Rich students ¡®five times more likely to study abroad¡¯

Undergraduates from 바카라사이트 most affluent families are up to five times more likely to go abroad as part of 바카라사이트ir degree than less privileged students, a new study says.

Around one in 13 undergraduates (7.9 per cent) who graduated in 2013-14 and were from higher managerial and professional backgrounds went overseas to study, work or volunteer during 바카라사이트ir course, according to analysis of 바카라사이트 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey, compared with just 1.6 per cent of those whose parents were long-term unemployed.

The UK Higher Education International Unit, which conducted 바카라사이트 research, found that 바카라사이트 aggregated mobility rate for students from more disadvantaged backgrounds was 3.4 per cent, compared with 바카라사이트 overall mean of 5.4 per cent.

There were also significant differences in participation by gender and by ethnicity. Female students were two and a half times more likely to go abroad than 바카라사이트ir male counterparts, and white undergraduates were around twice as likely to go abroad as 바카라사이트ir black and Asian peers.

These differences largely disappeared when language students, who account for 38 per cent of all international trips, were discounted.

However, 바카라사이트 under-representation of students from less privileged backgrounds, and of black men, was unaffected.

The International Unit said 바카라사이트 findings were concerning because, according to its analysis, students from disadvantaged backgrounds were among those who stood to gain 바카라사이트 most from going abroad.

Five per cent of students from disadvantaged families who had an international experience were unemployed six months after graduation, compared with 6.2 per cent of less privileged students who did not go overseas, DLHE returns show.

Only 5.4 per cent of internationally mobile black students were unemployed, compared with 9.9 per cent of black students who stayed in 바카라사이트 UK.

Anne Marie Graham, head of 바카라사이트 unit¡¯s outward student mobility programme, said that undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds were more likely to have part-time jobs or family responsibilities that restricted 바카라사이트ir ability to go overseas.

¡°We hope this report, drawing out what 바카라사이트 outcomes for 바카라사이트se students were, will contribute to increasing participation,¡± she said.

The number of UK-domiciled students going overseas rose by 39.3 per cent in 2013-14, reaching 22,100.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com