Bloody young people coming over here enriching our cultural and academic institutions.
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Tar_Alcaran - 1day
And also leaving afterwards. Erasmus is not a migration thing, it's purely temporary.
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mannycalavera @feddit.uk - 23hr
Bloody foreigners coming 'ere and stealing our education!
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Aceticon @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 18hr
Not to mention vice-versa - young Britons living abroad and seeing different cultures and ways of doing things.
I can tell you from my experience as an immigrant (in several countries, including Britain) that there is no better way to start spotting that so many things in one's homeland aren't thus because "that's just how these things are", than living somewhere else for a while and seeing many such things being different or done differently.
All countries have plenty of shit with massive negative effects or side effects - not just politics but actual cultural habits and even the way people work - that needs not be so and is done better elsewhere.
For example, Britain's idea that "work hard" is a good thing is almost the opposite of the view in countries were people work much more efficiently - and thus, amongst other things, have way better work-life balance - such as The Netherland, were the objective is "work smart" not hard and people working long hours are suspected of doing so because they don't know how to do their jobs properly or management is incompetent and doesn't know how to plan and resource correctly, almost the opposite of Britain were it's usually considered a good thing that shows commitment.
For the kind of peoplo who manipulate the muppets who vote for things like Brexit, people openning their eyes and seeing how much of the shit going on in their own country that they think is "normal" is no such thing, is a threat.
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tiramichu @sh.itjust.works - 23hr
Inviting people to your country for an education and making that appealing has for hundreds of years been one of the most effective long-term "soft power" moves a country can do. It naturalises other people to your culture, spreads your ways of thinking, and reinforces relevance in the global consciousness.
Logically, these people should be happy to allow foreign students to be educated in their country and see how 'great' it is.
But one can't assume any capacity for logical thought.
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not_woody_shaw @lemmy.world - 23hr
But it will affect him. The small number of highly educated people will boost the economy and improve his quality of life in measurable but hard to notice ways. Also if he visits a university town to admire the 'dreaming spires', he'll also see a lot of foreigners to complain about, and he obviously enjoys complaining.
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blazeknave @lemmy.world - 19hr
Laughed out loud at this one
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khannie @lemmy.world - 21hr
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Erasmus is the best money the EU ever spent. Glad to see the UK rejoin it.
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Droggelbecher @lemmy.world - 19hr
Nobody tell them that Norway and Switzerland also participate in Erasmus. Not to mention it's far from the only way to get a study visa. Or that it usually only lasts about twice as long as the max tourism visa (3 months).
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BeeegScaaawyCripple - 5hr
I don't know what that is but let me be the first to say cheese please
flamingos in okmatewanker @feddit.uk
brexit betrayal!
Bloody young people coming over here enriching our cultural and academic institutions.
And also leaving afterwards. Erasmus is not a migration thing, it's purely temporary.
Bloody foreigners coming 'ere and stealing our education!
Not to mention vice-versa - young Britons living abroad and seeing different cultures and ways of doing things.
I can tell you from my experience as an immigrant (in several countries, including Britain) that there is no better way to start spotting that so many things in one's homeland aren't thus because "that's just how these things are", than living somewhere else for a while and seeing many such things being different or done differently.
All countries have plenty of shit with massive negative effects or side effects - not just politics but actual cultural habits and even the way people work - that needs not be so and is done better elsewhere.
For example, Britain's idea that "work hard" is a good thing is almost the opposite of the view in countries were people work much more efficiently - and thus, amongst other things, have way better work-life balance - such as The Netherland, were the objective is "work smart" not hard and people working long hours are suspected of doing so because they don't know how to do their jobs properly or management is incompetent and doesn't know how to plan and resource correctly, almost the opposite of Britain were it's usually considered a good thing that shows commitment.
For the kind of peoplo who manipulate the muppets who vote for things like Brexit, people openning their eyes and seeing how much of the shit going on in their own country that they think is "normal" is no such thing, is a threat.
Inviting people to your country for an education and making that appealing has for hundreds of years been one of the most effective long-term "soft power" moves a country can do. It naturalises other people to your culture, spreads your ways of thinking, and reinforces relevance in the global consciousness.
Logically, these people should be happy to allow foreign students to be educated in their country and see how 'great' it is.
But one can't assume any capacity for logical thought.
But it will affect him. The small number of highly educated people will boost the economy and improve his quality of life in measurable but hard to notice ways. Also if he visits a university town to admire the 'dreaming spires', he'll also see a lot of foreigners to complain about, and he obviously enjoys complaining.
Laughed out loud at this one
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Erasmus is the best money the EU ever spent. Glad to see the UK rejoin it.
Nobody tell them that Norway and Switzerland also participate in Erasmus. Not to mention it's far from the only way to get a study visa. Or that it usually only lasts about twice as long as the max tourism visa (3 months).
I don't know what that is but let me be the first to say cheese please