Yes but most international students have a lot more to lose then what British students have. Some parents from India have sold land or houses for their children to pay course fee's, WHAT A HUGE PRESSURE TO SUCCEED. I understand your point about generalising though, some British students work very hard like my friend but when they get the degree their are no jobs for them are you scared about this possibility ?. Some people graduate when they are 23 and they have zero work experience or very little if they are lucky. My mother was looking for a new accountant and she put a job advert in the job centre, she was only willing to consider people who had plenty of experience in accountancy, so straight away all the fresh graduates were totally cut out.