One third of new international degree students in the UK transfer from partner institutions abroad
A recently released report titled “Direction of travel: transnational pathways into English higher education”from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) estimates that “around 34% (16,500 entrants) of all international first degree entrants in England in 2012/13 transferred from UK programs delivered outside England”. China and Malaysia accounted for almost 80% of all the new entrants who were recruited directly from UK-linked transnational education (TNE) programs abroad, with 55% (8,290) of Chinese new entrants and 63% (3,175) of new Malaysian students arriving via TNEs. The report also found that British institutions with high average tariff scores (that is, those in the top third of institutions according to the average tariff scores of their UK undergraduate entrants) are less reliant on TNE students than are those institutions with low average scores. HEIs with medium average tariff scores have an almost equal split between their transnational entrants and those recruited through standard recruitment and other onshore pathways.
The overall enrolment in UK TNE programs has grown significantly, rising from 192,205 students in 2008 to 337,255 in 2013 for an average annual growth rate of 12% over the last five years.
Source: ICEF Monitor
URL:http://monitor.icef.com/2014/12/one-third-new-international-degree-students-uk-transfer-partner-institutions-abroad/
