26 March, 2010
It is appreciable of Martin Davidson , British council chief executive has raised this issue of taking care of international students rather than treating them only as for their money .
Martin Davidson, British Council chief executive, spoke as the organisation launched its international education conference “Going global”, which is being held in London on 25 and 26 March.
This conference which will draw together some of the leading figures from international higher education to discuss issues like overseas student security, university rankings and the role of the private sector.
In the UK, it is evident that the international students have become an important source of income, a situation likely to be accentuated by government funding cuts. Here international students have to pay higher fees at undergraduate level. Fees are capped for domestic and other EU students, on the other hand there are also strict quotas limiting recruitment.
He also stressed on the fact that International students have more study options today than ever before, and in this internet-connected world, It will be devastating if the word spreads that they are treated as ‘cash cows’. In today’s quickly evolving marketplace, overseas governments will go against foreign universities that are clearly interested only in recruiting students from their country and giving nothing in return.
Well, it appears that the world education scenario in UK is changing.
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