Current Research Programme

International Pricing Study

This study will demonstrate how higher education is priced for international students across the globe.

It will provide a market scan to identify the variation in tuition fees paid by international students for numerous course types and study levels at HE institutions in nine key destination countries. It will also assess the impact of currency fluctuations on the price of international study between numerous combinations of source and destination countries.

The data will be presented with a supporting written document which will draw conclusions from the market scan data, provide contextual information regarding scholarships/bursaries and living costs, and explore pricing strategies adopted by institutions and sectors in study destinations worldwide.

Consultant: i-graduate

Proposed publication date: May/June 2011

A Guide to UK HE Partnerships for Overseas Universities

This Guide will be aimed primarily at leaders and senior staff of overseas universities. It will summarise succinctly and intelligently the main features of the UK HE system, the basic forms of teaching and research collaborations, and a how-to section on working with UK universities for mutual benefit. Its core objectives are to inform international universities as to the opportunities that exist to collaborate with UK universities and to facilitate the formation of such partnerships.

The Guide will be published in English as well as a number of languages from key target markets. In the first instance, these are Mandarin (Chinese) and Arabic .

English-language Guides will be distributed to UK universities and other sector stakeholders, as normal. The translated Guides will be distributed in two ways: on an ad hoc basis to UK university staff when they are travelling to those countries (for them to distribute to their contacts there) and directly to universities in the target countries via the British Council offices.

Consultant: various writers across UK HE sector

Proposed publication date: July 2011