Russians At UK Universities ‘lonely And Guilty’ As They Fear For The Future

Lydia, a 21-year-old Russian student studying in London, is afraid to speak in public since the invasion by her country in Ukraine. She believes that people will blame her for a war she doesn’t support if she speaks with her accent, which led her to feel isolated. She learned the language faster by being surrounded only by English-speaking friends but worries that they wouldn’t understand how she feels. Her classmates’ lack of understanding makes it worse because she doesn’t have anyone to share her experience with. Lydia doesn’t want to burden her parents so she tries not to complain to them. Universities support their Ukrainian students by offering emotional support, money help, visas, and guidance on how to bring their parents to the UK. Universities offer emotional support to Russian students who are alone and unable to ask for help. They proactively approach Russian and Belarusian learners to comprehend their position and give support. That has resulted in several universities calling their Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian students, offering support, help, and checking if they are doing okay. The professional researchers say that there is no equivalence between the suffering of Ukrainians and what Russian students are facing in the UK. However, it is crucial to remember that these learners are probably disconnected from their families and may feel very alone. Tatiana, a Russian PhD student in Cambridge, describes her fear for her parents, who are deciding whether to leave Russia and worries that she may never see them again. She protests in Cambridge, but it is very dangerous for her parents to demonstrate back home. Some Conservative MPs want the children of Russian oligarchs to be removed from private schools in the UK, and others prefer to expel all Russian students from universities in the US and UK. However, Professor Paul Nightingale believes it is unwise to propose expelling all Russian students since most of them are anti-Putin, and they should be the ones to rebuild Russia’s future.

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