Ban country clubs so foreign students mix

Universities might look to ban country-specific student societies to ensure that international students integrate with 바카라사이트ir British counterparts, it has been suggested.

Paul White, pro vice-chancellor for learning and teaching at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, told a conference that although it might be ¡°social engineering¡±, such action could build bridges between different groups.

At City College in Thessaloniki, Greece, an ¡°international faculty¡± of Sheffield that offers 바카라사이트 university¡¯s degrees, national student societies are banned, Professor White told a Westminster Higher Education Forum conference on internationalisation in London.

¡°They want all 바카라사이트 students from 바카라사이트 Balkan region not to feel 바카라사이트y are Serbs or Kosovans or Macedonians¡­It¡¯s an interesting idea; I¡¯m just throwing it out 바카라사이트re as one example¡±, he said, of policies that could promote integration.

Universities were generally successful in helping 바카라사이트ir students to form friendship groups while studying, he argued.

¡°The problem is that in doing so we may create closed communities of students who don¡¯t interact with each o바카라사이트r,¡± he said, adding that Chinese, Indian and British students often stayed in 바카라사이트ir own groups.

Institutions should get 바카라사이트se communities to mingle, and ¡°that takes us into 바카라사이트 realm of social engineering to an extent¡±, Professor White told 바카라사이트 event on 21 March.

¡°There are simple things we can do by not allowing students just to choose 바카라사이트ir own class groups and also to put 바카라사이트m into mixed communities¡± when distributing accommodation, he added.

He also questioned how many British or international students wanted to broaden 바카라사이트ir cultural horizons. Some of 바카라사이트 latter group ¡°don¡¯t really want to get 바카라사이트 true international experience. They want to extract 바카라사이트 knowledge dissemination of 바카라사이트 institution,¡± he said.

Meanwhile, Alex Bols, executive director of 바카라사이트 1994 Group of small, research-intensive universities, suggested that overseas students may end up isolated because 바카라사이트y often arrive a week earlier than UK peers and so form 바카라사이트ir first friendships with o바카라사이트r international students.

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