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Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

EU only makes up just over 10% of University students currently. Top 3 are China, India and Nigeria. It may be the final straw but hardly the root cause of Universities going bankrupt.

When 10% of students currently pay £38k. And instead could suddenly pay £9k. Yet they cost £12k. That's massive.

It's a sudden £8.7b annual black hole in finances (£29k x 300k students)!
 
When 10% of students currently pay £38k. And instead could suddenly pay £9k. Yet they cost £12k. That's massive.

It's a sudden £8.7b annual black hole in finances (£29k x 300k students)!

There are only 75,000 EU students (not 300k) at UK universities currently (23/24 figures). Even at pre=Brexit peak EU students were only 125,000 so not sure where you are getting your 300,000 from.

So that reduces your black hole by more than 2/3rds, so it is approximately £3bn from an annual budget of £48bn, important, possibly fatal for some Universities, but again, the actual issue is the overall funding model rather than this issue individually.

The non-EU students bring in about £26 bn. The rest of funding presumably comes from Central government and grants and foundations, and portfolios.
 
Which way do were the gas pipelines running again? Then have a think what was going the other way.

And why the hell did they leave themselves so vulnerable?
Around the time the war started the EU got appx 38% gas from Russia and Norway equally.
There is always going to be a vulnerability in any supply relationship.
Really don't get how you turn that into withdrawing bilateral support for the war on Ukraine. Does your position include non EU allies?
Re; leaving our fish alone - the fish we fish are the ones we don't eat....so we kinda need the EU do the opposite.
 
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