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warumdarum 16 minutes ago [-]
Its also refusal of the middle eastern states to fund studying abroad out of fear of radicalization in the uk. You know you are in trouble when qatar puts you on a watchlist..
robotresearcher 23 minutes ago [-]
Some British universities are dying.
They expanded university capacity more than was sustainable. Now it'll retract.
It's a crisis for the people involved, but not for society as a whole.
tetris11 2 hours ago [-]
One of the key killing factors is the sheer waiting time on a grant. It used to take a matter of weeks and months to apply for a grant and wait for a result on whether you got it.
Now, we're talking on the order of months to a year. Imaging telling a talented grad student who wants to work with you to wait a year to secure them a place.
This prompts a lot of researchers to pre-emptively apply for anything and everything at all times, increasing the needless competition and slowing down the vetting process immensely.
eszed 2 hours ago [-]
Has Brexit played a role in this? When I was in and around British universities, ~20 years ago, EU grants were a significant source of income.
simianwords 2 hours ago [-]
The article spends some lines blaming this on private capital but only hand waves and on it. I would expect something more concrete.
adammarples 29 minutes ago [-]
It's because they depend on foreign students for their income because they are limited on how much they can charge domestic students. Recent anti immigration sentiment has caused a massive fall in foreign student numbers.
ninininino 3 hours ago [-]
University systems worldwide will need to consolidate and combine in order to preserve themselves, their rich collections and institutions, if they want to survive, because populations are plummeting globally.
bji9jhff 2 hours ago [-]
They trivied for centuries on far lower population
They expanded university capacity more than was sustainable. Now it'll retract.
It's a crisis for the people involved, but not for society as a whole.
Now, we're talking on the order of months to a year. Imaging telling a talented grad student who wants to work with you to wait a year to secure them a place.
This prompts a lot of researchers to pre-emptively apply for anything and everything at all times, increasing the needless competition and slowing down the vetting process immensely.