UK TNE to overtake onshore international enrolments ‘by next year’

Man looking the wrong way as someone hides behind a palm tree, with a map of the world as the background. To illustrate the difficulties in applying quality assurance processes to transnational education.

Is it time to get serious about quality standards in TNE?

As student visa restrictions mount and domestic fee income declines, interest in transnational education is growing. But while the quality of domestic higher education is often tightly regulated, overseas provision can be a very different story. Helen Packer reports

By Helen Packer

11 August

People take photos of a naked-eye 3D kangaroo appearing on an outdoor screen in Beijing, China. As an illustration that offshore education by Australian universities in China can require conditions that would never be tolerated at home.

Transnational education deals a ‘threat to the academy’

Universities have turned to offshore educational pacts amid a global crackdown on international students, but critics say they require conditions that would never be tolerated at home

By John Ross

3 October

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‘Exit strategies’ needed in transnational education, experts say

Joint study by British Council and Universities UK International finds scale and significance of overseas delivery makes risk management increasingly important

By Patrick Jack

17 May

Has the UK’s transnational education money-spinner spun out of control?

Teaching UK degrees abroad promised adventure, sunshine and a regular pay cheque. But navigating an environment in which many students couldn’t speak English, senior academics acted like dukes and oversight from the UK was patchy at best left Anthony Killick disillusioned

By Anthony Killick

4 July

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