No fewer than 15 universities in the United Kingdom have announced plans to scale down workers and to stop running some courses due to sharp decline in foreign students enrollment, including Nigerians.
The latest development was made known by University World News report, which x-rayed the implications of reversed UK’s policies on foreign students.
The report said the sharp decline in foreign students enrolment was particularly felt at the postgraduate level.
The development is also due to the decision by the Uk government to reduce international students, as some concessions given them have been whittled down, the report stated.
According to the report, there are concerns that the high cost of living being experienced globally may negatively affect enrolment of foreign students at the undergraduate level.
For instance, Robert Gordon University (RGU) recently introduced a voluntary severance scheme in the face of staff redundancy due to its financial difficulties as a result of a notable decline in international student enrollments, a consequence of post-Brexit alterations in UK immigration policies.
RGU cited escalating cost pressures and a considerable reduction in public funding as contributing factors.
