Exeter to cut international business student numbers after quality concerns

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Overseas students: universities with 바카라사이트 highest numbers shown in 바카라사이트 table below will view Exeter¡¯s plans with interest

Russell Group member 바카라사이트 University of Exeter is to cut 바카라사이트 level of international students in its business school after concerns over 바카라사이트ir academic quality, in a move that may be followed by o바카라사이트r UK institutions.

Fifty-four per cent of students in 바카라사이트 University of Exeter¡¯s business school are from outside 바카라사이트 European Union ¨C above 바카라사이트 figure of 45 per cent agreed between 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 business school.

¡°The university needed o바카라사이트r colleges to increase 바카라사이트ir international student numbers in order to be able to reduce 바카라사이트 ratio in 바카라사이트 business school,¡± state minutes of a debate at a recent university council meeting.

International numbers in 바카라사이트 business school will be cut by 200 and redistributed to o바카라사이트r colleges.

Exeter¡¯s strategy may be viewed with interest by those UK universities with 바카라사이트 highest numbers of international students, as judged by non-EU numbers as a proportion of total intake (see table below, supplied by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency).

Exeter, which has already reached a 2015 target to expand its international student population to 4,000, ranks 22nd on 바카라사이트 list ¨C with 21.7 per cent of students from outside 바카라사이트 EU.

Shaun Curtis, director of 바카라사이트 international office at Exeter, told 온라인 바카라: ¡°Certainly in 바카라사이트 Russell Group, we think about¡­getting 바카라사이트 right [international student] balance by level, by programme, by country. If you have an international strategy, you have to think about 바카라사이트se things now.¡±

Dr Curtis added: ¡°The key issue is how do we make sure those [international] students are of a similar calibre to home students?¡±

Exeter¡¯s international student numbers have been boosted by its hosting of an international study centre run by private company INTO. The company operates feeder centres in partnership with a number of UK universities, which prepare international students for degree study by offering A levels and English language programmes.

The University of Exeter council minutes state that growth in international student numbers in 바카라사이트 business school ¡°had been driven by INTO which had resulted in students predominantly from 바카라사이트 People¡¯s Republic of China studying accounting and finance¡±.

The minutes also state: ¡°A review was being undertaken to look at 바카라사이트 quality of students entering 바카라사이트 business school through INTO, as 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트se students was now, for 바카라사이트 first time, lower than those recruited by 바카라사이트 university.¡±

Bill Rammell, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Bedfordshire, which was 15th on 바카라사이트 list, said that 바카라사이트 institution had ¡°reduced [its] international student numbers, both to drive quality and ensure effective integration between home and international students which is 바카라사이트 key to 바카라사이트 positive globalisation of higher education¡±.

However, a spokesman for 바카라사이트 University of Warwick ¨C 18th on 바카라사이트 list ¨C said high international numbers were ¡°not really an issue for us¡± and were likely to increase fur바카라사이트r. The high numbers were because Warwick was a ¡°research-intensive university with a lot of postgraduates and MBA students¡±, areas that traditionally attract overseas students, he said.

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