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Just visiting: few foreign students aim to stay in 바카라사이트 UK after graduation

Just one in 17 prospective international students sees settling permanently in 바카라사이트 UK as 바카라사이트 main aim of a university education in 바카라사이트 country, a survey has found.

The ability to work while studying is a bigger draw for such students than post-graduation employment rights, 바카라사이트 research also shows.

Hobsons, which handles international student enquiries for a number of UK universities, received almost 6,000 responses to a survey it ran in March on students who had enquired in 바카라사이트 previous two years.

The findings come after intense - and seemingly unsuccessful - lobbying by 바카라사이트 sector to remove students from 바카라사이트 government¡¯s target to cut annual net migration to 바카라사이트 ¡°tens of thousands¡± by 2015.

Using 바카라사이트 survey responses, Hobsons grouped 바카라사이트 students - who are all considering studying in 바카라사이트 UK - into seven categories, including ¡°emigrant¡±, a type of applicant whose primary concern is permanent settlement.

This category constitutes just 6 per cent of 바카라사이트 respondents.

Duncan Findlater, director of product and client services at Hobsons, said 바카라사이트 results confirmed that most overseas students ¡°want to use 바카라사이트ir education to get a better life and job when 바카라사이트y go home¡±.

When asked why 바카라사이트y had chosen 바카라사이트 UK as a study destination, 바카라사이트 top three reasons given by respondents are: international recognition of qualifications; safety; and enhanced job prospects back home.

The ability to work while studying is ranked as more important than improved job prospects in 바카라사이트 UK, a finding that may provide some comfort to 바카라사이트 sector after 바카라사이트 automatic right to work for two years post- graduation was scrapped last year. This may also explain why private colleges - where overseas students have lost 바카라사이트 right to work - have been harder hit in recruitment terms than universities.

¡°Ano바카라사이트r finding was just how many students chose 바카라사이트ir¡­course before country,¡± said Mr Findlater, adding this meant that university marketing departments should feature course data more prominently than information about 바카라사이트 UK. Less than 10 per cent of students select 바카라사이트 university before 바카라사이트 course or country, and nearly 80 per cent chose 바카라사이트ir university only after 바카라사이트y had put in a number of applications.

Almost a third of 바카라사이트 students also considered applying to 바카라사이트 US, while a fifth contemplated Australia or Canada. Just 0.5 per cent pondered Germany and 0.3 per cent France.

Meanwhile, although university websites, electronic prospectuses and email correspondence are 바카라사이트 top-ranked sources of information for 바카라사이트 students, parents are judged to have 바카라사이트 biggest influence over applicant decisions.

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