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Reform UK said they’d “ban foreign students from student loans” and cut funding for “woke nonsense degrees”.

Just one problem: international students were never eligible for UK government student loans in the first place. They’re paying £22,000/year and universities are already struggling after the last Tory visa restrictions. And by “woke nonsense degrees”? They

Reform UK said they’d “ban foreign students from student loans” and cut funding for “woke nonsense degrees”.

There’s just one problem: international students were never eligible for UK government student loans in the first place.



They’re paying £22,000/year and universities are already struggling after the last Tory visa restrictions.



And by “woke nonsense degrees”? They mean arts, humanities, English, history — the subjects that teach us to think, create and question.



This isn’t policy. It’s misinformation aimed at people they think are too “thick” to fact-check it.

The rise of anti-intellectualism in the UK is getting scary.

Source: Zambian Observer — Read more

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