Language is not the only problem faced by international students in the UK. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
International students are very important for the economic growth of the UK. Number of international students in UK was about 405,910 in 2009 and in 2010 it increased up to 428,225 (which is about 6%). These students play a very important role in UK’s economy and bring huge income to the country. Shane Spiers, managing director of UNITE says "The UK's higher education sector-and, indeed, the UK economy-rely heavily on the income derived from international students". "As the research from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills called Estimating the value to the UK of Education Experts (June 2011)
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Most of the students are inexperienced in living away from their home, so this is their first experience in an unfamiliar environment with different culture and traditions, trying to adapt and co-exist with the others. Evidently at the beginning they can face problems such as culture shock and the difficulties in communication. Two general issues are very popular for most of the international students which are finance managing and making/finding/building friendship. This essay will define three very popular problems that international students may face.
Life and education in UK is very expensive and it might be hard for some students to afford it, so they have to borrow large amount of money from their parents or relatives in order to pay for education and life in UK. Students must be very good in managing finances. Comparing cost of products in UK with the cost of products in their home country will be different, so it might be hard for them at the beginning to manage their finances. Mis-allocation of finance can lead to large loss of money and at the end of year students may be left destitute. Apart from this overseas education represents a huge investment by family and students may feel that they have to return this money or at least to make a profit by working in part-time job and limit their expenditures. Students probably may try their best to reduce the pressure on their family. Students will try to concentrate more spend more time looking for work
The need for higher education has prompted many students to seek further studies in international colleges outside their countries and Australia has become an academic hub for international students who mostly come from developing nations in Asia and Africa. The students, once they secure a place in this schools, they are subjected to a new environment which comes with different challenges. International students in Australia have become an integral part of the society both social and economical. However the students face a myriad of challenges before fully adopting to the new learning culture. In
Initially, due to English is a foreign language, international students usually need spend more time in studying than local students. In fact, more or less language problems will happen in international students’ studying life. For example, some students cannot correctly use English to analyze the topic, research the information and write work paper in their group-research. Moreover, different countries have different cultures, those from countries in different education system even need to change their way in speaking, writing and thinking etc. into international models. Therefore, learning time for international students is very tight because they are facing with so much pressure. This means that, if international students use too much time doing part-time work, they cannot have enough time to do their school work which is
As the widespread population of teenage international student body growth, many more promising and upstanding students came to America to develop their better selves. When the first year they come, the very different environment would be a challenge for this young generation of student who just left the protection of their parents and familiar teachers and friends. The adjustment of academic will be a fundamentally challenging for them in many different aspects.
One of the most obvious difficulties for an international student is culture shock. Culture shock is the result of moving from an environment that is familiar to one that is not. Adjusting to new food, people, environment and
This article is about how immigrants have come to learn English because they feel it is necessary it is also about how the government has not recognized other languages such as Spanish as an n official second language here in us. It is also stating how the government says that teaching children another language costs the government a lot of money yet it isn't proving that students are understanding the language they are being taught. It also talks about how teaching students English and giving the rest of their academics in their native language can affect these students. I do agree with this because I believe that if you try teaching a student English and aren't having them be in an English speaking class then they won't really learn the
Education is a never-ending learning process that has always been a piece of our life. As education is a building block in our lives, we are eager to put profoundly into our education. Good education will lead us to the bright future. With the fast advancement of public opinion, we have entered an era of information explosion which the necessity of studying abroad has turned into a developing pattern among youth. Most of the students feel that studying abroad is better than studying in local universities. As the saying goes, “the grass always looks greener on the other side of fence.” In this way, I believe that considering abroad have extraordinary points of benefits.
There has been a long-winded debate regarding tuition fees and what students receive in exchange for their payments towards their degree course, and with interesting information leaking from student newspaper, Epigram of the University of Bristol last year, the debate could become heated. The student newspaper published figures after obtaining a freedom of information request which lead to 150 arts and social science students protesting at the university in December 2014. These students were suspicious as to where the money from their expensive tuition fees was being allocated after learning how much their degree courses 'cost' per student.
In Nathan’s article, she keeps her principal focus on how foreign students interact with American students and the distinctive type of relationships that they build. It is quite strange to some of the foreign student’s that Nathan has interviewed about how non-committed American students are to the foreign students because American 's students do not socialize as much, and tends to spend more time alone. Furthermore, they will make small talk rather than being close friends or let it evolve into more. At that point, Nathan turns her center towards the difference between a relationship and a friendship between American and foreign students. She also discusses with different foreign students with different background and how they interact with their American roommates, and the relationship that they bond. In addition, American student’s family is a distinct subject from school but for international students, it is something naturally integrated into their social lives, which is why they care so much about their parents (Nathan 73). Furthermore, she discusses how many foreign students make comments about how different students look and the lack of attention that they give their professor compared to in their home country. Nevertheless, the social life and making companions in American can be quite troublesome for any foreign students. However, once you become acquainted with American students and get to be
International students face many different challenges when studying abroad. This is due to many factors. First, they are living in a country very far away from their own. The country they are studying at has a very different way of life than theirs. Further more, the laws in that country are much different than the laws in their own country. Due to that they face a lot of problems trying to adapt to this new culture. Me personally as an international student in the US studying at ASU, have faced three particularly difficult challenges that I was able to overcome through time. In this essay I will explain how international students can overcome tough challenges and situations.
encourage young people to move to the megacities to seek better educational opportunities. The universities in the urban areas of the big cities have attractive facilities, which promote students to move to the urban areas. They have a highly stander educational system, international purposeful teaching methods, highly professional academic staff and research institutions for postgraduate students. In addition, they have unrestricted academic choices; the students can select exactly what they want to study. For example the University of Glasgow and the all universities in the UK are committed to provide a high quality of education to the students by excellent learning methods and good facilities of research culture (University Strathclyde Glasgow, NA). Moreover, Capello, Olechnicka and Gorzela (2013) suggest that higher learning education activities and scientific research facilities are unequally distributed within countries; the activities are focused more on universities of the big cities. This illustrates that the students will join the highly standard and qualified universities to have their benefits. In addition, the universities in the megacities have enough relaxing areas which help students to relive stress and achieve their educational goals and a big campus with multiple entertainment facilities and multiple uses. Karna and Julin (2015) believe that servicers and facilities in Campus University for students and staff are used to support the main educational gal
Living away from your country can be a really interesting and unforgettable experience, but at the same time it has very important effects on one's life. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the three main effects that living in another country can produce in your personal life.
As an example, if a lot of students join to Business College and get good education from their university, they will help to flourish the economy in the country and increase it. Also, there will be a lot of people working in different jobs that will destroy the unemployment, this will help increase the economic section in the country, and the country will be in the list of the good countries to live in. If we get a good education in university, we will make our country in the list of the good countries to live in. In a study conducted by Simon Marginson and Gary Rhoades (2002), they observe that, “the world in which we now live takes us beyond the conceptual confines of current comparative higher education scholarship. Today, higher education in every corner of the globe is being influenced by global economic, cultural, and educational forces, and higher education institutions themselves (as well as units and constituencies within them), are increasingly global actors, extending their influence across the world” (p.
This essay will be examining both sides of arguments and give reasons to why the policy is unfair to current and future university students. As for the impact on the economy in the UK, Graphs, and statistical data will be included to further explain and analyze.
Competition for recruiting good quality students is higher than previously experienced with an over supply of courses and places in the UK market. In turn the raising of course tuition fees in 2012 has increased pressure on all service providers to improve standards to meet increasing student expectations. Some commentators argue that students now have ‘customer-like’ characteristics and as a consequence Universities will have to adapt their approach and services to satisfy these new conditions. This for some will mean a radical overhaul of courses, programmes and support services.
Malaysia is a middle income country. Base on the information from NEAC, consumers are willing to spend on more on travelling since 2006. According to the Economic Report 2005-2006, the wholesale and retail trade and hotels and restaurants indicates that shopping and travelling are the main lifestyle in Malaysia (Malaysians' spending on travel expected to rise 2006). Up to now, most oversea students enrol into the branch of foreign university instead of government school. The impact of economic force encourage the education industry to enhance their service and improve the quality by diverstify the courses and offer more accesses of higher education to the different racials.