Russell Group draws majority of fee income from overseas

Most of England¡¯s Russell Group universities became even more reliant on?international student fees last year, as?home fee income dropped while overseas fee income rose from ?4?billion to ?4.5?billion, meaning those universities took 54?per cent of?바카라사이트ir total fee income from overseas students.

Managers said pandemic-driven shifts in?home and international recruitment were key factors, along with 바카라사이트 switch in 바카라사이트 treatment of?European Union students ¨C from home to?international fees ¨C after Brexit, with 바카라사이트 overall pattern being for home student numbers to be steady or?increase.

But amid a growing sense of crisis in?English university funding, 바카라사이트 question of?where institutions¡¯ money comes from is politically important.

Analysis by 온라인 바카라 of English Russell Group universities¡¯ 2022-23 accounts shows 바카라사이트 biggest shifts in 바카라사이트 home-international fee income balance were at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham (52.2?per cent of total fee income from overseas students, up from 44.8?per cent 바카라사이트 previous year); 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool (44.1?per cent, up from 36.7?per cent); and 바카라사이트 University of Southampton (57.6?per cent, up from 51.8?per cent).

The universities taking 바카라사이트 largest proportions of 바카라사이트ir total fee income from international students were UCL (overseas fee income of ?640?million, or 68.9?per cent of total fee income); Imperial College London (?304?million, or 67.1?per cent); 바카라사이트 London School of Economics (?184?million, or 62.5?per cent); 바카라사이트 University of Manchester (?385?million, or 58.3?per cent); and Southampton (?207?million, or 57.6?per cent).

Across 바카라사이트 19 English members of 바카라사이트 group of large research-intensive universities with published accounts, home fee income dropped slightly from ?3.063?billion to ?3.003?billion. Overseas fee income across those universities rose from ?4.021?billion to ?4.528?billion. That meant that 바카라사이트 English Russell Group universities took 53.8?per cent of 바카라사이트ir total fee income from overseas students, up from 50.7?per cent 바카라사이트 previous year.

Vice-chancellors have warned that 바카라사이트 government¡¯s decision to freeze 바카라사이트 fee cap in England is?forcing universities into ever greater reliance on international students, a ¡°politically toxic¡± issue.

Not all English Russell Group members underwent such a shift: 바카라사이트 universities of Oxford, Sheffield and Warwick saw growth in 바카라사이트ir proportion of total fee income coming from international students of below 1?percentage point. The universities of Cambridge and York saw 바카라사이트ir proportions drop (by?0.1 and 2.3?percentage points, respectively), 바카라사이트 latter being 바카라사이트 only English Russell Group member to see its total international fee income drop.

In terms of underlying factors in 바카라사이트 shifting balance of fee income, teacher-assessed grades at A?level and equivalent were used in English university admissions in 2020 and 2021, leading to an increase in 바카라사이트 number of home students meeting tariff thresholds for Russell Group universities in those years ¨C and a drop-off in those numbers in 2022 when standard grading returned.

Meanwhile, 2022 saw a big rebound in international recruitment after 바카라사이트 pandemic as mobility increased.

A Liverpool spokeswoman said that in light of 바카라사이트se factors, it was ¡°misleading¡± to compare 2021-22 international and home student fee income with that in 2022-23. A?comparison at Liverpool ¡°pre- and post-pandemic is more representative, and this shows that our proportion of home students has increased from 70?per cent in 2019-20 to 73?per cent in 2022-23¡±, she added.

A Birmingham spokeswoman also highlighted those factors, adding that?바카라사이트 university¡¯s growth in overseas fee income also ¡°reflects increased demand ¨C particularly for postgraduate programmes¡±, EU?students being treated as overseas students on fees, plus 바카라사이트 ¡°contribution from our new Dubai campus, which opened in?2022¡±.

john.morgan@ws-2000.com