Foreign students drop plans to study at UCT

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

More than 90 foreign students have cancelled their study plans in South Africa due to the #FeesMustFall protests that have rocked campuses around the country

The 92 were due to study at the University of Cape Town as part of the institution's Study Abroad programme.

They include 10 University of Miami students, who pulled out due to fear of classes being delayed next year due to violent protests.

UCT spokesman Pat Lucas confirmed the cancellations.

Devika Milner, director of the Study Abroad office at the University of Miami, was quoted in the university's newspaper as saying it was too big a risk to send students to UCT in the current circumstances.

She said the decision to cancel the programme, called UCape Town, was "heartbreaking".

Lucas said UCT had more than 1000 students from 40 partners who come to the country as part of the programme.

"Currently, we have more than 650 applications due to come to UCT in the first semester of 2017. We have been formally notified of 92 cancellations at this stage

"In 2016, we enrolled 620 [foreign] students in the first semester," Lucas said.

She said UCT offered a four-week "semester abroad summer term", which students could take in advance of the official start of the semester in March.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2016/11/21/Foreign-students-drop-plans-to-study-at-UCT

 

[mark26]

90 paying students lost. A FMF victory

 

[FoXtroT]

90 paying students lost. A FMF victory

The sad thing is, they really will see it as a victory.

Short sighted fools.

 

[mark26]

The sad thing is, they really will see it as a victory.

Short sighted fools.

Yes it is actually a dismal situation.

 

[ponder]

90 full paying students lost. A FMF victory

ftfy. Foreign students don't qualify for the gov subsidy and pay a schiteload more than locals.

 

[mark26]

ftfy. Foreign students don't qualify for the gov subsidy and pay a schiteload more than locals.

Well 90 fees have definitely "Fallen"

 

[Alan]

Well done Max Price.

All of it began the first time some of you who know better and are old enough to know better, let young people think that they had the right to chose the laws they would obey, as long as they were doing it in the name of social protest.”

Ronald Reagan

 

[Milano]

More and more are seeing the dismal state of the real South Africa.

 

[Fulcrum29]

The sad thing is, they really will see it as a victory.

Short sighted fools.

Yes, but they did not get to decolonising their minds.

 

[Spliffcat]

Maxi there goes your Pounds and Dollars out the window.
Time you saw the real world.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Maxi there goes your Pounds and Dollars out the window.
Time you saw the real world.

Nah, decolonisation has to place for foreigners.

 

[ngwe23]

The sad thing is, they really will see it as a victory.

Short sighted fools.

Tell me why a 90 odd foreign students' desire to study in SA supersedes the fight for free education for the African child. Which is more pertinent in your mind?

 

[Fulcrum29]

Tell me why a 90 odd foreign students' desire to study in SA supersedes the fight for free education for the African child. Which is more pertinent in your mind?

Where does it supersede 'Free' education in any way?

 

[Milano]

Where does it supersede 'Free' education in any way?

You did not just do that.

 

[zll]

Tell me why a 90 odd foreign students' desire to study in SA supersedes the fight for free education for the African child. Which is more pertinent in your mind?

Dude, those foreign students help fund local students by paying higher fees. Remember, even if students eventually get their "free" fees, those fees aren't actually free. SOMEONE is paying for it, whether it's taxes, or foreign students who pay more to study here.

 

[Milano]

Dude, those foreign students help fund local students by paying higher fees. Remember, even if students eventually get their "free" fees, those fees aren't actually free. SOMEONE is paying for it, whether it's taxes, or foreign students who pay more to study here.

Save yourself. There is no end to this.

 

[ShaunSA]

Dude, those foreign students help fund local students by paying higher fees. Remember, even if students eventually get their "free" fees, those fees aren't actually free. SOMEONE is paying for it, whether it's taxes, or foreign students who pay more to study here.

Are you some kind of masochist? :wtf:

 

[Flanders]

Tell me why a 90 odd foreign students' desire to study in SA supersedes the fight for free education for the African child. Which is more pertinent in your mind?

Who will pay for all you freeloaders?

 

[ngwe23]

Dude, those foreign students help fund local students by paying higher fees. Remember, even if students eventually get their "free" fees, those fees aren't actually free. SOMEONE is paying for it, whether it's taxes, or foreign students who pay more to study here.

These students are not paying enough to the extent that they can fund free higher education in SA. If they did, we would have free education already, duh!

 

[FoXtroT]

These students are not paying enough to the extent that they can fund free higher education in SA. If they did, we would have free education already, duh!

As I said, short sighted fool.