The Causes of the Increases

Well, apart from the aspect of a precedent being set for further education cuts, [unclear: co] must also he voiced at the real reasons [unclear: l] the attacks on overseas students. The [unclear: n] reason is simply that the Governmental is [unclear: nning] to drastically cut the amount of [unclear: a ney] spent on university financing for at st the next five years. Other articles in lient have, and will, explain the effects these cuts to the whole field of [unclear: educat] But essentially, the universities will be [unclear: f ced] with a budgetary deficit [unclear: approachin] size of the Grand Canyon.

The Government is frantically [unclear: lookin] for ways in which to mitigate the [unclear: short-] falls that the universities will be facing. One of the Government's financial [unclear: wizar] (perhaps the same social philanthropist engineered our present economic crisis), seen that increasing the universities [unclear: inco] from overseas students by 600% will [unclear: he] the situation a little.

But as usual, the Government's [unclear: economic] policies are designed to facilitate [unclear: st term] expedient. And in the process, a [unclear: m] sure which will do little to overcome any financial problem, will result in very long term disadvantages and social evils, this can be said about the whole process of [unclear: e] cation cuts, but m this case the long [unclear: term] effects will be along the lines of the complete eradication of all overseas students coming from the economic strata which need education opportunities most. The policy will also result in a very small wealthy minority making up the entire overseas student population.