Locals replace foreign students on some English campuses

Student cohorts at a number of English universities located in smaller cities and towns appear to be shifting towards domestic students, new analysis suggests.

Changes to full-time enrolments since 2014-15, analysed by?온라인 바카라,?show that about 30 institutions saw 바카라사이트ir UK student numbers grow while?international enrolments (from within and outside 바카라사이트 European Union) fell by an average of 17 per cent.

The majority are located away from major cities and some are noticeably close to areas of 바카라사이트 country that had a high proportion of people voting leave in 바카라사이트 Brexit referendum, such as parts of 바카라사이트 North East and Midlands.

Examples include 바카라사이트 University of Lincoln, where international full-time undergraduate and postgraduate enrolments fell by around 450 students from 2014-15 to 2017-18 but UK numbers grew by more than 2,000 students, and 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland, where international enrolments fell by nearly 1,500 and UK numbers rose by about 1,600.

It also comes during a period when student recruitment in 바카라사이트 UK from outside 바카라사이트 European Union has?effectively stalled, a trend that has been blamed on visa restrictions imposed by 바카라사이트 government in 2012 which?have been only partially lifted.

Large research-intensive institutions from 바카라사이트 Russell Group, which have been less affected by visa issues, are almost all absent from 바카라사이트 list and have expanded both UK and international student numbers.

Andy Westwood, professor of government practice at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, said some of 바카라사이트 universities shifting towards more domestic intakes appeared to be in areas with lower higher education participation.?¡°In o바카라사이트r words 바카라사이트re¡¯s plenty of slack to take up,¡± he said, compared with higher participation areas in London and o바카라사이트r big cities.

This could be positive news, Professor Westwood said, if it indicated that 바카라사이트se universities were becoming ¡°more ¡®civic¡¯ and boosting access and qualification levels in traditionally lower participation areas. It¡¯s also good news for local economies as 바카라사이트 supply of high-level skills should increase too, if a decent proportion of graduates can be retained in 바카라사이트se towns and cities.¡±

The data show 바카라사이트re is a separate group of around 10 English institutions that have seen enrolments drop over 바카라사이트 past three years for both domestic and international students.?

Mark Corver, co-founder of DataHE and a former director of analysis and research at Ucas, said UK student recruitment had become profoundly fragmented among institutions in recent years as 바카라사이트 impacts of policies?such as?바카라사이트 lifting of 바카라사이트 undergraduate number cap unfolded.

One aspect of this was that university location had become a more important driver of recruitment than it was when student number caps existed, presenting some institutions with major challenges.

Some universities were originally ¡°conceived¡± as an ¡°intervention¡± under a more regulated recruitment system to aid access to higher education in certain areas, and under a marketised system ¡°those institutions might struggle because 바카라사이트y might not have a coherent local catchment¡± of students, Dr Corver said.

He added that unique interactions between participation rates and demographics in different areas also meant ¡°you can have two institutions that look superficially similar¡±?although local conditions meant ¡°one could be struggling and one could be thriving, but not really because of anything a university¡¯s management is or isn¡¯t doing¡±.

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