UK universities under financial stress: lockdowns and absence of foreign students

Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 06:50 UTC

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With conferences cancelled and revenues hit because of a lack of rent from student accommodation, Britain's universities are reeling from the global coronavirus pandemic. Schools have already lost millions of pounds thanks to enforced closures under lockdown, and things could get worse still. Read full article

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Pytangua
This is a good development as university vice-chancellors and senior administrative staff have being paying themselves mega salaries on the back of attracting overseas students, especially from China. In the process entry standards have dropped but been covered up. Also contact hours have declined and academic salaries have been frozen and work outsourced to contracted staff. Everyone in the sector knows this but are too afraid to speak out against VCs. The figure quoted of o'seas fees being 'twice as high' - often paying twice as much as the £9,250 a year in tuition fees for EU nationals and their British counterparts - is wrong, as the average for taught Masters programmes is three times higher, not twice. .
May 02nd, 2020 - 08:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Livepeanuts
I would say that the UK thanks in a great measure to our inellectuals is no longer the Imperial Super Power it once was.
Unlike the patriotic Russians and Chinese, UK traitors rushed to the UN to put down our territories for decolonization!
They even put down two islands full of British people for that: The Falklands, possibly one of the causes of the Falklands War and all the damage that did.
We should only use our precious resources to save those establishments which love and support the UK and which are worth saving, let Moscow save theirs.
Those parts which want to “decolonize the UK” should be helped to move to that magnificent example of the traitor policies of “decolonization” which is Zimbabwe, I am sure that the snow flakes who want decolonization of the UK and its education would be so happy in the decolonized country.
Those wishing to implement the foreign policies of Moscow we should watch them fall.
This is a fantastic opportunity to improve on the quality of our intellectuals. We should not waste this chance.
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