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- The Tories' war on foreign students isnβt for the good of the country β it's about saving their own skins | Polly Toynbee
The Tories' war on foreign students isnβt for the good of the country β it's about saving their own skins | Polly Toynbee
This dying government is happy to see universities in crisis, the economy damaged and soft power lost β if it wins a few votes
A key turning point in British politics was Tony Blairβs famous three priorities: βeducation, education, educationβ. A giant step was his 1999 conference speech: βToday I set a target of 50% of young adults going into higher education in the next century.β By 2017-18 that symbolic threshold had been crossed in England, with more than half of young people taking that leap forward. In 1980 it was just 15%.
But universities are falling into severe financial crisis. Unsurprisingly, the Tories are not unduly bothered. They attack universities all the time, calling for cuts in student numbers. Now they are plunging the knife into vital funding from foreign students. They ignore pleas from major companies, which wrote to the government this week, to stop a migration policy that is threatening investment in the UK by blocking foreign students.
Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...Universities in England risk closure with 40% facing budget deficits, says report
Analysis by Office for Students says increasing number will need to make significant changes to their funding model
An increasing number of universities in England face βa material risk of closureβ unless they dramatically cut costs or merge over the next few years, according to the higher education regulatorβs annual health check.
The report by the Office for Students (OfS) paints a bleak picture of universities overreliant on international students to plug the gaps left by the declining income from domestic student fees, with the OfS warning that 40% of Englandβs universities are expected to run budget deficits this year.
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