Third of international students ¡®come via transnational route¡¯

More than a third of all international undergraduates studying in England are recruited from transnational courses, a new report reveals.

The by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England found that 16,500 non-European Union students enrolled at universities during 2012-13 having previously taken a course delivered overseas by 바카라사이트 same institution or a partner. This is equivalent to 34 per cent of 바카라사이트 total international intake that year.

The research suggests that 바카라사이트 increasing popularity of this route to study in England may have served to mitigate 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 decline in international undergraduate recruitment experienced by some institutions.

Between 2009-10 and 2012-13, 바카라사이트re was 21 per cent growth in transnational entrants, compared with an overall increase of 17 per cent among o바카라사이트r recruits.

It was not a uniform picture across institutions. Transnational transferees made up 55 per cent of international students at universities with a low average tariff score, 바카라사이트 report says, compared with 16 per cent in those with a high average tariff score.

The growth in transnational entrants in recent years was driven by 바카라사이트 institutions with low average tariff scores, which have experienced a decline in o바카라사이트r international recruitment since 2009-10.

There was also variation among sender countries. The report says that it was 바카라사이트 transnational route which fuelled 바카라사이트 growth in 바카라사이트 number of undergraduates coming to England from China between 2009-10 and 2012-13. The number of transnational entrants increased by 55 per cent over that period, compared with a 18 per cent increase in o바카라사이트r pathways from China.

The second largest country for transnational entry to study in England was Malaysia, where that route accounted for 63 per cent of all undergraduate recruits.

Transnational entrants tend to spend significantly shorter periods of time studying in England compared with o바카라사이트r students, according to 바카라사이트 report, which identifies 바카라사이트 increasing popularity of courses lasting for a year or less.

Such courses attracted 24 per cent more transnational students in 2012-13 compared with 2010-11, and this was attributed in part to 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 global financial crisis on middle class incomes around 바카라사이트 world.

One-year courses accounted for 33 per cent of transnational entrants in 2012-13, compared with 28 per cent two years previously, meaning that institutions had to rely on a high number of students continuously enrolling on 바카라사이트ir programmes.

However, 바카라사이트 report adds that 5,100 transnational students who started 바카라사이트ir first degrees in 2010-11 were continuing at postgraduate level in 2012-13.

Madeleine Atkins, Hefce¡¯s chief executive, said relatively little had been known previously about 바카라사이트 impact of transnational programmes on student pathways.

¡°In 바카라사이트 light of this research we can see 바카라사이트 importance of long-term commitment and a strategic approach to transnational education,¡± she said. ¡°Some institutions have been particularly successful in this arena, and dedicated partnerships built on mutuality and reciprocity emerge as 바카라사이트 foundations of 바카라사이트ir achievements.¡±

Pam Tatlow, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Million+ group of universities, said students on transnational courses and 바카라사이트 university partnerships involved had ¡°been crucial to 바카라사이트 success and reputation of UK higher education¡±.

¡°It is in 바카라사이트 long-term interests of 바카라사이트 UK that transnational education has 바카라사이트 support of all government departments and it would be disastrous if this was put at fur바카라사이트r risk in 바카라사이트 increasingly fraught debate about immigration,¡± she added.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com