Internationalising Higher Education

This session takes an insightful, evidence-based look at two significant groups of international students in the UK: students who come to the
UK to learn English and students who come for higher education. Will Archer and Tony Millns report the results of a study of over 50 English
language teaching (ELT) schools and over 2,250 ELT students to address a range of questions: How successful is the provision
of English language programmes in the UK? How does the student experience vary at private and public institutions? What can the
government and institutions do to improve the experience for this group of learners? How can the UK retain and improve its global
reputation as a leading provider of high-quality education for international students? Catherine Walter reports on a study of the
experiences of postgraduate international students in UK higher education. Highly successful academically and as communicators
in their own countries, these students make an often dramatic transition to a new academic and communicative environment. How is the
transition experienced? How do students perceive their own roles and those of their lecturers? How can they maintain their selfesteem? What can be done to ease the transition