A critical foreign policy challenge for a post-Brexit UK is its relationship with China – and a key pillar of this relationship is Britain’s higher education and research sector.
Our new research demonstrates just how important the sector is for UK-China ties. Education was the UK’s largest service export in 2018 and in 2019, one in every nine UK academic papers involved collaboration between British and Chinese researchers. China has had a rapid rise among the rankings of the UK’s research partners – going from ninth to second place in less than a decade. China is now challenging the US for the number one spot, raising pressing questions for policymakers at a time of rising geopolitical tensions.
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UK not a top destination for Indian students this year with lockdown, COVID-19 fears
Universities are still continuing online lessons amidst the rising fears of the new COVID-19 strain in the UK. But, Indian students are not enthused about fully online classes. January 20, 2021 / 12:22 PM IST
The United Kingdom which is the sought-after destination for higher education among Indian students may take a backseat amidst the new lockdown and fears of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Overseas education consultants said that students who had earlier opted for a UK degree are now either switching to other countries like US, Singapore and Australia or choosing to stay back in India.
‘Precious’ Free Speech in UK Universities Under Threat From Cancel Culture: Former Secretary of State
The UK’s former Secretary of State told British lawmakers on Tuesday that free speech is under severe threat in the country’s universities from the cancel culture movement.
“Today there’s a corrosive trend in our universities that aims to prevent anybody hearing ideas that groups disagree with or would be offended by,” said Conservative MP David Davis while introducing his Freedom of Speech (Universities) private members bill to the House of Commons.
“Today the cancel culture movement think that it’s reasonable to obliterate the views of people they disagree with,” he said.