Bis research paper number 128 The wider benefits of international higher education in the uk

Document Outline

• Executive summary
  • Research objectives and method
  • Group results
  • Wider benefits and impact
    • Benefits to the UK (economic)
    • Benefits to the UK (influence)
    • Benefits to international graduates
    • Benefits to countries of origin
    • Summary of benefits and impact
  • Individuality
  • Promoting the UK as a host for international HE
  • Wider experiences including work
  • Ambassadors including scholarship alumni
  • Sustaining positivity
  • Recommendations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Context: UK international higher education
  • 2.1 Growth of international HE in the UK
  • 2.2 International students in the wider global context 
  • 2.3 Internationalisation of HE systems
  • 2.4 Dynamics of the international HE market 
  • 2.5 Government interventions in UK international education
    • 2.5.1 Immigration and employment
  • 2.6 Benefits and impact of international student mobility
    • 2.6.1 Beneficiaries
    • 2.6.2 Benefit types
    • 2.6.3 New insights
• 3. Research aims and methodology
  • 3.1 Research objectives and design
  • 3.2 Primary research methodology
    • 3.2.1 Interview preparation and structure
  • 3.3 Sample design and stratification
    • 3.3.1 Countering positive bias in the interview sample
• 4. Benefits of international graduates
  • 4.1 Benefit types and classification
  • 4.2 Benefits to the UK (host country)
    • 4.2.1 Benefit type A1: Additional HE exports
      • 4.2.1.1 Research evidence
      • 4.2.1.2 Implications
    • 4.2.2 Benefit type A2: Indirect economic benefits
      • 4.2.2.1 Research evidence
      • 4.2.2.2 Implications
    • 4.2.3 Benefit type A3: Professional networks
      • 4.2.3.1 Research evidence
      • 4.2.3.2 Implications
    • 4.2.4 Benefit type A4: Personal consumer behaviour 
      • 4.2.4.1 Research evidence
      • 4.2.4.2 Implications
    • 4.2.5 Benefit type A5: Skilled migration
      • 4.2.5.1 Research evidence
      • 4.2.5.2 Implications
    • 4.2.6 Benefit type B1: UK Ambassadors 
      • 4.2.6.1 Research evidence
      • 4.2.6.2 Implications
    • 4.2.7 Benefit type B2: Promoting trust
      • 4.2.7.1 Research evidence
      • 4.2.7.2 Implications
    • 4.2.8 Benefit type B3: UK influence during capacity building
      • 4.2.8.1 Research evidence
      • 4.2.8.2 Implications
  • 4.3 Benefits to international graduates
    • 4.3.1 Benefit type C1: Career enhancement or change
      • 4.3.1.1 Research evidence
      • 4.3.1.2 Implications
    • 4.3.2 Benefit group C2: English language proficiency
      • 4.3.2.1 Research evidence
      • 4.3.2.2 Implications
    • 4.3.3 Benefit type C3: Cosmopolitanism and intercultural sensitivity
      • 4.3.3.1 Research evidence
      • 4.3.3.2 Implications
    • 4.3.4 Benefit type C4: Personal growth and wider experiences
      • 4.3.4.1 Research evidence
      • 4.3.4.2 Implications
    • 4.3.5 Benefit type C5: Social benefits and networks
      • 4.3.5.1 Research evidence
      • 4.3.5.3 Implications
  • 4.4 Benefits to countries of origin
    • 4.4.1 Benefit type D1: Capacity building and societal development
      • 4.4.1.1 Research evidence
      • 4.4.1.2 Implications
    • 4.4.2 Benefit type D2: Personal multiplier effects
      • 4.4.2.1 Research evidence
      • 4.4.2.2 Implications
• 5. Other research findings
  • 5.1 Results and observations
    • 5.1.1 Semi-quantitative results of interview preparation questions
    • 5.1.2 Semi-quantitative analysis of interview information
    • 5.1.3 Distinctive pedagogy: A motivation for study in the UK
    • 5.1.4 Experiences of work
    • 5.1.5 Formal and informal alumni networks
    • 5.1.6 Visa issues
    • 5.1.7 Negative experiences
    • 5.1.8 Inferred academic benefit – internationalisation at home
  • 5.2 Emerging trends
    • 5.2.1 National differences
    • 5.2.2 Other characteristics
    • 5.2.3 Changes in perception over time
• 6. Overall findings
  • 6.1 Reflections on impact beyond student experience
  • 6.2 Positive impacts and attitudes
    • 6.2.1 Sustaining positivity
  • 6.3 Individuality
  • 6.4 The UK as a destination for international students
  •  6.5 Cosmopolitanism (and integration)
  • 6.6 An optimal width of experience
  • 6.7 Ambassadors including scholarship alumni
  • 6.8 Other student mobility and internationalisation at home
• 7. Conclusions and recommendations
  • 7.1 Recommendations
• 8. References
• Appendix 1
  • Rationale for groupings of graduate characteristics
  • Detailed characteristics of the interview sample