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Snobbery or not, previous PP above is into something.

Who will fill many of those slots left open as EU sends fewer students?

Will UK universities lower their standards to get more British students, or market themselves overseas, including the US of course, to attract top students at full pay?[/quote]

What you don't understand is there is not "full pay" or marketing. UK universities are not businesses like they are here in the US. They are not profit making. They are subsidized by the UK government.

Only in the mid-late 90s were students required to pay fees. Previously the government paid everyone's fees, regardless of family background. The difference was for living costs. If your family could afford to pay your board they did, if they couldn't you'd get a "grant" which was money from the gov't which you didn't have to repay. In the early 90s they started introducing loans to see how popular they were and when they were popular, they swapped from grants to loans - massively reducing the number of spots for poorer students.

You are approaching your theories about UK universities based entirely on how US universities are run and that's where you go very wrong.

And for anyone who is still looking at UK universities and wants to know which ones are worthwhile - here's a link to the Russell Group, the top 24 places in the country.

https://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities[/quote]

Sure but you haven't addressed the main point.

How will they fill the open slots once fewer EU students attend?

You may be surprised to learn that [b]a number of top UK universities DO market themselves in the US already.[/b] [/quote]

Please provide name examples and links? [/quote]

U of Oxford and others come make presentations several times a year at local private high schools.

Ask in the Private Schools forum if you want to learn more.

My bet is that will increase after Brexit. The opportunity is obvious on both sides of the Atlantic.[/quote]

As I suspected you're just a BS artist. I asked for name examples not so I could "learn more" but so you could back up your statements which clearly, you cannot do.

Also I don't believe you. Oxford never presents - it just doesn't need to.[/quote]

NP. You're a piece of work, aren't you?

Here is some marketing material chock full of information on how to apply:

"An American student's guide to undergraduate study at Oxford"

https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/Guide%20for%20US%20students%202017.pdf

Here is the list of fall visits to the US and Canada by Oxford reps:

http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/international-students/events/us-canada

Now, apologize to the PP for being such an as*hole.[/quote]

Reposting because my attempt to trim the thread didn't work so well.