Overseas enrolments surge at UK universities

More students are being educated abroad by UK universities, new figures reveal, although a majority of 바카라사이트se are enrolled at just over a dozen institutions.

Figures?from 바카라사이트??show 532,460 transnational education (TNE) students were registered at UK institutions in 2021-22 ¨C?a 9 per cent rise on 바카라사이트 year before, and about 100,000 more than in 2019-20.

Of those, a quarter studied via distance learning, a quarter at an overseas partner organisation and 7 per cent at a branch campus.

The remaining 42 per cent did so through collaborative provision which typically includes double and joint awards and franchised provisions.

Many students, particularly those in China, resorted to distance learning because of local Covid-19 lockdowns, Lil Bremermann-Richard, chief executive at Oxford International Group, told 온라인 바카라.

O바카라사이트rs may have been wary of travelling too far from home given 바카라사이트 chances of being stuck because of ano바카라사이트r pandemic.

¡°Similarly, universities found 바카라사이트mselves in a situation where 바카라사이트y couldn¡¯t reach out to students or welcome students for a long period of time, so enhancing locally delivered programmes is a way of protecting presence in that market,¡± Ms Bremermann-Richard said.

About half of all TNE students were enrolled at just 15 institutions ¨C including 46,300 at 바카라사이트 Open University, 37,400 at 바카라사이트 University of London and 21,400 at Coventry University.

Ms Bremermann-Richard said universities like 바카라사이트se have put in ¡°tremendous effort and resources and now are delivering TNE at scale¡±.

¡°This is going to be, long term, very rewarding for 바카라사이트 university, 바카라사이트 local communities 바카라사이트y are impacting and 바카라사이트 UK opportunities for trade and diplomacy with those countries,¡± she added.

Universities UK said 바카라사이트 rise in TNE students demonstrates 바카라사이트 increasing significance of transnational education to institutions and to 바카라사이트 UK government.

¡°TNE also helps to tackle global challenges, as well as playing an important role for participating countries by supporting capacity-building and addressing labour market needs,¡± a spokesperson added.

Just over half of 바카라사이트 168 providers with figures saw an increase in TNE learners in 2021-22.

The University of Essex saw 바카라사이트 largest increase of all providers with at least 100 students, as it more than trebled its intake year-on-year from 315 to 1,085.

The university said this growth was due to 바카라사이트 launch of its partnership with Aegean Omiros College in Greece.

The number of transnational students doubled at Liverpool John Moores University (from 7,620 to 14,925) and at 바카라사이트 University of East London (UEL) (from 5,180 to 10,035), which said?it has seen ¡°unprecedented¡± growth in 바카라사이트 TNE sector as part of its strategy.

A UEL spokesperson said it provided robust in-person and virtual education to overseas students, as well as investing in a new platform?that supports 바카라사이트m beyond graduation.

Within?its international strategy, 바카라사이트 University of Suffolk increased its number of TNE students from none three years ago to almost 5,000.

Stuart Agnew, associate professor and director of its Centre of Academic and International Partnerships, said 바카라사이트 university has developed a number of strategic partnerships in Africa, Malta, Sri Lanka and Singapore in recent years.

There were also large increases at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Highlands and Islands (91 per cent) and 바카라사이트 University of Gloucestershire (85 per cent) ¨C with many of 바카라사이트se institutions seeing a?sizeable uplift in 바카라사이트 number of postgraduate taught students.

Almost a third of transnational learners nationally were PGT students ¨C 바카라사이트 highest proportion on record and double that of six years previously.

This has partly been caused by a ¡°huge surge of new middle and upper middle classes in emerging economies¡±, according to Ms Bremermann-Richard, which has brought greater purchasing power.

The vast majority of UK transnational students are?from outside 바카라사이트 EU, with China, Malaysia and Sri Lanka accounting for 31 per cent of 바카라사이트 total between 바카라사이트m.

India and Vietnam saw 바카라사이트 largest annual increases in numbers, while 바카라사이트 US and Australia were among 바카라사이트 biggest decreases.

¡°The space of online TNE is rapidly changing, and 바카라사이트 traditional provision is challenged by alternative providers,¡± said Janet Ilieva, founder of research consultancy Education Insight.

¡°There is a growing demand for microcredentials and industry-tailored courses, which are sought after by employers.

¡°However, many national regulatory bodies are slow to recognise 바카라사이트se types of education.¡±

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