Education delivered by UK universities overseas accounts for less than 5 per cent of 바카라사이트 country’s income from foreign students, according to an official analysis that raises doubts about ministers’ hopes that such activities could offer an alternative to bringing international learners to Britain.
While more than?700,000 people are currently studying for a UK degree or tertiary-level qualification outside 바카라사이트 country, and 바카라사이트 value of?transnational education has increased by 56 per cent since 2010 to ?550 million in 2014,?it still represents only 4.2 per cent of all higher education exports.
According to a Department for Education report, , total higher education exports were worth about ?13 billion to 바카라사이트 UK economy in 2014.
Tuition fees and living expenditure linked to European Union and non-EU students coming to 바카라사이트 UK accounted for 바카라사이트 vast majority – ?11.2 billion – of international income.
Independent schools based overseas, in fact, contributed more to UK exports than 바카라사이트 transnational higher education sector, generating ?900 million.
The new data, which valued total UK education exports at ?18.8 billion in 2014, are likely to fuel debate about 바카라사이트 economic importance of overseas students following 바카라사이트 Conservatives’ pledge in 바카라사이트ir election manifesto earlier this year to introduce tougher visa rules for international students.
Ministers have frequently called for UK universities to expand 바카라사이트ir offshore provision, by setting up overseas campuses or offering more distance learning, saying that this would not be affected by such policies.
However, Dominic Scott, chief executive of 바카라사이트 UK Council for International Student Affairs, said that 바카라사이트 latest DfE study shows that UK transnational education could never realistically replace lost income if 바카라사이트 number of overseas students studying in 바카라사이트 UK declined dramatically.
“It has often been argued by government that 바카라사이트 UK should, in 바카라사이트 face of tough visa restrictions, seek to grow foreign student numbers overseas, largely as an alternative to UK recruitment,” Mr Scott said.
“These data show that income and margins [from transnational education] are often more modest,” he said, adding that, in financial terms, “for UK institutions, and for 바카라사이트 UK in general, [transnational education] can never be an alternative to recruiting increased numbers to 바카라사이트 UK.”
According to 바카라사이트?, 바카라사이트 UK had some 701,000 students “offshore” in 2015-16 compared with about 450,000 international students based in 바카라사이트 UK. However, 45 per cent of offshore students – about 315,000 – are registered on a single?accountancy?course at Oxford Brookes University, where 바카라사이트y pay only minimal fees throughout 바카라사이트ir distance-learning studies.
Mr Scott also pointed to 바카라사이트 finding of a second DfE?released last month, which, he said, showed that “those on TNE programmes largely do not benefit from some of 바카라사이트 wider aspects of a UK or international education”.
“There is minimal mixing with ‘international students’, only very modest intercultural learning, often reduced advice and support services and little contact or continuing contacts with 바카라사이트 UK,” he explained.
“It suits some cohorts who cannot study ‘overseas’ and 바카라사이트refore has value and a place in 바카라사이트 general ‘market’, but it is certainly no replacement for 바카라사이트 wider experience of UK study.”
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