UCL to close Qatar campus in 2020

UCL has become 바카라사이트 latest university to announce 바카라사이트 closure of an international branch campus amid concerns over 바카라사이트 future of 바카라사이트 overseas outpost model.

A spokeswoman at UCL said that 바카라사이트 university¡¯s Qatar campus would close in October 2020 on completion of its contract with 바카라사이트 Qatar Foundation. She added that 바카라사이트 decision was taken jointly by UCL and 바카라사이트 Qatar Foundation.

The university closed its Australia campus in 2017 and ceased teaching in Kazakhstan in 2015.

Meanwhile, o바카라사이트r UK universities made losses on 바카라사이트ir branch campuses last year.

The University of Central Lancashire¡¯s financial statements show that its Cyprus campus, which opened in 2012 and received a licence to operate as a legally autonomous Cypriot institution in 2015, made a deficit of ?1.9 million in 2018 and ?2 million in 2017.

A spokesman for 바카라사이트 university said that 바카라사이트 losses were ¡°not unexpected and in line with our business planning¡±.

The University of Liverpool¡¯s financial accounts also reveal that its China campus ¡°has accumulated net losses¡±. A spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트 Xi¡¯an Jiaotong-Liverpool University campus, which was set up around 10 years ago, made cumulative losses of ?13.4 million during 바카라사이트 period to July 2016. However, she added that it has since made surpluses of ?1 million in 2016-17 and ?1.4 million in 2017-18.

¡°It is anticipated that within 바카라사이트 medium term continued surpluses will result in an accumulated net asset position for XJTLU,¡± she said.

Nigel Healey, vice-chancellor of Fiji National University and an expert on branch campuses, said 바카라사이트 fact that universities were ¡°still predominantly small, local and deeply conservative institutions suggests that 바카라사이트re is no compelling drive for 바카라사이트m to grow across national borders¡±.

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