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What counts in study abroad?

What counts in study abroad?. Mark Gittoes Head of Quantitative Analysis for Policy. 23 June 2009. HEFCE’s use of statistical data. Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Collected for many reasons Returned by institutions to HESA at the end of the academic year

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What counts in study abroad?

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  1. What counts in study abroad? Mark Gittoes Head of Quantitative Analysis for Policy 23 June 2009

  2. HEFCE’s use of statistical data Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency • Collected for many reasons • Returned by institutions to HESA at the end of the academic year • Individualised student record • Over 200 items collected • Over 3 million records a year

  3. Student mobility • Take a cohort of full-time first degree entrants • Tracked through annual data for five years • Identified as studying abroad in any particular year • Categorised into full- or partial- year abroad

  4. Information examined Examined for all students in starting cohort • Profile of the students and courses • Personal characteristics such as sex, age or background • Course characteristics such as subject area or structure of course • Outcome from the course (e.g. first class honours) • Destination after graduating

  5. 2002/03 profile: type of course

  6. Profile: qualifications on entry

  7. Outcome: degree classification

  8. Destination: salary after 6 months

  9. Where next? • Part of work to support the inter-organisational international student mobility working group • HEFCE issues paper on “study abroad and placement courses” due to be published in Summer 2009 • On-going interest in measuring student mobility

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