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Welcome to our May 2022 Newsletter!
UK Education Guide in the News
Read the latest published articles written by UK Education Guide since our last Newsletter. Our articles are always focused on championing the needs of international students and their families.
All international students need more help to adjust to university
In this article for the Times Higher Education, we look at the research conducted by the organisation we have set up to champion the needs of international students already studying in the UK. The research highlights the need to offer these students additional support in both University selection and help on campus, post arrival.
www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/all-international-students-need-more-help-adjust-university
How has pastoral care changed during the pandemic? The Guardianship view…
The additional stresses to both existing and new students due to Covid cannot be overestimated. Many existing students have not been able to return home for over 18 months, whilst some new students have been bewildered on arriving in the UK without the benefits of a prior visit due to Covid restrictions.
blog.thepienews.com/2022/03/how-pastoral-care-has-changed-during-the-pandemic-the-guardianship-view/
2 part guide to preparing for and applying to study Medicine, published in consecutive weeks by the Hong Kong Standard
Part 1: How to prep for medical school
www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/fc/14/239791/How-to-prep-for-medical-school
Part 2: Plan with surgical precision
www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/fc/14/240025/Plan-with-surgical-precision
How the Scottish Higher Education system is very different from England?
While the names of some Scottish universities may be familiar, the opportunities they offer students remain somewhat of a mystery even to those working in international higher education.
At our recent international student university fair, Karen Robley and Charlotte Richardson from the universities of Strathclyde and Stirling, respectively, were asked to explain more about the Scottish higher education system and how it differs profoundly from the rest of the United Kingdom.
www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/fc/14/240497/The-Scots-do-it-differently
Why are Foundation courses so popular?
Foundation courses are a great ‘pathway’ to degree study, working on enhancing language skills and learning skills, in this article we examine why they are becoming more popular and what study options are available.
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/fc/14/241720/Why-foundation-courses-are-popular
Citizenship Award
Young King’s Ely pupil supporting the homeless in Wisbech.
King's Ely Junior pupil, Willow, has come up with a really meaningful way to support people less fortunate than herself in her local community. Concerned about the rising costs of living and homelessness in her local area, Willow, who is in Year 4, decided she wanted to do something to help.
Willow's 'Sunday Soup with a Smile' initiative sees her making 50 litres of hot, nutritious soup from scratch in her parents' kitchen at their home, near Wisbech, on a Saturday. The next morning Willow then delivers her soup to a hotel in Wisbech which is currently providing accommodation for almost 30 people who are homeless.
The only thing Willow's parents are helping her with is driving her to the hotel - she is doing everything else herself - and she has even persuaded a company in King's Lynn to provide her with the majority of ingredients required for free!
Congratulations on such a meaningful act of service to others, Willow!
International Education Round-up
Western careers advice for international students ‘misdirected’
Western universities are shepherding their foreign graduates into mediocre jobs with local employers and ignoring the often vastly superior opportunities in students’ homelands, an international education expert said. Kuala Lumpur-based consultant Louise Nicol said universities were failing many of their overseas students with a myopic approach to careers services that focused exclusively on opportunities in the host country…This overlooked a “massive shift in graduate recruitment”, with Asian companies supplanting Western corporations as the optimum places to launch careers. Students who stayed away too long risked being branded “sea turtles” who had been “out of the loop for years” and had picked up annoying Western attitudes.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/western-careers-advice-international-students-misdirected
Good grade pays more than university choice, study finds
Doing badly at a top-rated university in the United Kingdom can result in lower earnings outcomes for graduates than doing well at a less selective British university, according to new research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) for the Department for Education.
The findings show the difference in graduate earnings is much wider between graduates leaving a UK university with a lower second-class honours degree (2.2) than an upper second-class honours degree (2.1) than the pay differential for graduates gaining a first-class honours over those achieving a 2.1.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220422085848917
International students: There will be winners and losers
Continuation and completion rates
While both continuation and completion rates have been much higher for international students than for domestic students in the UK, there is some anecdotal evidence emerging that students from some markets within predominantly English-speaking countries, from less affluent segments and without a tradition of international education, have been struggling to adapt to the requirements of university-level study in the UK. These students are not benefiting from the preparation that a majority of students from non-English speaking countries get from foundation or pre-sessional English and study skills programmes before starting their degree courses. And these are some of the same students who also need to find part-time work to sustain their time in the UK.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220421150116439
Internet firms told to remove adverts as England bans essay mills
The Westminster government has written to internet search providers asking them to remove advertising for essay mills after legislation making contract cheating illegal became law.
With the Skills and Post-16 Education Act receiving royal assent, it is now illegal in England to offer to complete assignments or examinations for financial gain to students enrolled at a higher education provider, or to make arrangements to advertise such services.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/remove-essay-mill-adverts-internet-firms-told-new-law-passes
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