Is diversity at university important?

"As 2 in 5 first year students/applicants feel that meeting a variety of different people is an important part of their student experience, missing out on the chance to meet people from different countries will certainly impact this. Almost half of first year students/applicants would feel disappointed if there were to be fewer EU students at their university."

A recent report from the University Partnership Programme (UPP) has shown that first year uni students and applicants would feel disappointed if significantly fewer EU and international students were at their universities...



Do you think it's important to have a diverse mix of students at university?

Would you be disappointed if there were fewer international students at your university?

Also, if you're a UK student who has a strong opinion on why diversity is important at uni, send me a PM and I can put you in touch with a journalist writing about this topic

I'd prefer that students at University come from many, many different Nationalities, Ethnicities, Religions, Culture and Races, but I would want the vast majority of those people to also be British Citizens. It prioritises our own labour force, unemployment rate, taxes, educational system, skill capacity, households, and pretty much our own economy. Its not like we need international students to take places in our elite universities on high-demand courses, we could easily fill up 3x the number of availble places on courses with capable, appropriate students from among the wide variety of choices of our own citizens. Why give an elite, high-demand degree to someone from China, India or Russia who'll just go back to their country after utilising our resources for a few years? Why prioritise someone who hasn't helped to build the country or is a part of it in some way or another? I personally think we accept way too many international students. Besides, if we did, other countries would be pressured to build their own elite universities. For example, India has 1,300,000,00 people, with "armies" amazing students. However, its top university, The University of Delhi, ranks anywhere from 601th-800th according to the gaurdian. Thats crazy. We really do need to encourage educational growth in other countries, but more importantly, our own.

Someone's place of birth shouldn't affect their chances of studying at any establishment.

Someone's place of birth shouldn't affect their chances of studying at any establishment.

No, not at all!

Where they are citizens how ever should have an affect however, I was born in Canada, but am a British Citizen by desent. I'm a dual-national but still a British Citizen. Many people were born in other countries and have British citizenship, I never said thay had to be born in Britain. They should be British citizens however. They can originaly come from Pakistan, Russia, China, Japan, Nigeria, Mexico, India or any other country, but if they are citizens, they have the right to an equal opportunity just like someone who's been born in a British bloodline since the beggining of time. Espeacially since, there is no such thing as second class citizens.

Yes, it absolutely should.
Any self respecting country should be prioritizing its own children ahead of other countries. As another user here correctly said, they will simply bring their knowledge back to their own country and contribute little here. Alternatively, they stay here and have deprived a native kid of going to a prestigious school. In the same way it would be unfair if a British kid was accepted into a Ugandan university ahead of a similarly able native Ugandan, the same applies here. The only reason that is not so is because Uganda is not famed for its universities, but the UK most definitely is. So there is a lot of competition here, and therefore people will complain and whine more when there's not enough "diversity". As they do with every aspect of the UK, because we are a successful country.

I'll reply to these together because they're the same argument.

It's not a special thing to be British. It takes no skill or talent. It should not affect your life in any big way.

I'll reply to these together because they're the same argument.

It's not a special thing to be British. It takes no skill or talent. It should not affect your life in any big way.

If you cannot see how prioritizing your own people over outsiders is a good thing, then I really cannot help you. It is literally a biological imperative, which many of us today in the UK are fighting against sadly.
Having no ties to your country or own people isn't an edgy or cool thing, it's actually rather sad.

It has nothing to do with a British citizen having skills for being British, its about how it will affect our own economic and educational growth as a country 😂😂😂. Out of curiosity, are you a British citizen?

Why is my nationality relevant?

So thats the one question you choose to answer?

Its relevant because a person who isn't a British citizen shouldn't be trying to rebel against a British university system. Its the same reason we don't allow Non-British Citizens to take part in our general elections...? Unless the decision will affect your life significantly, like the British army invading your country which will have a detrimental affect on your economy and lifestyle, or British environmental impacts are having a negative impact which affect your land, you're opinion isn't relevant and doesn't really belong. Your opinion would only hold its own if you at least had international reputation for knowledge on this subject, which I'm sure you don't. If you're not a British Citizen, your opinion holds zero value on this topic.

I absolutely refuse to apply to a Uni where more than 85% of people are white.

It just shows that they don't care about social progress.

So only British people are allowed to be involved in a debate? It's not a vote, it's a discussion on the topic, there's no reason to exclude non British citizens from the debate.

And yes, I am. My dads family aren't British by birth but I was born here, and have citizenship.