publications and citations in international journals and they felt that challenges were greater for Chinese scholars in the social sciences rather than the natural sciences. 8.6 Sub-theme C3: Reforming university systems, government support and global rankings (Also related to discussions on sub-themes A1, A2, A3, B1, C2,) There was a marked difference in how the respondents in England and China viewed government support for internationalisation. English respondents cited the immigration policies and border control policies as presenting Government’s serious barriers to internationalisation. When asked what they saw as the major challenge to internationalisation in higher education without exception the English first comment was UK immigration policies: respondents’ Border control. The UK government policy is quite hostile to international students despite what think David Cameron says….I challenges are the UK government treating them as immigrants rather than temporary residents and taking away the post-study work visa has been catastrophic for students from India and the Indian subcontinent who use that, particularly the postgrad students (PVC Blue University) if I was sitting with a recruitment hat on, obviously Challenges…. government policy, immigration policy, things like (English that.’ international Office manager Blue University) Barriers to partly been internationalisation…… Well they’ve national in that the coalition policy on government’s the activities of the Border Agency (PVC Red migration….and University). All the English respondents expressed frustration that government policy was seriously impeding institutional internationalisation strategies, particularly in relation to student recruitment from Asia and the Indian subcontinent. English
publications and citations in international journals and they felt that challenges were greater for Chinese scholars in the social sciences rather than the natural sciences. 8.6 Sub-theme C3: Reforming university systems, government support and global rankings (Also related to discussions on sub-themes A1, A2, A3, B1, C2,) There was a marked difference in how the respondents in England and China viewed government support for internationalisation. English respondents cited the Government’s immigration policies and border control policies as presenting serious barriers to internationalisation. When asked what they saw as the major challenge to internationalisation in higher education without exception the English respondents’ first comment was UK immigration policies: Border control. The UK government policy is quite hostile to international students despite what David Cameron says….I think challenges are the UK government treating them as immigrants rather than temporary residents and taking away the post-study work visa has been catastrophic for students from India and the Indian subcontinent who use that, particularly the postgrad students (PVC Blue University) Challenges…. if I was sitting with a recruitment hat on, obviously government policy, immigration policy, things like that.’ (English international Office manager Blue University) Barriers to internationalisation…… Well partly they’ve been national in that the coalition government’s policy on migration….and the activities of the Border Agency (PVC Red University). All the English respondents expressed frustration that government policy was seriously impeding institutional internationalisation strategies, particularly in relation to student recruitment from Asia and the Indian subcontinent. English
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