Degrees of failure over Uni cash-in
IS THERE any wonder net migration has ballooned when the UK’s over-generous foreign student scheme has been allowed to run out of control?
In 2019 we were promised new visas would attract the “best and brightest” to Britain to boost science and technology. The reality is somewhat different.
Half of the ten universities who took the most foreign students have seen their ratings fall
As our investigation on pages 28 and 29 shows, universities that recruited the most overseas students — raking in an extra £350million in fees — have actually tumbled DOWN academic league tables.
Take the University of Hertfordshire, whose intake of international students spiralled by a staggering 246 per cent between 2018 and 2022.
The Vice-Chancellor’s wage packet also rose — by a handy £8,000.
But the institution plummeted from 74th in 2020 to 80th in 2022.
In fact half of the ten universities who took the most foreign students have seen their ratings fall.
This disgraceful shambles has led to a surge in migration and put a squeeze on public services.
As former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick says: “More and more foreign students are coming to less selective universities to do Mickey Mouse degrees and then perform low-wage roles.’’
So much for the best and brightest.
Actions, not waffle
RISHI Sunak is a master of understatement when he says: “2023 wasn’t the easiest.’’
No kidding, PM. It was an exceptionally tough year, with the effects of Covid spending and Putin’s war leading to spiralling energy prices and soaring mortgages.
But the Government has made real progress on driving down inflation.
So it is encouraging to hear the Prime Minister say the time is right for tax cuts.
This must be the year to put real money back in people’s pockets.
The PM also lambasts Sir Keir Starmer for “evasions, illusions and waffle” and says he has no policies.
For the Labour leader to be taken seriously he must come clean on his £28billion green energy splurge.
Everyone knows it is unaffordable. When will Sir Keir admit it?
Doctor, no!
The current six-day strike by junior doctors is the longest in NHS history.
It is also the most opportunistic and cynical. January marks the height of the hospital winter crisis.
And as temperatures plummet, picket lines will cost lives.
In a tough field, the British Medical Association is surely the most cold-hearted union in Britain.
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