The Hobsons’ Good Universities Guide 2015 rates Australian universities based on graduates' ability to get a full-time job, starting salary and overall student satisfaction. It also provides information on fields of study, showing business and management degrees were the most popular among foreign undergrads.
More than 80% of 14,000 prospective UK-bound international students surveyed said they choose their study destination based on the quality of the education on offer over factors such as job opportunities in the destination country, or even which country they preferred, a new survey reveals.
Yahoo! officially shutdown its email service in China this Monday giving users a week to save data and their contacts list before accounts are permanently deleted on August 26. Although the closure was announced in April, the move could potentially put a kink in communications with potential and current students from China.
Only 6% of non-EU students thinking about studying in the UK want to emigrate to the country afterwards, a student survey has found. The finding comes just a year after the government controversially curtailed the post-study work rights of overseas students in its drive to lower net migration.
A panel of leading international student recruitment professionals emphasised the importance of data and digital marketing for delegates from Scottish FE and HE institutions at a free conference in Edinburgh last week.
Hobsons has launched a new Virtual Orientation app in the UK, mainland Europe and the Middle East. The app offers detailed orientation for prospective that is customised and institution-specific. It also announced a new partnership with University of Limerick in Ireland this week.
Using or reappraising relations with education agencies, or outsourcing other aspects of international student recruitment – whether that is social media management, enquiry management or regional representation – is on the rise within UK higher education. Jim Butler reports on the new recruitment environment, as competition intensifies for overseas students and operating conditions also turn the screw.
When you track enquiries to UK universities in 2012, there is a clear and marked drop right around the time that UKBA announced proposed changes to the post-study work visa. In Australia, meanwhile, since the Knight Review enquiries have shot up.
