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IN the review of Mr. E. Child's book “The Tools of the Chemist” in NATURE of November 9, p. 604, reference was made to the necessity of bringing students from overseas to Great Britain after the War; and the suggestion was made that this should form part of the work of the British Council. Prof. B. If or Evans, Educational Adviser to the British Council, now writes that, since 1935, the British Council has been inviting students from overseas to undertake courses and research at British universities and similar institutions; indeed, had not the War prevented it, nearly 250 students from twenty-one countries would have commenced their studies in Great Britain in October 1939. Drawn from practically all countries of Europe, many countries of South America, the Dominions and Colonies and the Near and Middle East, these students would have studied or carried out research in a great variety of scientific and humanistic subjects, including medicine, engineering, agriculture, law, philology, economics, sociology, physics, education, English language and literature, etc. Such activity is continuing so far as possible, even during the War; last year 143 students from overseas studied in the United Kingdom under the auspices of the British Council, and after the War it is hoped to give a considerable extension to this work.
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Overseas Students in Great Britain. Nature 147, 113 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147113a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147113a0