The New Oriental Education and Technology Group has forecast that the number of Chinese international students will increase over the next five years, peaking at up to 800,000 students annually. So what are the main reasons why Chinese students study abroad - and particularly in the UK? 1. Access to recognised education From Oxbridge through to [...]
International students play a huge role in the stability and development of universities, with entrants from outside the European Union making up to 60% of those commencing on postgraduate full-time taught masters degrees. It has been estimated by Universities UK that international students contribute up to £25 billion per year to academic institutions and therefore [...]
These are challenging times for International education marketing - especially for universities in the USA and UK. As an invisible export, the sector is worth billions, yet politicians sometimes seem blithely unaware of the effect their rhetoric can have in the big educational markets of the globe. A classic example is India. Indian postgraduate numbers [...]
We read today that Presidents Xi and Trump had a ‘cordial’ hour long telephone conversation yesterday, in which the latter affirmed his commitment to the One China policy that has been respected by the USA for so many decades. Will this ameliorate any growing concerns among Chinese International students about their likely welcome in America? [...]