HIGHER university tuition fees in the UK are prompting students to look overseas to continue their studies, according to a South Gloucestershire sixth form.
The Ridings' Federation of Academies Sixth Form says some of its students have turned down places at top British universities due to £9,000-a-year fees.
One, Kevin Schesser, received an offer from St Hilda's College, Oxford, to read Physics in September 2012 but the International Baccalaureate student decided to take a place at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany instead.
He said: "Oxford is an internationally known institution, but I didn't feel the standard of the course offered justified the £9,000 tuition fee. I looked at the courses offered by foreign universities in great detail and found that I could gain an equally rich education at a far more reasonable price outside Britain."
Shelley Swift, who coordinates the International Baccalaureate programme at The Ridings' Federation of Academies Sixth Form, said: "In Kevin's case, his education here has given him the skill set to study abroad, and at a time when tuition fees are deterring students from British universities he has been given another option. However I believe it won't be long until students are actively demanding an experience at sixth form level that prepares them for an international education and career."
ms chemistry online neuroscience course rubber future market
0 comments:
Post a Comment