Chinese students 'boost UK research'
“If you talk to the vice chancellors of British universities, they say it's not just that Chinese students pay the fees, it's that they add to the intellectual quality of the research, of the studying the learning that goes on at British universities, particularly in Stem subjects,” says Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Chair of the China-Britain Business Council #LeadersLounge
#LeadersLounge is a high-profile business leaders interview programme by CGTN EUROPE and CCCUK.
#LeadersLounge is a high-profile business leaders interview programme by CGTN EUROPE and CCCUK.
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00:00Britain needs the Chinese export market, it needs Chinese investment, China needs investment
00:08from the UK, it needs the intellectual input that you get from Britain.
00:15And despite all the hawkish China rhetoric we had from certain quarters in the Conservative
00:22Party over the past few years, China still has a sort of affection for the UK which constantly
00:31surprises me, the number of Chinese tourists, the huge numbers of Chinese students at British
00:38universities.
00:39And if you talk to the Vice-Chancellors of British universities, they say it's not just
00:45that Chinese students pay the fees, it's that they add to the intellectual quality of the
00:52research, of the studying, the learning that goes on at British universities, particularly
00:58in STEM subjects, in science and technology and engineering and maths.