Overseas students prop up university finances
Overseas students are propping up UK universities’ finances, with some paying fees of more than £20,000 a year, data compiled for the Guardian reveals today.
At Imperial College London, students from outside the European Union enrolling on undergraduate degrees in the sciences this autumn will pay up to £20,400 each year in fees, information obtained from 175 universities and colleges shows.
At Oxford University, fees for overseas students starting undergraduate arts degrees this autumn are up to £17,100 each year, according to Mike Reddin, a former academic at the London School of Economics, who gathered the data …