I thought this might have got lost in the thread that he has placed it in. Probably warrants a thread in its own right.
UK Universities block British students, but offer courses to non-EU candidates for £20,000 a year tuition fees
"Leading UK Universities are closing courses to British students while offering places to overseas students who pay tuition fees of up to £20,000 a year, the Mail reports this week.
Edinburgh, Manchester and Cardiff are among the top UK Universities taking advantage of rules which limit numbers of British students but place no restriction on recruitment of international students from outside the European Union.
Some have closed their doors to home applicants but will accept international students through clearing, which opens as A-level results are issued tomorrow.
Others will offer more places to non-EU candidates or allow them a wider choice of courses.
Clearing vacancies for Scottish universities show that, in some subjects, places are available for overseas students on six times as many courses as for home students.
Critics said sixth-formers would be frustrated to learn that many universities had the capacity to take extra students but were turning away well-qualified British applicants.
The system will seem particularly unfair to pupils who do better than expected in their A-levels but cannot get into the university they wanted, even though it is still recruiting.
Despite a decline in applications linked to new £9,000-a-year fees, university admissions are still competitive, and as many as 150,000 applicants this year will be unsuccessful.
Universities which exceed recruitment targets for home and European Union students face heavy fines, but they can take as many non-EU students as their facilities will allow.
With international students paying market rates for their degree courses, usually £10,000 to £20,000 a year, they are critical to the financial health of many universities. One university vice-chancellor yesterday called for the immediate scrapping of student number controls."
http://www.immigrationmatters.co.uk/...tion-fees.html
