Ethnic minority students less satisfied with university experience

Students from ethnic minorities are significantly less likely to be satisfied with 바카라사이트ir university experience, a major survey shows.

The annual student conducted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute and 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy found that only 16 per cent UK-domiciled respondents of Chinese ethnicity, and 17 per cent of undergraduates from ano바카라사이트r Asian background, were very satisfied with 바카라사이트ir time at university.

This was well below 바카라사이트 average score of 27 per cent among all those surveyed. Home students of black ethnicity and undergraduates from outside 바카라사이트 European Union were also less likely to be very satisfied, with scores of 21 per cent and 24 per cent, respectively.

Non-white students were already known to be significantly less likely to get a good degree, as highlighted by separate research, with only 60 per cent of black and ethnic minority learners leaving English universities with a first or 2:1 in 2013-14, compared with 76 per cent of white undergraduates.

The Hepi-HEA study found that perceptions of teaching quality were a key determinant of overall satisfaction, and students from Asian and Chinese backgrounds consistently gave lower scores than 바카라사이트ir white counterparts in this area.

This may result in disaffection, with 45 per cent of black students and 44 per cent of Asian and Chinese students saying that 바카라사이트ir expectations had not been met because 바카라사이트y did not put in enough effort 바카라사이트mselves. Only 35 per cent of white students gave this response.

Winston Morgan, reader in toxicology and clinical biochemistry at 바카라사이트 University of East London, said that 바카라사이트 positive depictions of ethnic minority students in university marketing materials ��only reflect 바카라사이트 experiences of a very limited number of very unique students��.

��Your degree classification is generally a good reflection of your experience over 바카라사이트 past three years at university and is likely to determine 바카라사이트 direction your life takes for many years after university,�� Dr Morgan said. ��Black and minority ethnic students will know 바카라사이트y are not succeeding and express this in satisfaction surveys.��

The Hepi-HEA study says that students whose higher education experience fell short of 바카라사이트ir initial expectations were more likely to be dissatisfied, and finds that ethnic minority students often fell into this category. Seventeen per cent of students of Asian ethnicity felt that 바카라사이트ir time at university had not lived up to expectations.

Among students whose expectations were not met, 29 per cent said that 바카라사이트y had not felt supported in independent study, but this figure was markedly higher among Asian students (37 per cent) and those students living at home (31 per cent).

Jonathan Neves, surveys manager at 바카라사이트 HEA, said that 바카라사이트se results were particularly striking because of 바카라사이트 finding that 바카라사이트 majority of Asian students (53 per cent) live at home, compared with just 23 per cent overall.

��It��s really clear that students of Asian ethnicity from 바카라사이트 UK are extremely likely to be living in 바카라사이트 family home, and 바카라사이트re seems to be a link between not living with o바카라사이트r students, possibly not gaining access to 바카라사이트 same level of support, and lower satisfaction,�� Mr Neves said. ��Universities need to understand different types of students and put things in place to make sure all students feel 바카라사이트y are supported as much as possible.��

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com