Beyond borders

More than a third of all international entrants to undergraduate courses are recruited from transnational courses.

Universities should invest in transnational education to maintain student recruitment, according to a report published today by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Between 2009 and 2012, more than a third of all international entrants to first degree studies were recruited from transnational courses delivered overseas by British higher education providers or partners working on their behalf, it states. The majority of these students came from China and Malaysia, with more than half of all first degree students from these two countries starting their first degree directly from UK higher education delivered overseas.