Publications and reports
- PMI Student Experience Achievements 2006-2011
- Reports of Pilot Projects and Overseas Study Visits
- Review of the Pilot Project scheme
- Survey of international students in FE
- Discussing difference, discovering similarities
- Internationalising students’ unions
- Linking outward and inward mobility: how raising the international horizons of UK students enhances the international student experience
- Transnational Education and the Student Experience
- Teaching and learning for international students (TALIS) – position paper for consultation
- Benchmarking the provision of services for international students in further education institutions
- Review of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) needs of staff working with international students
- Towards a new UK quality standard for international student services
- Benchmarking the Provision of Services for International Students
- Understanding the UK student response to internationalisation
- International students and Local Communities (HOST UK)
- The cost of living for London calculator
PMI Student Experience Achievements 2006-2011
This report provides a overview of the key projects focusing on the international student experience and funded by the Prime Minister’s Initiative's second phase (PMI2) over the last five years. The projects are grouped under the themes of financial advice, transition (preparing students to adjust from on learning style to another), teaching & learning, student services, students' unions, employability, professional development and Good Practice guides.Report
Reports of Pilot Projects and Overseas Study Visits
11 pilot projects and four overseas study visits were funded in 2009-10.
This publication showcases the outcomes of a selection of reports from
both schemes, which focus on encouraging innovation and publicising examples
of international student support, as well as researching elements of
good practice in key competitor countries.
Pilot projects and overseas study visits reports 2009-10
Pilot projects and overseas study visits reports 2008-09
Review of the Pilot Project scheme
This review investigates how the pilot projects funded by the PMI from 2006-2009 developed when the funding period ended. It looks at lessons learnt and considers options for the final year of the scheme in 2010/11.
Review of the Pilot Project scheme
Survey of international students in FE
i-graduate, the Association of Colleges (AoC) and UKCISA are delighted
to invite you to participate in “Tracking the International Student
Experience at Further Education (FE) colleges in the UK”. The research
has been commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills (BIS), to examine the expectations and experiences of non-EU
students who undertake an FE course in the UK. The study will highlight
areas of good practice and to inform areas for development, with the
overall aim of improving the experience for this group of learners.
Participant information for international students in FE survey
Discussing difference, discovering similarities
This toolkit is designed to aid academic staff and those working with students in a support role to improve interaction and cross-cultural learning between students from different cultural backgrounds.
Internationalising students’ unions
One PMI-funded project this year has been undertaken by the National Union of Students (NUS) and has focused on
internationalising students’ unions in order to be as inclusive as possible for international students and to encourage greater
international student representation. The NUS have piloted an audit with three unions this year and have produced a
report and audit that other students’ unions can use. Phase 2 of this project is recruiting a further 20 unions to the project in 2009-10.
Linking outward and inward mobility: how raising the international horizons of UK students enhances the international student experience
This report, by staff at the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research at Sheffield Hallam University, explores how and to what extent promoting UK student outward mobility is linked with improving the international student experience on UK campuses. The project report takes, in part, a case study approach and has examined four universities with extensive experience in promoting outward student mobility.Mobility Report
Transnational Education and the Student Experience: a PMI Student Experience project report
By Christine Humfrey
The inevitable and progressive growth of TNE and the acknowledgement of the central importance of the international student experience have made a focus on the quality and form of the TNE student experience a necessary and significant topic for discussion. This report outlines the major factors involved, highlights six case studies of UK institutional activities overseas, and includes an appendix with focus on the UK-Malaysia TNE experiences.
Report by Christine Humfrey
Teaching and learning for international students (TALIS) – position paper for consultation
December 2008TALIS Report
Benchmarking the provision of services for international students in further education institutions
This analysis of the range and extent of services specifically designed for international students in the UK’s FE colleges is a successor to last year’s similar report on HE provision. It enables the FE sector as a whole to consider the level of services currently provided, and allows individual institutions to compare their performance against others, to see whether and where improvements might be made.
Benchmarking Self-assessment tool
Review of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) needs of staff working with international students
Towards a new UK quality standard for international student services
Benchmarking the Provision of Services for International Students in Higher Education Institutions
With PMI support, we undertook the first UK-wide survey of provision for international students in HEIs. The full report allows you to benchmark your institution against the national average on all aspects of international student support.
Understanding the UK student response to internationalisation
University of the West of England and Bournemouth University
Traditionally international student views have been sought in attempts to understand patterns of interaction and integration. Although globally some studies of domestic students do exist, there is little research into the views and attitudes of UK students.
- Article from World Views magazine reporting on the first stage of this project
International students and Local Communities (HOST UK)
This study develops ways of measuring the success of project initiatives aimed at helping international students to meet and integrate with their local communities in the UK.
- Read the review of this project from UKCISA's World Views magazine
The cost of living for London calculator
Available from International Students' House/LCOS.