<p>binvolio, could you post the link to the UCL student stats page you got your data from? I’ve looked, and I pulled up this: <a href=“http://www.ucl.ac.uk/registry/statistics/contents/table/?table=i&year=06[/url]”>Student and Registry Services | Student and Registry Services - UCL – University College London;
<p>It states that in the academic year 2006-2007, 2291 undergraduate students were classified as having ‘Overseas’ (i.e. international) fee status, which comes to 20% of the undergraduate student population. </p>
<p>I personally don’t agree with either you or cupcake - I don’t think that UK universities (excluding Oxbridge) will let in just anyone as long as they can pay international fees, but at the same time I absolutely do not believe that cash-strapped unis will be averse to making a quick buck off their international students. Given the state of higher education funding in the UK at the moment, I doubt they can afford to be averse to it. </p>
<p>I’d also like to see your evidence that “it is harder to get into a full degree program at a good UK university.” Source?</p>