The international student Harry Potter experience economy model is not actually working for British universities. If your idea of a university is: outputting high quality research and developing the next cohort of researchers/other talented people who go into industry, etc.
Another lesser problem is the half-baked REF system.
The range of institutions called universities in the UK is large and I think you are conflating properties of one end of the range with properties of the other.
I disagree. Oxbridge, LSE, Edinburgh, etc appear equally as susceptible. In fact in top London universities it seems to be worse - prestige attracts more international students.
I also agree in the sense that there are less prestigious universities that appear to operate as if they are almost Chinese/in China.
Yeah it's just funny that its more akin to a sector in the tourism industry than academic or research. There are obviously pockets of world-class research and brilliant academics but the pressures in the opposite direction are pretty insane due to the business incentives.
dan-robertson|3 months ago
physarum_salad|3 months ago
I also agree in the sense that there are less prestigious universities that appear to operate as if they are almost Chinese/in China.
Both are major concerns I would have thought.
random9749832|3 months ago
physarum_salad|3 months ago