London: Brexit will not affect chances of Indian students who wish to come to the UK for higher education, more so with the Pound’s likelihood of plummeting after the exit, a senior official from the Universities UK International said. “Indian parents do not have to worry about their children’s prospects of coming to the UK for study post-Brexit. India has always been our priority, besides other Asian countries like Malaysia, Singapore, and China,” Vivienne Stern, the Director of Universities UK International said in London.
As the fear about the breaking away with the European Union rise, the Pound is likely to weaken— as what happened when the British voted for an exit from the union—and this will be all the better for Indian students coming here to study, Stern suggested. However, she said, Europe has always figured among the UK’s top targets for fishing for foreign students. “We would always want more from both the regions. But as things stand, any reduction in the student intake from the European Union (EU) will certainly benefit the Indian students.
Meanwhile, Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism chief Asst Commissioner Neil Basu has warned the “febrile” atmosphere around Brexit could be enhancing the risk posed by far-right terrorism in the UK. In a recent development, the Policy Chair of the City of London Corporation is set for her first visit to India next week to strengthen ties between the British capital and India in the field of financial and professional services. Catherine McGuiness, the political chief of London’s financial district will seek to reassure Indian financial firms worried about Brexit and the risks of the UK leaving the EU.
