LONDON UNIVERSITY

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 48, 25 February 1921, Page 2

LONDON UNIVERSITY

FOR DOMINION STUDENTS

AN URGENT NEED.

(PltOH OCIt OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LONDON, 12th January. Following on the controversy relative to the universities and the Dominions— controversy raised by Professor ,R. W. Loo, Dean of tho Faculty of, Law atM'Gill University, who suggested that the ancioiit seats of learning should do more to admit Dominion students, Canadians having the impression that entrance is not made oa-ay for them—Dr. S._ ■'Russell Wells, ViceChancellor, tells what his university, London, has done to meet tho needs of students from overseas.'Ho says that while the war was in progress the Senate realised that, owing to the changes wrought by tho war' in" Europe, it would bo necessary to make provision for those students from tlio Dominions and other parts of the Empire, as well as from the United States, who formerly frequented the Continental Universities for pest-graduate courses. To simplify the procedure regarding tho ad-' mission of such students, and to maet, as. far as possible, their needs, the regulations governing the admission of postgraduate students wero considerably modified, and subsequently a special research degree—the Ph.D.—was 'adopted'" A pamphlet was drawn up explaining tho steps necessay for' admission, and givingsome account of ■. *he special facilities which exist in London for carrying on post-graduate and research work. This was circulated very widely to the universities overseas.; The number of overseas students now attending one or other of the colleges or schools of the university ,is very considerable. The Infceat figures arc not yot available, but there are at least 150 students from India. 60 from South Africa, and 45 from the United Stats? and Canada, following degree courses. Nearly 50 students havo registered, or-a-re afcout to be registered, for tho_ Ph.D. degree alone. The number "registered, for tho other higher degrees i« even greater. In conclusion, Dr. Wells says:—"l do not, of course, suggest that the university is doing: all that it ought to do, or that it would like to do. In common with other universities the University of London is faced with an enormous influx of ox-Sor-vico students, and, agnin, like other uni.yersities, it could accomplish much more if the- necessary funds were forthcoming. Hostels'for overseas students are an urgent need in London; but, owing to lack of funde, there seems little prospect at present of the university being able to provide them in sufficient numbers. With these valuable, aimost indispensable, aids to the formation of n. corporate life, we could do very much more for students from all p3rts of tho Kind's Dominions."