British universities can no longer financially depend on foreign students. They must reform to survive | Simon Jenkins

With spiralling deficits and little prospect of government support, higher education’s only long-term hope lies in radical change

Universities are becoming primary victims of the chaos enveloping Britain’s public sector. News reported in the Guardian has vice-chancellors pleading for a “new model” of government funding. This follows reports that one-third of England’s universities are trading at a deficit. Since almost one-fifth of UK students in higher education now come from abroad – 125,000 of...