The number of foreign students receiving higher education in the UK has grown eightfold since the mid-1990s. Moreover, currently over 60% of masters and doctors who have obtained a degree in England are foreigners.
One British academic, a lecturer at a world-famous university who wished to remain anonymous, added to this that in the UK diplomas are often obtained by foreign students who barely speak English.
As the BBC clarifies, the professoriate believes that these problems reflect the changing nature of universities, and the question arises: are these educational institutions or institutions for making money? 'In the past, the university system only considered the issue of maintaining standards. Now that university affairs are run as a business, this changes the university's attitude towards foreign students. Here, issues of trust in the university and maintaining the inflow of money into it collide,' explained the BBC's interlocutor, Professor Smithers. More sharply, his colleague, Professor of Law Nick McKerrell, said: 'These processes show that higher education is being sold.'
However, universities deny all accusations. Their representatives believe that teaching foreign students brings income and facilitates cultural exchange, which does not compromise the standards of university education at all. On the contrary, it 'will protect universities in the atmosphere of competition surrounding them.'
Based on materials from BBC.