How the ‘International Student Belonging’ report will help you:
- Inform your strategies for communicating and engaging with prospective undergraduate international students
- Provide evidence to support your university’s recruitment activities with and transitional support for international undergraduate students
- Identify opportunities for new programmes or initiatives that could better support international students’ sense of belonging
- Provide an evidence base to secure the necessary funding for new work/initiatives, and engage stakeholders in a joined-up approach to international student belonging
More about the ‘International Student Belonging‘ project
The international student recruitment landscape is ever-changing and UK universities are constantly facing new challenges in their approach to attracting and retaining international undergraduate students.
Whilst a number of quantitative surveys and barometers exist to provide international recruitment data, there remains a gap in qualitative insights on international students’ feelings about being part of their learning community and how supporting that sense of belonging can impact during recruitment and at key transition points in students’ journeys.
Our unique qualitative insight report will provide that missing evidence and assist strategies to attract and retain international undergraduate students in an increasingly competitive market.
The smart, succinct, highly visual report has an Executive Summary and contains practical recommendations.
Report contents include:
- How international prospects take sense of belonging into account when choosing a university
- What messages would resonate with international prospects to foster a sense of belonging prior to entry
- The aspects of university life which foster a sense of belonging among international students and how this relates to their retention and success
- What universities can do to make international students feel part of a learning community at university
Project partners
This project was developed in partnership with 3 universities who helped to shape the research design through our collaborative University Futures model. With thanks to:
- University of Bristol
- University of Law
- University of Nottingham