Type of study and reasons for studying in the UK
In this section, we examine the type of study undertaken by students in the sample and then look more specifically at reasons given by these students for undertaking study abroad and more specifically in the UK. Initially, respondents were asked about the type of study that they were undertaking. Three-quarters of the students were studying for a degree to be awarded in the UK, whilst just under a fifth were at a UK university on a Socrates-Erasmus exchange programme. (A small minority of students were studying under different arrangements.) As these two types of study are very different in kind, we present in the following subsections, findings relating specifically to:
students studying for a degree to be awarded in the UK; and
students on an exchange under the Socrates-Erasmus programme.