alt Hacker NewsInternational students have caused a lot of weird effects in uk universities, from people being "encouraged" ti not fail them to keep the income, to required grades being higher for local students, which is a problem in subjects where there is a limited intake, to accommodation pricing jumps, and providers targeting foreign students, meaning less choice for local students. The income has also covered up a lot of the defunding of education by the government. I think there have been a lot of unanticipated secondary effects with the sector encouraging so many.
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>to required grades being higher for local students, which is a problem in subjects where there is a limited intake
I saw many courses in Clearing listed as being only for foreign students.
> meaning less choice for local students
A consequence of the government's attempt to make universities 'self-fund' the discount for local students.
> The income has also covered up a lot of the defunding of education by the government
Well yeah, that was the point. The solution would probably involve increasing the university's income from the government, though, not decreasing it.