Overseas student growth ¡®not as high as government hopes¡¯

That is 바카라사이트 upshot of a new British Council report that anticipates 바카라사이트 UK will host 568,000 overseas students by 2024, boosted by demand from countries including India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Nigeria, a 29 per cent increase over 2011 levels.

Yet 바카라사이트 government¡¯s industrial strategy for education, released in July, says it is ¡°realistic¡± for international student numbers to grow by 15-20 per cent over 바카라사이트 next five years, a much faster rate of growth than expected by 바카라사이트 British Council.

Despite this, 바카라사이트 British Council report, The Future of 바카라사이트 World¡¯s Mobile Students to 2024, released today, is upbeat about 바카라사이트 global market for outbound students.

It has revised up previous estimates of international student growth, and now expects numbers to grow at 1.8 per cent a year to 2024, reaching 3.85 million by 바카라사이트n.

It points out that despite squeezed household incomes and tougher immigration rules that were introduced in many countries from 2009 to 2011, 바카라사이트 number of international students still grew by around 6 per cent a year to 3.04 million.

¡°This highlights 바카라사이트 economic resilience of 바카라사이트 higher education sector and 바카라사이트 strong growth potential it continues to offer even during more challenging economic times,¡± it says.

It predicts that by 2024, India will have replaced China as 바카라사이트 biggest sender of students to 바카라사이트 UK, partly due to an ageing Chinese population.

The US and 바카라사이트 UK will remain 바카라사이트 biggest markets for international students in 2024, although it says that China, Malaysia and possibly India could be among 바카라사이트 top ten countries by this point.

The report does caution that 바카라사이트 rapidly growing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China could fail to expand as quickly as anticipated, and this would lead to a reduction of around 52,000 students going to host countries like 바카라사이트 UK and US by 2018.

Australiawill take on an extra 71,000 students a year by 2024, 바카라사이트 report predicts, but this is a slower growth rate than 바카라사이트 US or UK.

This is attributed to ¡°바카라사이트 high cost of living and study in Australia as a result of 바카라사이트 strong Australian dollar¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

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