Chinese students are very easy to explain. Money. China is big money to universities, they actively pursue them and whole courses nearly fell apart when covid hit because Chinese students wouldn't be able to get here, and there are courses that rely on them completely. They can't really be compared to other demographics. They can afford the very high international fees and aren't the same as British born students of different ethnic backgrounds.
It's interesting because there really aren't barriers stopping a particular race or gender getting into university but some courses just don't seem to appeal to certain demographics. Is it an awareness/marketing issue maybe. But is there an issue after uni when it comes to getting a job? Is there a perceived issue at industry level That I don't know. As I mentioned it's often more socioeconomic and how disadvantaged someones situation is rather than pure race on its own. There is a cultural issue sometimes as some cultures don't see worth in certain subjects so parents ban their kids from doing them and push them into other subjects, but STEM wouldn't really fall into that category usually. STEM, Law and Medicine tend to be the gold standard courses.
Back to his original tweet, it was poorly worded but so is majority of things on twitter. You can't just look at a percentage and get outraged, you need to look in depth and find out why.
It's interesting because there really aren't barriers stopping a particular race or gender getting into university but some courses just don't seem to appeal to certain demographics. Is it an awareness/marketing issue maybe. But is there an issue after uni when it comes to getting a job? Is there a perceived issue at industry level That I don't know. As I mentioned it's often more socioeconomic and how disadvantaged someones situation is rather than pure race on its own. There is a cultural issue sometimes as some cultures don't see worth in certain subjects so parents ban their kids from doing them and push them into other subjects, but STEM wouldn't really fall into that category usually. STEM, Law and Medicine tend to be the gold standard courses.
Back to his original tweet, it was poorly worded but so is majority of things on twitter. You can't just look at a percentage and get outraged, you need to look in depth and find out why.
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