According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that Britain’s share of the productive market in overseas students has declined sharply as Australia and other competitors countries attract more Asians students on degree programmes. However, there are number of foreign students are coming to study in the UK, its market share is falling faster than any other developed countries and, threatening its position as the second most popular undergraduate destination after the US.
Australia has been the biggest beneficiary,making progress particularly in attracting students from China, the largest and rapidly growing source of new business. Andereas Schleicher, head of analysis at the OECD said " The advantage that the UK has traditionally had is getting smaller,". He also warned that the other countries, particularly in the Nordic area, were introducing courses taught in English, threatening to erode further the dominance of universities in English speaking countries.
Mindful of the £1.25 bn a year revenues earned from foreign students' fees, ministers are struggling to balance the need to promote and support British university courses aboard with concerns about security and illegal immigrantion. Under a Home Office pilot scheme, colleges are being asked to report back when enrolled students disappear or accepted candidates fail to turn up.
Australia has been the biggest beneficiary,making progress particularly in attracting students from China, the largest and rapidly growing source of new business. Andereas Schleicher, head of analysis at the OECD said " The advantage that the UK has traditionally had is getting smaller,". He also warned that the other countries, particularly in the Nordic area, were introducing courses taught in English, threatening to erode further the dominance of universities in English speaking countries.
Mindful of the £1.25 bn a year revenues earned from foreign students' fees, ministers are struggling to balance the need to promote and support British university courses aboard with concerns about security and illegal immigrantion. Under a Home Office pilot scheme, colleges are being asked to report back when enrolled students disappear or accepted candidates fail to turn up.
Mr. Schleicher said " In higher education there is fundamental change going on in many countries and a lot of investments being made." He predicated that greater internationalisation of education would have a growing impact on countries' balance of payments. There was also a burgeoning market for cross broder programmes delivered electronically.
"The strength of the pound is hurting UK, the Americans are coming back into the market after staying away for a few years after 9/11, and now the prime minister, who had highly successful strategy to increase the number of foreign students, has let the Home Ofice sabotage everything."
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