Research reports

Benchmarking the provision of services for international students in further education institutions (July 2008)

This analysis of the range and extent of services specifically designed for international students in the UK’s FE colleges is a successor to last year’s similar report on HE provision. It enables the FE sector as a whole to consider the level of services currently provided, and allows individual institutions to compare their performance against others, to see whether and where improvements might be made.
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Benchmarking the Provision of Services for International Students in Higher Education Institutions (May 2007)

This report sets out the findings of the first UK-wide survey of provision for international students in HEIs carried out with funding from the Prime Minister's Initiative for International Education. The full report allows you to benchmark your institution against the national average on all aspects of international student support.
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New Horizons: The experiences of international students in UK further education colleges (2006)

UKCISA carried out this survey of over 600 international students at 25 colleges across England, Scotland and Wales in association with the Association of Colleges, the Association of Scotland’s Colleges, British Council and English UK.

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Broadening our Horizons: international students in UK universities and colleges (2004)

2004 ISBN 1 870679 39 3. 98pp

This report from UKCISA, published in association with British Council, Universities UK and the Standing Conference of Principals, details the results of a survey of nearly 5000 international students in the UK. It finds high levels of satisfaction with the experience of studying here, especially with academic matters, but also sets out a developmental agenda for institutions, government and other agencies.

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The Experiences of International Students in UK Higher Education: a review of unpublished research (2003)

by Diana Leonard, Caroline Pelletier and Louise Morley

This report includes an annotated bibliography of unpublished research on international students in the UK, much of which has been undertaken by international students themselves. It also includes a preface and report commenting on the areas covered and the gaps where further research would be desirable, and critiquing the methodologies used in existing research. This should be required reading for anyone contemplating undertaking research on international students in the UK. The preface, report and bibliography are available to download from here.

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