UK agrees to skilled migration cap.

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SamuelRSmith said:

CrazyHorse said:

SamuelRSmith said:

The price of the course will reflect the demand. If the price falls below costs, then it will be inefficient for those courses to remain running.

Excatly, which is where the lack of international students will really hurt universities as some courses, departments and even whole universities may shut down as they will not be able to make up the funding shortfall. Even those courses able to continue will face a reduction in both financial input and academic output by a reduction in international students (especially in the area of postgraduate studies). Of course it is more complicated than that and there and there are a number of wide ranging, associated issues but as I said, that is a whole other (and very large) topic!

I wasn't aware that international students received the subsidized rate, to start with.

EDIT:

Tuition fees in the U.K. vary from institution to institution, and also from region to region, but the cost for an overseas undergraduate at St. Andrews for the academic year 2009-10 would be about $19,000.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-college-students-explore-uk-options-2010-11-25

Sorry, i think there's been a confusion over the point I was trying to make. To try and clarify, there are two issues here. The first is that, as you mention, certain courses may not be able to fund themselves as the teaching budget is slashed and student numbers potentially drop due to higher fees. This reduced income is then compounded by a reduction in the number of international students who pay significantly higher fees than home students thus providing a double blow to a university's income (and harming its research output) potentially leading to the closure of certain departments or even whole universities.