A Paradox of Opportunity and Anxiety: Effect of Debt Policy on UK International Student Experiences
<p id="p1">According to higher education reports, the UK is the second destination for international students after the US due to the high reputation of its education system. International students contribute significant revenue to educational institutions and the UK economy. Hence, government and u...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/89638 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">According to higher education reports, the UK is the second destination for international students after the US due to the high reputation of its education system. International students contribute significant revenue to educational institutions and the UK economy. Hence, government and university policies promote the UK as a destination for high quality education. This rhetoric influences international students’ choice of the UK despite their constrained budgets. This chapter examines how different UK universities treat international students who default in paying fees. The author employed ethnographic participation, vignettes, document, and website analysis, to understand students’ experiences. The findings showed that the universities in this study had published on their websites value statements, ranking information, and an international student debt policy amongst other information. However, the debt policy, which was similar in many respects, was implemented differently by each institution. Five out of the eight universities analysed in this study showed, empathy, adopted one to one engagement with the defaulting student, while three were very harsh, resorting to exclusion, or expulsion. The main insight is that some of the universities acted unethical negating the values depicted on their websites.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-85014-495-6 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.115285 |