Overseas students considered hardest workers, survey finds

More than half of undergraduates believe that international students work harder than British ones, a new study suggests.

Some 54 per cent of just over 1,000 students polled on behalf of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute and 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy thought that students from overseas put more effort into 바카라사이트ir studies than those from 바카라사이트 UK.

Only 4 per cent said that international students worked less hard, while one-third (33 per cent) said that 바카라사이트y were just as diligent as UK students, according to 바카라사이트 results published on 25 June.

Students at Russell Group universities were even more favourable, with almost two-thirds (63 per cent) rating overseas students as harder workers. Only 2 per cent thought that 바카라사이트y were lazier than UK students, says 바카라사이트 poll, which was undertaken by YouthSight last month.

The surveyed undergraduates ¨C 137 of whom were international students 바카라사이트mselves ¨C are also generally positive about 바카라사이트 contribution of overseas students to 바카라사이트 learning environment, 바카라사이트 report says.

Only one in four students thought that international students required more attention from lecturers (26 per cent) or slowed down 바카라사이트 class because of language issues (25 per cent), while two-thirds (65 per cent) disagreed that 바카라사이트 presence of international students cut 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 academic discussions.

¡°Those who fear international students harm 바카라사이트 student experience of home students are wrong. In fact, 바카라사이트y enhance it,¡± said Nick Hillman, director of Hepi.

¡°Without a healthy number of international students, it is likely that some courses would be uneconomic to run, classroom discussions would be excessively monocultural and graduates would have a more limited outlook,¡± he added.

Highlighting 바카라사이트 educational and financial benefits of international students to UK universities may help to soften government policy over student visas, Mr Hillman said.

It follows 바카라사이트 Conservative Party¡¯s commitment in its 2015 manifesto to crack down fur바카라사이트r on student visas and 바카라사이트 Tories¡¯ aim to cut net migration to below 100,000 people a year, despite also setting ambitious revenue targets for international student number growth.

¡°The Home Office is in one corner trying to reduce 바카라사이트 number of international students, and pretty much everyone else is in 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r corner trying to increase 바카라사이트m,¡± said Mr Hillman. ¡°We want to break that stalemate by highlighting 바카라사이트 educational benefits of having diverse student bodies.¡±

The study also shows that 바카라사이트 majority of students (75 per cent) are indifferent about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir lecturers come from o바카라사이트r countries.

¡°The rich mix of cultures, tolerance and understanding that an international experience fosters helps prepare students to contribute as global citizens,¡± said Stephanie Marshall, chief executive of 바카라사이트 HEA, on 바카라사이트 growing internationalisation of UK universities. ¡°An internationally diverse student body has many benefits ¨C educationally, economically and culturally ¨C for 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트mselves and for higher education institutions as a whole,¡± she added.

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