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Minister flies to Brazil to recruit foreign students pay a "desperate" move to balance the accounts of university funding

ministers were accused of trying to plug a black hole in university funding by arranging payment of 10,000 Brazilians to study in the UK.

David Willetts, the universities minister, traveled to South America last month to reach an agreement expected to be very lucrative in a time of cuts in public funding of higher education. The Brazilian government is planning to offer £ 18 700 to a student. universities in the UK, the representative body for universities in this country, said he welcomed the plan, promising "great benefits".

The development follows a cut of 200 million pounds for the coalition government of the state funding for higher education, which will seat 24,000 less for the UK and students from EU, including assignments of teacher training in the next two school years. Figures released last week also suggested that the United Kingdom and 220 000 students from the EU would be unable to reach places this fall after a 1.4% year on year over year increases in demand for university places at the end of June

While Brazilians do not take you to places otherwise available for UK students and EU was raised last night that fund governance for higher education becomes increasingly dependent of attract foreign citizens, if born in the UK, may have difficulty in achieving a place at a university in the country.

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Willetts task also seems to go against a vote for Interior Minister Theresa May, earlier this year to bring in acts that would result in less than 85,000 nationals third from the United Kingdom to study each year as part of plans to curb immigration.

Sally Hunt, general secretary of the Union and University College, said: "The benefits of UK higher education have massive staff and students from around the world, however ,. The government should not use foreign students as cash, and as a means to save their financial plans of the universities failed.

The shadow universities minister, Gareth Thomas, Willetts said the trip to Brazil was a "desperate" move. He added: "I am in favor of increased exports, but the government has cut funding for education by 80% and financing facilities world-class 40%, this seems a desperate attempt to help universities balance its books

Usman Ali, vice president of higher education in the National Union of Students, said: "Instead of wasting your time promoting a bailout of Brazil to the chaos of student funding, he created, David Willetts should reverse the court imposed a number of domestic students who may leave many without this summer. "
The agreement was discussed at a roundtable in Brazil attended Willetts, the ministers of Brazil, and 13 university presidents UK, including Birmingham, Nottingham and Warwick.

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