Increase flexibility and digital focus of international study.

International students are focused on increasing their employability and life long learning prospects, new research by Study Group has found.

Virtual internships and ensuring transferable skills are part of the curriculum play a key role in helping students transition into skilled jobs following graduation, allowing them to compete on the global stage. 

Despite COVID-19, the study found that students still strongly desire to study overseas, to ensure they get global exposure and on campus, in country experience. 

Something that Study Group’s Managing Director Alex Chevrolle highlighted in his remarks on the study:

“International students are seeking secure study options in the context of health, travel and financial uncertainty fast tracking digital transformation in education. There is a student mobility trend in Asia, with a large proportion of prospective students far more willing to quarantine than to defer their academic programme.”

“COVID-19 has accelerated a global digital transformation in the K-12 sector, creating a pipeline of digital native international students completely familiar with online learning.”

The study concluded that global higher education institutions will need to consider developing their blended and online programmes, to ensure that they are high quality and accessible and meet student expectations. Those institutions that do so, will help their students thrive, whilst also ensuring that the institutions themselves develop a good reputation, and gain more custom.