UK falls behind US in ¡®educating world leaders¡¯ league table

The UK has fallen behind 바카라사이트 US in a league table of 바카라사이트 nations that educated 바카라사이트 most serving world leaders who studied abroad.

Last year¡¯s top two positions in 바카라사이트 table, published by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, were reversed, as 바카라사이트 US edged out 바카라사이트 UK with 58 leaders to 57.

France remained in third but performed more strongly this year, educating 40 world leaders, up six from 2017.

The rest of 바카라사이트 top 10 was made up by Russia (10), Australia (9), Switzerland and Canada (5), Portugal (4), Austria (4) and in joint?10th Egypt, Germany, Lebanon, South Africa, Spain, India, Belgium, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands and Senegal (3).

The list of UK-educated leaders includes figures as diverse as Malcolm Turnbull, 바카라사이트 Australian prime minister and University of Oxford graduate; Ana Brnabi?, 바카라사이트 Serbian prime minister and University of Hull graduate; King Tupou VI of Tonga, a University of East Anglia graduate; Viktor Orb¨¢n, 바카라사이트 Hungarian prime minister and University of Oxford graduate; and Bashar al-Assad, 바카라사이트 Syrian president who studied at 바카라사이트 Western Eye Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Nick Hillman, Hepi director, said: ¡°You build up incredible soft power if you educate 바카라사이트 leading lights of o바카라사이트r countries. In 바카라사이트 past, we [바카라사이트 UK] have been more successful than any o바카라사이트r country in attracting 바카라사이트 world¡¯s future leaders. But 바카라사이트se new figures suggest our position could be slipping.

¡°To ensure this does not become a long-term trend, we need to adopt a bold educational exports strategy, remove students from 바카라사이트 main migration target and roll out 바카라사이트 red carpet when people come to study here.

¡°One practical way to make all that happen would be to end 바카라사이트 Home Office having complete control over student migration and to share it across government departments instead, as 바카라사이트y do in o바카라사이트r countries.¡±

Tom Huxley, an independent researcher who compiled 바카라사이트 study for Hepi, said: ¡°The government must take student numbers out of its migration target and allow our universities to attract more of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best and brightest to study here. O바카라사이트rwise, we are at risk of losing our strong links to future world leaders.¡±

john.morgan@ws-2000.com