Scholar Emiliano Ruiz Parra Presentation
Importance of Higher Education in Britain • • • • •
£ 33.4 bn. 2.3% of the GDP. 8% world’s research publications. 12 % of citations. £ 2.9 bn (financial contribution of overseas students). • + £ 2.3 bn off-campus expenditures.
The worst crisis in 800 years • • • • •
Cuts from £ 450 m to £ 2.5 bn. 14,000 jobs at risk. 30 universities may close down. 530 professors on the dole queue. Humanities threatened (Paleography lost already in KCL). • ‘Devastating effect’ (Russell Group). • Larger class sizes, less tutors (UCU).
Do we have a role to play? • To leave ‘enough and as good for others’ (John Locke). • Duty of reciprocity and sustainability: if we value the Higher Education System, we ought to do something for its reproduction. • Losses of less international students in Britain: a more parochial world. • Individuals that will not be able to study in Britain by own means.