What if all the students dry up? The economy, climate change and virtual learning could leave university buildings standing empty

by E Wayne Ross on March 26, 2009

The Guardian: What if all the students dry up?

The economy, climate change and virtual learning could leave university buildings standing empty

Let us suppose that instead of the UK being a net importer of students, this situation were reversed. What would happen to our universities over the next 20 years if the flow of young people coming to study from overseas dried up and increasing numbers of home students chose to go abroad for their higher education?