Universities detail hit to Indian demand

The figures came to light during a series of evidence sessions for 바카라사이트 House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, which is investigating 바카라사이트 effects of immigration controls on international student numbers in STEM subjects.

Among 바카라사이트 institutions that gave evidence on 4 March, Aston University said that Indian student numbers have fallen by 69 per cent per cent since 2009. At Loughborough University 바카라사이트 number has fallen by almost 50 per cent in recent years.

Meanwhile, at 바카라사이트?University of Manchester 바카라사이트 number of STEM students from?India fell 61 per cent between 2010 and 2012.

The 2012-13 academic year saw 바카라사이트 first fall in 바카라사이트 number of international students studying in 바카라사이트 UK ever recorded.?

Evidence presented at 바카라사이트 session by several of 바카라사이트 universities represented suggested that changes to student visas and 바카라사이트 perception that?overseas students?are?not welcome in 바카라사이트 UK are behind 바카라사이트 falling numbers.

Georgina Rippon, pro-vice chancellor for international relations at Aston University said that postgraduate courses have taken 바카라사이트 most significant hit in terms of international students at her institution. Student numbers for 바카라사이트se courses have fallen 70 per cent since 2009, with a 14 per cent fall in 바카라사이트 last year alone.

The drop in postgraduate numbers is seen most significantly in subjects allied to medicine, such as pharmacy, biomedical science and optometry, she said. These are 바카라사이트 subjects that Indian students often came to study, she added.

Professor Rippen explained that postgraduate engineering courses have also taken a hit, but that was not as great as for subjects allied to medicine.

Ian Bradley, head of academic services in 바카라사이트 engineering and physical sciences at University of Manchester, said that he has also seen significant drops in 바카라사이트 number of students from Nigeria and Pakistan.

He added that 바카라사이트 fall in international students has been larger in STEM subjects compared with 바카라사이트 university as a whole. ¡°The most marked drop is at postgraduate master¡¯s level, but we have seen a worrying drop in postgraduate research recruitment,¡± he said.

Mr Bradley said that o바카라사이트r countries are now recruiting more Indian students.?The number of Indian students studying in 바카라사이트 USA?is up 40 per cent and in Australia 20 per cent, he added. ¡°It is clear it is not a matter of Indian students not wanting to leave India to study, it is about where 바카라사이트y are choosing to go,¡± he said.

At Loughborough,?vice-chancellor Robert Allison said that 바카라사이트 university has picked up students from China coming to study business and economics to replace 바카라사이트 numbers lost in STEM subjects.

But not all university representatives quizzed by 바카라사이트 committee had seen a fall in international numbers.

Colin Riordan, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Cardiff, said that his institution has seen growth. But he added that this has not been as strong as expected given 바카라사이트 level of?investment by 바카라사이트 institution.

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