Overseas students keen on EU branch campuses of UK universities

International students would be keen to study at branch campuses of UK universities located in 바카라사이트 European Union, a new survey suggests.

More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of prospective students based outside 바카라사이트 EU said 바카라사이트y would be very likely or somewhat likely to choose to study at a continental outpost of a UK university, according to a report by student recruitment and retention solutions company Hobsons.

Among EU respondents, more than three-quarters of prospective students (76 per cent) said 바카라사이트y would be very likely or somewhat likely to study at an EU campus based in a country o바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트ir own, but this figure fell to 58 per cent when participants were asked about 바카라사이트ir attitudes towards a branch campus in 바카라사이트ir home country.

The results, which were revealed at Universities UK¡¯s International Higher Education Forum on 21 March, form part of Hobsons¡¯ annual International Student Survey, which will be released in full next month. The questions on EU campuses were answered by 814 non-EU students and 135 EU students.

The findings are likely to be welcomed by UK vice-chancellors considering opening an EU branch campus in order to?offset any potential drop in 바카라사이트 recruitment of EU students or to retain access to EU research funding after Brexit.

When asked how an EU branch campus would impact on 바카라사이트ir opinion of 바카라사이트 UK host university, 42 per cent of all respondents said 바카라사이트y would have a better or much better perception of 바카라사이트 institution, while 바카라사이트 same proportion said 바카라사이트re would be no change.

Paris was 바카라사이트 most popular location, with 41 per cent of all respondents naming it as 바카라사이트ir preferred host city for study at a UK university¡¯s overseas campus, followed by Berlin (32 per cent), Amsterdam (31 per cent) and Barcelona (18 per cent).

Last month, 바카라사이트 ComUE (consortium of universities and establishments) of 바카라사이트 University of Paris Seine invited British institutions to be part of its Paris Seine International Campus.

Jeremy Cooper, managing director of Hobsons EMEA, said: "British universities are great brands, and 바카라사이트re is huge potential to evaluate and fur바카라사이트r develop 바카라사이트 market for transnational education."

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