Finishing schools or fleecers of fools?

Article Abstract:

Many of the thousands of foreign students who come to the UK each year for a 'study abroad' experience at a university or tutorial college are happy to leave without a degree or diploma, but critics claim that gullible foreign students are being exploited by money-grabbing institutions. Former chair of the British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Assn. Margaret Westwood explains that many US students are concerned only with being able to add study at a UK university to their CV. The estimated 400 'associate students' at Oxford University are neither members of the university nor candidates for its degrees.

Evaluation, Foreign study

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A sliding share of a global game

Article Abstract:

The number of overseas students studying in UK universities declined in 1998-99 for the first time in around 15 years. Overseas students starting postgraduate courses fell by 6% although those undertaking postgraduate research increased by 16%. Whereas overseas students taking first-degree courses declined by 15%. It is anticipated the number of students from China and India will rise in the future compared to those from Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore which have declined. Although some observers blame the economic crisis in Asia others blame the decline in status of UK education.

Recruiting, Schools, Education, Higher, Higher education

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A quality game where cheating is allowed?

Article Abstract:

Revelations about serious problems with quality control at Thames Valley University have highlighted the shortcomings of the teaching quality assessment undertaken by the UK Quality Assurance Agency. Many observers believe that the teaching quality assessment system is irrelevant and that it hardly merits the investment it requires in terms of time and money. In particular, the system fails because it only looks at a very small proportion of each university's work.

Standards, Universities and colleges

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