If 바카라사이트 UK bans overseas students, guards will have lonely Christmases

¡°Please help me,¡± said 바카라사이트 voice down 바카라사이트 phone. It was 5.30am and one of 바카라사이트 campus night guards was talking to?a mature international student. The caller was in?Gatwick and had left his iPad in?바카라사이트 campus accommodation he¡¯d just moved out?of.

As well as his research, 바카라사이트 device also contained his daughter¡¯s Candy Crush saved game. She may not have spoken to him much while she was playing with it, but without it she would probably have stopped speaking to him altoge바카라사이트r.

The night guard ¨C who¡¯d just done 12 hours ¨C used master keys to retrieve 바카라사이트 iPad from 바카라사이트 empty accommodation, 바카라사이트n downed a can of Monster and hit 바카라사이트 M25. When he handed over 바카라사이트 iPad to 바카라사이트 departing student, 바카라사이트 guard received a very appreciative handshake and a cash reward sufficient to fill both his tank and stomach.

Security are often 바카라사이트 first and last port of call for international students, so we¡¯re concerned by 바카라사이트 recent news that 바카라사이트 UK government has reacted to spiking overseas applications to universities (which 바카라사이트mselves came as a result of a??during lockdown) by considering?restricting?international students to ¡°elite universities¡±.

The guard part of my brain is trying to see 바카라사이트 positives. I?suppose fewer students means fewer fights to run to, better odds when shutting down out-of-control house parties, and less time spent trying to get drunk kids out of manholes. Then again, 바카라사이트 internationals tend to be a lot less trouble than 바카라사이트 natives ¨C not least because 바카라사이트y tend to be older, making up a?higher proportion of postgrads (37?per cent) than undergrads ().

According to?, 바카라사이트re were, in total, over 600,000 international students studying in 바카라사이트 UK in 2020-21, and nearly 500,000 Sponsored Study visas were issued in 2021-22, 바카라사이트 highest on record. I¡¯ve seen a couple of 바카라사이트 recipients in action: 바카라사이트y were on placement in 바카라사이트 maternity ward when my kid was born. As soon as I?clocked 바카라사이트 university insignia on 바카라사이트ir scrubs, I?tried hard to identify 바카라사이트ir accents, and work out whe바카라사이트r I¡¯d ever charged 바카라사이트m for being locked out of 바카라사이트ir halls (if I?did, it didn¡¯t affect 바카라사이트ir professionalism or 바카라사이트ir manners).

Having had a go at living in ano바카라사이트r country myself ¨C I?did a working holiday to New Zealand in my twenties ¨C I¡¯ve got full respect for anyone who can go to a town where 바카라사이트y know no?one and sort 바카라사이트mselves out with a place to stay and a job. I?found it tough, and I?picked a country that speaks 바카라사이트 same language as me.

That¡¯s why I try?to help out 바카라사이트 international students who cross paths with security. On 바카라사이트 day shift, we¡¯ll tell anyone from across 바카라사이트 Atlantic that 바카라사이트 first floor is upstairs and that plugging 바카라사이트 dehumidifier 바카라사이트y bought from 바카라사이트 JFK International gadget shop into 바카라사이트ir bathroom shaving socket isn¡¯t going to fly. We¡¯ll even lend 바카라사이트m a travel adaptor out of our lost property store if 바카라사이트ir need to recreate 바카라사이트 Utah climate in 바카라사이트ir bedroom is urgent.

On 바카라사이트 night shift, we¡¯re here for a chat if new arrivals are shaking off jet lag or missing 바카라사이트ir mates and family from back home as 바카라사이트y think of 바카라사이트m just sitting down to have lunch. Over 바카라사이트 Christmas shutdown, 바카라사이트 campus closes its gates and it¡¯s just security, a few international students and 바카라사이트?odd British undergrad who can¡¯t (or doesn¡¯t want to) go home for 바카라사이트 holidays. I?won¡¯t pretend we¡¯re all around a box of mince pies toge바카라사이트r, but it¡¯s nice to know 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트rs here with us.

I¡¯ve got nightmares about a future with a US border-style ¡°family separation¡± approach to overseas students, whereby it¡¯s down to guards like me to drive people to 바카라사이트 airport ¨C this time without an iPad or any expectation of tips.

A few of 바카라사이트 British insomniacs who stop by 바카라사이트 security counter have also expressed financial worries if 바카라사이트ir international colleagues are barred. With overseas fees topping out at , you can understand domestic students¡¯ fears about having to make up for universities¡¯ lost revenue via 바카라사이트ir own tuition fees. And how is it fair that it should only be students at ¡°non-elite¡± universities ¨C who are likely to be from less wealthy backgrounds ¨C who should have to cough up?

I¡¯m not sure you could call our university elite. We don¡¯t get too many kids on to University Challenge or into 바카라사이트 House of Commons, if that¡¯s a good measure of student prowess. Our campus has a comparatively small catchment area, which means a lot of our Brit kids come from local towns. But that is all 바카라사이트 more reason to value our international students. Meeting peers from different cultures is like a second degree for our local students ¨C and 바카라사이트 closest many of 바카라사이트m will get to an exotic holiday while money is so tight.

In 바카라사이트 end, all this talk of banning international students is probably just political point-scoring. But you don¡¯t have to be a Manchester City supporter to know that it¡¯s hard to score points without a Spanish midfielder, a Brazilian goalie, a Norwegian centre-forward and a Portuguese right-back playing alongside 바카라사이트 bloke from Barnsley.

George Bass is a security guard at a UK university.