GetItDone Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 As i understand it, in a global market place, countries around the world still "compete" with one another - dont they?? So why then do we have legions of foreigners in our Universities educating themselves, and then taking their educated selves back to their homelands, or some other country, which then benifits from having skilled citizens educated by us, and competing ultimately, against us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 cos we dont live in a bubble? we also go to other countries for trade, learning and holidays if you aint noticed as you stated its a global marketplace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entwhistle Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Could it possibly be that we have had governments for the last 30 years who do not give a damn for the electorate? Perhaps they see the electorate as a means to an end....that end being their power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackStig Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 As i understand it, in a global market place, countries around the world still "compete" with one another - dont they?? So why then do we have legions of foreigners in our Universities educating themselves, and then taking their educated selves back to their homelands, or some other country, which then benifits from having skilled citizens educated by us, and competing ultimately, against us? My Stiggy senses are tingling.. I see a feyt coming on.. Where are the usual suspects then ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanic99 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 As i understand it, in a global market place, countries around the world still "compete" with one another - dont they?? So why then do we have legions of foreigners in our Universities educating themselves, and then taking their educated selves back to their homelands, or some other country, which then benifits from having skilled citizens educated by us, and competing ultimately, against us? The same reason why 5.4 million Brits choose to live abroad legally, which is more than any other country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 As i understand it, in a global market place, countries around the world still "compete" with one another - dont they?? So why then do we have legions of foreigners in our Universities educating themselves, and then taking their educated selves back to their homelands, or some other country, which then benifits from having skilled citizens educated by us, and competing ultimately, against us? Because they pay us handsomely for the privilege. Overseas students pay huge fees as well as contributing loads to the local economy. I imagine that Sheffield University would have to scale back its operations massively if overseas students were banned. A side benefit is the fact that it irritates little Englanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Where are the usual suspects then ?? One of them started the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 As i understand it, in a global market place, countries around the world still "compete" with one another - dont they?? So why then do we have legions of foreigners in our Universities educating themselves, and then taking their educated selves back to their homelands, or some other country, which then benifits from having skilled citizens educated by us, and competing ultimately, against us? It's less countries competing and more multi-national enterprise, who lobby governments to keep the gates open (not saying it's good or bad). Universities are now run like businesses, and many have adopted supra-national status. They certainly don't see being limited by some abstract boundary called "the nation state" as beneficial to their prosperity. You highlight a key antithesis in modern society - people who want to inwardly preserve the productive capacity of the nation, and entities that want their trade/services to be open to people as far and wide as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entwhistle Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 We taught foreigners how to make steel.....now they make it cheaper than us. We taught foreigners how to engineer....now they engineer cheaper than us. We taught foreigners how to manufacture many many things...now they manufacture many many things cheaper than us It was always our politicians that we trusted who made the choices. Obviously they made the right ones that is why England is in such a strong economic position today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boosh! Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Some very narrow minded responses in this thread. Foreign students have to pay 3x more fees than UK students + pay for there own accomodation. So thats 12k per year + living expenses... Also, once they graduate most of them stay in this country any way and are valuable members of society. Most brain surgens/doctors/lecturers/dentists and other skilled proffesions are mostly people from other counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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