Students studying in London are more likely to feel their course is good value for money and report higher levels of happiness than elsewhere in England, according to a new analysis.
Despite paying higher fees, international students in the capital are more likely than their domestic counterparts to rate their experience as good or very good value (41 per cent to 35 per cent), London Higher finds in its new report based on the 2022 Student Academic Experience Survey.
Those studying at smaller, specialist institutions tend to be happier and think their courses are serving them well – which the organisation said was “likely thanks to smaller staff: student ratios and the nature of intense specialist provision”.
The findings could be explained partly by the high proportion of domestic students who commute to their university from a family home in or near London, therefore avoiding high accommodation costs, the study, Living and Learning in London – produced with the Higher Education policy Institute (Hepi), finds.
