International postgraduates studying at UK universities are significantly more likely to rate their courses highly than their British peers, a major survey has found.
Overall, 83 per cent of the nearly 84,000 students from 101 institutions who responded to Advance HE’s annual Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey say they are satisfied with their course, the highest level recorded since 2016.
That record high is, however, partly because taught postgraduates from India, Pakistan and Nigeria, whose numbers have grown dramatically in recent years, are much more likely to speak highly of their courses.
According to the results of Advance HE’s survey, published on 29 November, 88 per cent of African postgraduate students and 87 per cent of Asian postgraduates were satisfied with their course, compared with 79 per cent of UK students who were satisfied – which was the same rate as for European Union students.
