Poor-quality courses taught by universities overseas are “bad for business”, the English higher education regulator has warned as it outlined its powers to investigate increasingly popular transnational education degrees.
In a new report, the Office for Students said students living overseas now account for 16 per cent of all those registered at English universities and colleges.
As such, it said transnational education (TNE) courses make an “important contribution” to the sector’s reputation – but only if their quality is high.
“If the education or student experience offered on a particular course is seen as substandard, this potentially affects perceptions of all English TNE courses,” it said. “Leaving poor quality courses unchallenged is ultimately bad for business.”
