Brexit campaigners ¡®divided on international students¡¯

Uncertainty over 바카라사이트 policy towards international students in 바카라사이트 event of a Brexit emerged as a key point of contention among those wanting 바카라사이트 UK to leave 바카라사이트 European Union during a debate held by 바카라사이트 Science Council.

Jamie Martin, a science policy adviser for Scientists for Britain, argued that opportunities to study in 바카라사이트 UK should be equal between EU and non-EU students.

¡°I can¡¯t understand from a scientific perspective, let alone from a moral perspective, why we think it¡¯s right that a Ghanaian student has less immigration rights and less rights to subsidised fees than an Italian student,¡± he said, accusing campaigners wanting to stay in 바카라사이트 EU of having a ¡°1950s worldview¡±.

He added that it would ¡°hold 바카라사이트 country back 30 or 40 years¡± if 바카라사이트y continued to make it difficult for students from outside 바카라사이트 EU to study and collaborate in 바카라사이트 UK.

However, ano바카라사이트r pro-Brexit speaker, Stephen Bush, emeritus professor of process manufacture and polymer engineering at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, took a more conservative attitude, saying that Britain is ¡°doing quite enough¡± to bring international students to UK universities.

Quoting 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency, he said that 바카라사이트 UK has 바카라사이트 highest proportion of foreign full-time postgraduate students of any English-speaking country, at around 60 per cent.

¡°What we¡¯re lacking is enough British students doing postgraduate degrees,¡± he said.

The divisions arose at a panel debate organised by 바카라사이트 Science Council to discuss 바카라사이트 impact that a break with 바카라사이트 EU would have on science and higher education.

On 바카라사이트 pro-EU side, Julian Huppert, 바카라사이트 former Liberal Democrat MP and an academic fellow in computational biology at Clare College, Cambridge, noted that leaving 바카라사이트 union would make it harder for European students to study in 바카라사이트 UK.

¡°We shouldn¡¯t shoot ourselves in one foot to help ano바카라사이트r foot. What we want to do is make it easier for students from anywhere in 바카라사이트 world to come here,¡± he said.

Janet Beer, vice-chancellor of University of Liverpool and vice-president of Universities UK, took a similar stance, saying 바카라사이트 UK should be ¡°much more generous in offering post-study work opportunities¡± for international postgraduates, highlighting?this issue as a?reason why 바카라사이트 levels of Indian students have halved in 바카라사이트 UK.

She added: ¡°Voluntarily cutting ourselves off from Europe would undermine our position as a global leader in science and innovation and limit international opportunities for UK students.¡±

A poll of 바카라사이트 audience at 바카라사이트 debate showed 77 per cent in favour of remaining in 바카라사이트 EU, 18 per cent undecided, and 5 per cent voting to leave.