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UK HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR AND OUTWARD MOBILITY

STEPHANIE KLEYNHANS Policy Officer, Europe Stephanie.Kleynhans@international.ac.uk KATHERINE ALLINSON Policy Researcher Katherine.Allinson@international.ac.uk

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TODAY’S SESSION

UK Higher Education Sector

• Student facts and figures
• Popular subjects
• Graduate outcomes and high level skills
• Teaching and research income
• Higher Education and Research Act and Bologna

Outward Student Mobility

• UK student mobility
• Benefits of outward mobility
• Go International: Stand Out Campaign

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UNIVERSITIES UK INTERNATIONAL – WHO ARE WE?

Our members are the vice-chancellors or principals (executive heads) of universities in the UK. Universities UK International aims to:

• Enable universities to develop and deliver strong international strategies
• Influence the UK & international policy and regulatory environment through our

ability to represent UK universities

• Create diverse opportunities through strategic partnerships, programmes and

delegations

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UK HIGHER EDUCATION IN NUMBERS

Higher education institutions (2015-16)

• In 2015-16, there were 162 higher education institutions (excluding further education

colleges) in the UK in receipt of public funding via one of the UK funding councils

• 136 of these are Universities UK members

Student Numbers (2015-16)

• In 2015-16, there were 2.28 million students studying at

UK higher education institutions

Graduate employment (2015-16)

• More than 90% of graduates were in work or further study

within six months of leaving university.

Staff in higher education institutions (2015-16)

• There were 201,380 academic staff and 208,750

non-academic staff employed at UK universities in 2015-16

Students Number Undergraduate 1.75 million Postgraduate 532,975 UK Students 1.84 million EU Students 127,440 International Students 310,575 Full time 1.7 million Part time 540,285

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STUDENTS BY COUNTRY OF PROVIDER, 2014-15 TO 2015-16

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STUDENTS BY DOMICILE 2007-08 AND 2015-16

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TOP 20 HOME COUNTRIES OF NON-UK STUDENTS 2015-16

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MOST POPULAR SUBJECT BY STUDENT NUMBERS

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GRADUATE OUTCOMES

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GROWTH IN HIGH LEVEL SKILLS 2005 AND 2015

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TEACHING AND RESEARCH INCOME, 2015-16

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HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACT 2017

Office for Students

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

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UK SECTOR AND BOLOGNA PROCESS

Bologna Process

• Engagement – will still be part of the EHEA following the UK’s exit

from the EU

• Various UK chairs on some of the Advisory Groups of the Process

UK Higher Education and Research Act 2017 and Bologna Process

• Quality assurance focus and changes in implementation
• Increased elements of student involvement
• Greater engagement with business/industry/employers
• Bringing teaching and research much closer together
• Suggestions of allowing accelerated courses

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THE CAMPAIGN

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MOBILITY RATES – INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

Australia: 19.3% USA: 15.1% The UK: 6.6%

*Based on the full cohort, not the same cohort as is used in our Gone International report, which is students responding to the DLHE Australian data from the Australian government ‘Research Snapshot’, January 2017 US data from Open Doors 2016

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More women than men

Top 10 mobile subjects % mobile Clinical medicine 29% French studies 92% Business studies 11% Spanish studies 95% English studies 7% Others in European languages & lit. 86% Politics 12% German studies 97% Law by area 11% History by period 7%

Who goes abroad?

1 in 3 were language students 7.2% of the graduating cohort WP and BME less mobile

MOBILITY IN THE UK

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ERASMUS+, PROVIDER-LED, SANDWICH OR OTHER SCHEME?

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WHERE DO THEY GO?

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BENEFITS OF OUTWARD STUDENT MOBILITY

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BENEFITS OF OUTWARD STUDENT MOBILITY II

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INSTITUTIONAL BENEFITS

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Aston University Oxford Brookes University University of Derby Bangor University Queen Mary University of London University of Glasgow Birmingham City University Queen's University Belfast University of Greenwich Cardiff Metropolitan University Southampton Solent University University of Hertfordshire Cardiff University Swansea University University of Keele City, University of London The University of Bath University of Portsmouth Coventry University The University of Birmingham University of Roehampton De Montfort University The University of Chichester University of Southampton Edge Hill University The University of Edinburgh University of St Andrews Edinburgh Napier University The University of Essex University of the Arts London Glasgow Caledonian University The University of Hull University of the West of England, Bristol Goldsmiths, University of London The University of Kent University of Wolverhampton Harper Adams University The University of Leeds University of York Heriot-Watt University The University of Liverpool Aberystwyth University King's College London The University of Reading Canterbury Christ Church University Lancaster University The University of Sheffield Leeds Arts University Leeds Trinity University The University of Surrey The University of Leicester Manchester Metropolitan University The University of Warwick University of Dundee Middlesex University The University of Westminster University of Exeter Northumbria University Newcastle University of Bedfordshire University of Gibraltar University of Bristol University of Sussex

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PROPOSED CAMPAIGN OUTPUTS

• Policy priorities
• Making the case to UK

government

• Minimising barriers with
• verseas governments
• Academic champions
• Alumni
• Business communities
• Campaign pages on website
• Downloadable toolkit
• Charter and institutional

action plans

• Campaign short report
• Gone International IV, V and

VI - annual cohort studies

• Other relevant programme

research

Evidence base Resources for universities Advocacy Networks (embedding culture change)

Annual Calls to Action

YEAR 1: UNIVERSITIES YEAR 2: ALLIES, ACADEMICS AND ALUMNI YEAR 3: EMPLOYERS

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1. Feedback on proposed campaign activities, and tell us what would be most helpful in supporting your institution to boost and broaden mobility. 2. Sign up for regular updates and promote the campaign to your networks – promote link on website, intranet, email, Twitter, events

• 3. Identify case-studies and spokespeople from your university community and alumni base that highlight

the value of mobility on individuals, the economy and society

• 4. Attend and host campaign events at your university