In 2018, Unis Resist Border Controls (URBC) conducted a survey study to understand how the hostile environment policy is practised inside higher education. In the next three days URBC will be posting in-depth pieces examining certain issues from our survey study.
Statistic breakdown:
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- 184 responses.
- 41% of respondents British nationals
- 16% other EU
- 24% Tier 2,
- 10%, Tier 4
- 1% Tier 5
Does your university monitor international staff members differently?
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- 26% unaware of whether int. staff monitored differently in their university, i.e. a quarter of respondents have no knowledge of how hostile environment affects their migrant colleagues.
- Over two thirds (68%) of respondents said they are monitored differently, compared with 32% who said ‘no’/‘not that I’m aware of’
Are non-white international staff & students treated differently?
- 30% of respondents are unaware of whether non-white staff are treated differently in their university.
- Of those remaining, 55% said either ‘yes’ they were treated differently or that they ‘probably’ were, compared with 45% who said ‘no’ or ‘not that I’m aware of’.
- 9% indicated that staff at their university was so overwhelmingly white that they could not answer the question.
Does your university monitor international students members differently?
- Comparatively few (14%) people didn’t know the answer to this question
- Excluding ‘Don’t Know’s and ‘Other’s, nearly three quarters (73%) said yes they were monitored differently → obviously a major issue and one that people are more aware of than the surveillance of international staff
- Quite a few respondents said that monitoring had been intensified across the student body in general, with some suggesting this was intended to make ‘invisible’ the monitoring of Tier 4 students.
Does your university compensate staff for NHS and Visa Fees for university staff?
- 36% did not know
- Of those remaining, 52% responded that their university did not offer any help at all, while 34% said their university provided some compensation.
- Only 12% said their unis covered all costs.
Full Survey Results
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