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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.