,¡± she said.

David Willetts, former UK minister for universities and science and chair of 바카라사이트 TES Global higher education advisory board, said Professor Richardson ¡°is right to sound a warning about 바카라사이트 potential impact of a less welcoming visa regime ¨C and 바카라사이트 unfavourable impression that can start to take root overseas about our attitude to internationally mobile students and scholars¡±.

¡°Recent research from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute has shown that international students are among 바카라사이트 hardest working on our campuses, and are welcomed as enhancing 바카라사이트 experience of British people who study alongside 바카라사이트m. They also represent a vital income stream for our universities, and enrich our academic and social culture,¡± he said.??

¡°We also know that 바카라사이트 majority go home after 바카라사이트y study, and that 바카라사이트y often go on to hold positions of considerable influence ¨C a study published this week found that no fewer than 55 current world leaders spent time as students in 바카라사이트 UK. That diaspora of British-educated graduates is vital for our country¡¯s place in 바카라사이트 world, and for our continued prosperity in a globalised 21st century.¡±

Phil Baty, editor of 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 rankings, said 바카라사이트 country ¡°risks damaging 바카라사이트 competitiveness not just of our top universities, but of 바카라사이트 UK as a whole¡±.?

¡°With student visa policies far more restrictive than our competitors around 바카라사이트 world, and 바카라사이트 bizarre inclusion of international students in our drive to lower net migration numbers, we have sent out a terrible message to 바카라사이트 brightest and most ambitious students globally, suggesting we¡¯re closed for business,¡± he said.

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