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No reason that student numbers should drop. We can still issue visas to foreign students to come here and study.0
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Do you think we will continue to charge EU students lower fees than other international students?
I'd much rather have an increased amount of rich Americans/Arabs/Asians who pay cash & contribute lots economically while here.Mortgage (Nov 15): £79,950 | Mortgage (May 19): £71,754 | Mortgage (Sep 22): £0
Cashback sites: £900 | £30k in 2016: £30,300 (101%)0 -
I'd much rather have an increased amount of rich Americans/Arabs/Asians who pay cash & contribute lots economically while here.
I'd rather we attracted the students with the most ability, and retained them, rather than going after those from the wealthiest families.0 -
homerhotspur wrote: »I ,too, have learned a bit about these funds( I have Henderson). I can understand why this is happening but I just wondered , out of interest, whether there is something in the small print of these funds whch allows them to withold your money? Say you needed it in an emergency, can you withdraw it under certain criteria?
The problem is it's not a liquid asset. They are committed to having the vast majority of funds invested in physical property, so it's a long term investment. If you want money quick then it's going to be a fire sale, same as if you sold your house in ahurry.
Interestingly had an email tonight from a broker stating that anyone selling out of the Aberdeen property fund on Wednesday were subject to a 17% exit fee, and they would need to contact them before end of business today if they wanted to cancel. All of yesterday's trades had been cancelled apparently.0 -
Not doubt you'd also want a 90:10 ratio of females to males.
I'd rather we attracted the students with the most ability, and retained them, rather than going after those from the wealthiest families.Importing from Asia you get both: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32608772
Problem is you don't retain them as the government requirements for non-EU workers are too high for people starting in graduate roles & they scrapped the 2 year post-graduate visa because of failing to meet their 100k quota (hello Eastern Europe).
We (a university) hired a girl from Lithuania on a 9 month contract purely to fudge graduate employment statistics (i.e. the "90% of our graduates found work within 6 months of graduating" figure); she was unable to get a job in her speciality of law so was given a temp job in IT. I don't class this as "keeping students with the most ability"when she couldn't even land a job related to her major.Mortgage (Nov 15): £79,950 | Mortgage (May 19): £71,754 | Mortgage (Sep 22): £0
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I think that boat sailed some years ago.0
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Problem is you don't retain them as the government requirements for non-EU workers are too high for people starting in graduate roles & they scrapped the 2 year post-graduate visa because of failing to meet their 100k quota (hello Eastern Europe).0
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If the requirements were relaxed across the board and it becomes easy to employ people from anywhere in the world, then that might be something, but I sceptical things will go that way.
I don't see a problem with a Polish person studying in the UK (without SLC flipping the bill), returning to Poland to build up decent experience then returning to the UK for a pay rise and to fulfil a senior role in a company.Mortgage (Nov 15): £79,950 | Mortgage (May 19): £71,754 | Mortgage (Sep 22): £0
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The thing is no graduates are that skilled, they only have potential. My degree was less useful than a 1 year internship in terms of ability, the only value is recruiters deeming it necessary.I don't see a problem with a Polish person studying in the UK (without SLC flipping the bill), returning to Poland to build up decent experience then returning to the UK for a pay rise and to fulfil a senior role in a company.0
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