Cross-border flows of students within the UK

Susan Whittaker; David Raffe; Linda Croxford

doi:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474404587.003.0005

Cross-border flows of students within the UK

Susan Whittaker, David Raffe, Linda Croxford

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Around one in fourteen UK residents who enter full-time undergraduate courses move to a different home country of the UK to do so. In this chapter we examine the types of students who move, their reasons for doing so, and the trends and patterns of what we shall call ‘cross-border flows’. We also reflect on the ways in which devolution and related changes have influenced these flows. In this chapter, we address a series of questions that arise from issues on cross-border flows. How do students make choices about where to study? What are the patterns and trends of cross-border flows within the UK? Which types of students cross borders, and what purposes might this serve for them? Do cross-border flows contribute to inequalities in higher education? Have fee differentials, and the 2012 fee changes, had an impact? How have cross-border flows been affected by devolution, and how might they be affected by any further constitutional change?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Higher Education in Scotland and the UK
Subtitle of host publication	Diverging or Converging Systems
Editors	Sheila Riddell, Elisabet Weedon, Sarah Minty
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Pages	1-22
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9781474404594
ISBN (Print)	9781474404587
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474404587.003.0005
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2015

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higher education
devolution

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Higher Education in Scotland, the Devolution Settlement and the Referendum on Independence
Raffe, D., Croxford, L., Minty, S., Riddell, S., Weedon, E., Weedon, E., Whittaker, S. & Riddell, S.
ESRC
1/03/13 → 31/07/14
Project: Research

3 Working paper
2 Commissioned report
1 Other contribution

CREID Briefing 35: Student Characteristics and Their Association with Cross-border Higher Education Mobility in the UK
Whittaker, S., 9 May 2017, Edinburgh: Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity (CREID), University of Edinburgh. 15 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
CREID Briefing 36: Patterns and Destinations of Cross-border Higher Education Mobility in the UK
Whittaker, S., 9 May 2017, 16 p. Edinburgh : Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity (CREID), University of Edinburgh.
Research output: Other contribution
CREID Briefing 32: Higher Education, the Devolution Settlement & the Referendum on Independence: Research Findings
Riddell, S., Raffe, D., Croxford, L., Weedon, E., Minty, S. & Whittaker, S., 1 Feb 2015, Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity (CREID), University of Edinburgh.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Cross-border flows of students within the UK

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Higher Education in Scotland, the Devolution Settlement and the Referendum on Independence

Research output

CREID Briefing 35: Student Characteristics and Their Association with Cross-border Higher Education Mobility in the UK

CREID Briefing 36: Patterns and Destinations of Cross-border Higher Education Mobility in the UK

CREID Briefing 32: Higher Education, the Devolution Settlement & the Referendum on Independence: Research Findings

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