3.8 million mobile students by 2024

By Shilpa Vasudevan. The rupee depreciating against the dollar, UK’s stringent visa rules, racism in Australia — despite these controversies, international student intake is poised to have a fillip, according to a report by the British Council (BC). Titled ‘The Future Of The World’s Mobile Students To 2024’, The study builds on the findings of a 2012 British Council report, ‘The Shape of Things to Come: Higher education global trends and emerging opportunities to 2020’. BC’s Hong Kong team is behind this report and the results are a result of ongoing market research that involved questionnaires, teleconferences with respondents and interviews with prospective students. More...