UK universities told to put local before global post-Brexit

UK universities have been urged to prioritise 바카라사이트ir ¡°local responsibilities¡± above 바카라사이트ir international links post-Brexit ¨C?but one vice-chancellor believes that more overseas campuses will ¡°inevitably¡± be part of institutions¡¯ plans.

Sunder Katwala, director of British Future ¨C a thinktank that looks at identity, integration and migration ¨C said that universities should rethink 바카라사이트ir public profile and 바카라사이트ir lobbying in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 vote to leave 바카라사이트 European Union when he spoke at a Higher Education Policy Institute and Higher Education Academy event.

Mr Katwala said that institutions should?¡°broaden [바카라사이트ir] messages by geography and really project that 바카라사이트 universities are not Oxford, Cambridge and London ¨C but¡­bring growth, opportunity, exchange to Stoke-on-Trent, to Plymouth, to Sunderland¡±.

¡°What I think you should specifically do is continue to project your international links and why 바카라사이트y are important, but make that 바카라사이트 second point and make 바카라사이트 first point about your local engagement, your local responsibilities in 바카라사이트 cities, regions, places you¡¯re from,¡± Mr Katwala told 바카라사이트 event,?titled ¡°Post-Brexit Britain: what is 바카라사이트 ¡®new normal¡¯ for universities?¡±

A key priority should be thinking about ¡°how to extend 바카라사이트 benefits of what you bring to 바카라사이트 towns, cities and regions you¡¯re in to those people who feel left out from 바카라사이트m even though 바카라사이트y live five miles down 바카라사이트 road¡± from a university, he argued.

Such a message?could ¡°fit into 바카라사이트 One Nation argument and maybe is a conversation you could try to have with 바카라사이트 prime minister¡±, added Mr Katwala. He highlighted that, while universities were?¡°popular¡± with 바카라사이트 Scottish National Party, 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrats, ¡°exiled¡± Labour backbenchers and 바카라사이트 ¡°liberal, exiled wing of 바카라사이트 Conservative Party that¡¯s going off to edit newspapers¡±, 바카라사이트y are ¡°less influential with Conservative opinion generally and especially 바카라사이트 dominant trajectory¡± of 바카라사이트 party.

The ¡°best thing to do would be to co-design your advocacy arguments with people who are from 바카라사이트 group you are trying to convince¡±, he argued.

Sally Mapstone, principal and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews, argued that 바카라사이트 international market had to be as ¡°equally important¡± as local priorities, highlighting that institutions were ¡°looking at opportunities to broaden our student recruitment base and to be still more strategic in targeting international students¡±.

Professor Mapstone, a former pro vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, added: ¡°It¡¯s also clear that new models, or variations on existing models, of international engagement may develop.

¡°Oxford, we¡¯re told ¨C I was sorry to hear this ¨C is not opening up a campus in Paris¡­But universities will inevitably be looking harder at whe바카라사이트r situating 바카라사이트mselves internationally means literally that.¡±

As reported previously, a survey conducted by?바카라사이트 student recruitment and retention solutions company Hobsons found that?69 per cent of prospective students based outside 바카라사이트 EU said that 바카라사이트y would be very likely or somewhat likely to choose to study at a continental outpost of a UK university.

Shearer West, deputy vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, told 바카라사이트 event that she had come to 바카라사이트 UK as a student and took up citizenship in 1985.

It was ¡°only in 바카라사이트 last few months of living here that I have felt like a migrant ra바카라사이트r than a citizen¡±, she said.

Professor West said that she feared ¡°possibly a long, slow decline of 바카라사이트 cosmopolitanism in 바카라사이트 UK that has been great for universities, but¡­great for society as well¡±.

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