UK sector bodies and stakeholders are once again responding to claims made by mainstream media that domestic students are being “squeezed out” of universities by international students, as one publication hit out at international pathway programs for the second time this year.
“International students do not reduce the number of places available to home students,” Vivienne Stern MBE, chief executive of Universities UK, responded clearly to the latest article from the Sunday Times which hit out at education agents and pathway providers.
It claimed they give international students “a back door” to UK universities and that domestic students are being unfairly pushed out of the system.
A whistleblower – an ex-employee of Study Group, who the article said previously held a senior position – used the platform to discuss how young people in the UK are being disadvantaged by universities’ desire to “rake in cash” from overseas students paying higher tuition fees, the article laid out.
