Not only are foreign students lives shattered by this conflict. But the many thousands of honest, decent hard-working Brits whose jobs are in Higher and Further education as they face increasing job insecurity due to declining student numbers: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/10/university-of-manchester-to-axe-171-staff-amid-brexit-concerns?CMP=share_btn_tw

Politics is the oldest and most consequential sources of conflict, as it determines how power will be distributed among people. Political conflicts arise because of an uneven distribution of power. Due to globalization, the reach and speed of communication, reduced travel barriers, and increasing environmental interdependency. The ecology of conflict is rapidly evolving that even minor political conflicts, such as international students denied access to education, are no longer localised to a particular geographical position. Increasingly, this conflict gains in international significance. International conflicts have the ability to overwhelm safety and security everywhere.

Conflicts in the Middle East, Africa or even in the UK can no longer be ignored, as they touch our lives in increasingly significant ways. As evidenced as Britain’s foreign relations continue to experience significant strain over Brexit and free trade deals. Our world is shrinking and our problems can no longer be solved except internationally.

EBB will continue to reveal the larger issues that connect across boundaries resulting in students denied access to education in the UK. Plus, deliver strategic methods for resolving this political conflict that is sweeping in scope, interest-based, and transformational. A clear, unambiguous reason for doing so is the fact universities are now also contemplating closing departments as British students assert, reducing the number of international students on British HE and FE courses will erode the quality of their education.