Overseas Students

At Victoria, 44 out of a total of 122 overseas students are under the Colombo Plan. Many more could be expected if living accommodation could be found for them. The ideal solution to the problem of accommodation would be to offer all Colombo Plan students a place in a University Hall of Residence.

The experience of residence in a University Hall has a special value for the foreign student. These students have two great problems to face on entering a University — that of the transition from school to University, and the greater one of adjusting to a completely new way of life.

In general, the conference was a considerable success. While reaching few concrete conclusions or decisions, it underlined the problems facing the advocates of the Hall of Residence — which, after all, are the problems of the University community as a whole. The need for a concerted effort and close consideration of the problems involved was made clear to all.