All that you may have heard about educational excellence in the UK is a sham, a huge lie and a cover-up. Here's why. First, Asian students face a lot of racism in the UK, mostly in Universities and by faculty members. Then, once your course is over, there are no jobs anywhere in the UK. On top of all this, EVERYTHING you do, say and write is monitored. EVERYTHING.
And why? I wish I knew. But it may be because the UK is fast turning into a totalitarian police state. The govt. wants all 'foreigners', 'troublesome immigrants' and 'stinking Asians' sent back to 'whichever hellhole they came from'. May be this is what Brexit was all about. Keep the numbers down, keep the 'troublesome Asians' out, keep the Leavers believing in the greatness of an illusion, keep the locals antagonistic towards 'immigrants', because if they have too much free time to think, they will see through the ancient deception that is the elite's plan of enslaving humanity by ALL means possible. Brilliant!
My journalism course began in September 2016. I was asked to be present at the University by September 9, but even by end of September, there had been no regular classes. Just welcome lectures, orientation, introduction to the faculty and so on.
THE USUAL SUSPECTS: SEXISM, RACISM
When the classes finally began, we were assigned two elderly lecturers. One of them was a racist pervert who skipped no opportunity to call me "old" (i am 38) and to humiliate me and two other Indian students on everything she thought was "dirty" and "backward" about India. An example: One Indian student (not me) wanted to explore the educational system in the UK. She rejected his story idea and replied thus: "This is not India, where you sit on the floor and write with chalk and slate."
The other used to openly flirt with a student, even going to the extent of saying to her in front of the entire class, "I think I'm in love!" He was in his 60s. The petite student had long blond hair and was in the flush of youth, being in her early 20s :-) "It happens." (?!)
NO JOBS and only because of your Nationality
Recent graduates of UK universities end up working at supermarkets or retail stores as customer sales agents, even if their course was an MBA. The same applies to other industries/job sectors. Even AMERICAN citizens cannot find jobs in the UK! Now you can imagine what little chance Indian students have of landing a job in the UK after spending lakhs of rupees paying the exorbitant tuition fees.
24X7 SURVEILLANCE of Students but Terrorists get away
How can I be so sure that international students in the UK are put under heavy surveillance from the moment they set foot on its tarmac? Well, for this, I have to thank my elderly lecturers. I first became suspicious that my hostel accomodation, including my private ensuite room, is bugged, when these two great academics would make passing comments about things I had been discussing with my flatmates in the hostel's common area. This happened atleast 4 times, and was enough! And then I have overheard conversations in which University student 'advisors' are 'advising' students to keep away from 'certain' activities since the 'Home Office will bring it up when it's time to extend your visa'. There are also people following me, ANYWHERE I go. From my one favourite cafe in town to during my travels around England and Scotland, upto the Orkney Islands.
What I want to know is if they treat students with so much suspicion, how is it that 'terrorists' get away from their 'web of surveillance'?
DISCRIMINATION at EVERY STEP
My course was an MA degree in Broadcast Journalism, but looking at the state of faculty, subject expertise, inadequate number of video and audio equipment for students, general tardiness and all-pervasive discrimination bordering on racial abuse, I decided to withdraw from the course. After this, things got more interesting. The lecturer duo became more determined in their pursuit of driving away anyone remotely independent-minded; they scored me on 'final' exams and gave me very poor marks -- in the 50s (out of 100). Even the re-evaluation results came back unaltered, but then, I had not expected anything else. As if all this was not enough, I waited for more than 6 months. for my course certificate (to prove to my bank which loaned me money to pay the tuition fees, that I completed three months of the course and so, I am entitled to an MA Certificate Course in Broadcast Journalism certificate). The University was non-cooperative and said they only send out paper copies and do not hold PDFs of students' certificates. No PDFs! Wonderful.
