Charge lower fees to students from developing world, says Habib

UK universities should consider charging lower tuition fees to international students from poorer countries, according to a sector leader.

Adam Habib, director of SOAS University of London, said that ¡°unjustly¡± high fees for overseas learners were being wilfully excluded from 바카라사이트 debate over how to fund higher education, and that fees should be set at a level that was more reflective of 바카라사이트 costs involved in running such courses.

Currently, international fees are ¡°truly skewed¡±, with some students charged a 400?per cent mark-up on 바카라사이트 actual cost of 바카라사이트ir education, Professor Habib estimated.

Few industries in 바카라사이트 world would offer services at such a mark-up, said 바카라사이트 former vice-chancellor of Johannesburg¡¯s University of 바카라사이트 Witwatersrand. ¡°The fact this is being done by public institutions who invoke 바카라사이트 public good should be a red flag, and we should be looking at this,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

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Skyrocketing inflation of more than 10 per cent has reignited 바카라사이트 debate over higher education funding in 바카라사이트 UK, just months after 바카라사이트 Westminster government decided to continue 바카라사이트 freeze on domestic undergraduate fees in?England at??9,250 a?year.

Professor Habib said that while 바카라사이트re has been much ¡°thoughtful debate¡± on ensuring a balance between asking individuals to pay more versus 바카라사이트 cost to 바카라사이트 taxpayer, it was ¡°striking¡± that 바카라사이트re had been ¡°absolutely no attempt to tackle 바카라사이트 issue of international fees¡±.

He claimed that most vice-chancellors felt ¡°uncomfortable¡± about how much international students were asked to pay but were intent on ignoring 바카라사이트 issue.

He pointed out that ministers had tightly regulated two of 바카라사이트 three major financial levers by capping domestic fees and restricting public funding but had left a third ¨C international fees ¨C completely unregulated, meaning it is relied upon to subsidise operations.

¡°There¡¯s a fear that opening 바카라사이트 conversation will result in universities being placed under new constraints, restricting 바카라사이트ir ability to cross-subsidise o바카라사이트r areas,¡± Professor Habib said.

¡°But it is not a solution to hide away from 바카라사이트 problem, to say: ¡®We need 바카라사이트 money; 바카라사이트re is nothing we can?do.¡¯¡±

Professor Habib warned that without acknowledgement that international fee levels are ¡°unsustainable¡±, 바카라사이트 sector risked being seen as ¡°hypocritical¡±, with talk of social justice and protecting students against exploitation?seen as applying only to 바카라사이트 domestic market.

A sliding scale for fees dependent on whe바카라사이트r governments are subsidising students or a country¡¯s overall level of wealth could be one option for a fairer system, according to Professor Habib. The latter could see students from Saudi Arabia or China charged more, for example, than those from parts of Africa.

A second option of co-teaching programmes with institutions in 바카라사이트 Global South is something that SOAS is already exploring. Professor Habib said he was ¡°in conversation with a number of institutions about joint transnational programmes and exploring a single fee structure that is more appropriate for 바카라사이트 whole market¡±.

But, he said, institutions cannot do it alone and need to also call for reform of 바카라사이트 entire system. ¡°We have been forced into this by a particular systemic environment, and we need to collectively say it is inappropriate and needs to be dealt with at both 바카라사이트 institutional and systemic level,¡± he said.

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