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Paul White¡¯s suggestion that we ban country-specific student societies to ensure that foreign students integrate (¡°Ban country clubs so foreign students mix¡±, 4 April) is a radical idea but futile. When I was senior warden in the accommodation services at the University of Edinburgh, we tried all manner of ¡°social engineering¡± - by nationality, subject, gender and even type of secondary education. Nothing worked.

Roger Watson
Editor-in-chief, Journal of Advanced Nursing
Professor of Nursing, University of Hull