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Acknowledged
According to NUS Scotland, some international students are paying £20,000 a year to study at...
Conclusion
According to NUS Scotland, some international students are paying £20,000 a year to study at Scottish universities.98 Audit Scotland found that in 2016–17, on average, Scottish universities recovered 138.2% of the full cost of non-publicly-funded teaching, mainly by teaching non-EU students.99 Income from international (non-EU) student tuition fees made up 16% of total income across the entire university sector in 2017–18100 and the Scottish Funding Council expects that to increase to 18% in 2019–20.101
Government Response Summary
The government reiterated its International Education Strategy's ambition to increase international students to 600,000 by 2030, noting that this target has already been met for the 2020-21 academic year.
Government Response
Acknowledged
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
In February 2021, the UK Government published an update to the International Education Strategy, recommitting to the ambitions of the original strategy. These ambitions are to sustainably increase international students in the UK to 600,000 per year, and increase the value of education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030. This update set out a number of new actions aimed at supporting the sector’s path from pandemic recovery, back to sustainable growth. We are making good progress against the ambitions. International enrolments increased by 9% in the 2020 to 2021 academic year, with a total of 605,130 compared with 556,625 for the previous academic year. With this we have now met the Government’s ambition for the first time of hosting at least 600,000 international students per year by 2030.
Source
Committee
Scottish Affairs Committee
Inquiry
Universities and Scotland
Report
First Report - Universities and Scotland
28 May 2021
HC 54
Addressee Bodies
Scotland Office
Timeline
Recommendation age
5.2 yrs
Report published
28 May 2021