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Challenges in Counting Exchange Students: A Study Abroad Analysis

This report from the BUTEX Symposium delves into the complexities of tracking study abroad students from UK institutions, examining methodology, estimation techniques, and key questions for accurate counting. Discover the difficulties faced in counting exchange students and explore important considerations in student mobility data collection. Learn about the challenges, sources of dispersion, and unanswered questions in student exchange counting processes.

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Challenges in Counting Exchange Students: A Study Abroad Analysis

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  1. WHAT COUNTS IN STUDY ABROAD? Joan Anton Carbonell Kingston University BUTEX Symposium - June 2009

  2. Institutions included in the report

  3. SM from 59 institutions

  4. Evolution by groups of universities(Difference between 2003/04 and 2007/08 in %)

  5. Students going to the US (59 institutions)

  6. Students going to non-European English speaking countries or institutions

  7. Estimation of students going to the main non-European destinations

  8. Estimation of total UK Student Mobility

  9. Methodology • Absolute numbers coming from Erasmus data and answers to the survey • Estimations based in the percentage of Erasmus outgoing students represented by responses (60.7% in 2003/04, 62.3% in 2004/05, 63.0% in 2005/06, 63.2% in 2006/07 and 62.6% in 2007/08) • Only students in exchange for more than three months considered • No work placements or language assistants included

  10. Problems to face when considering counting exchange students • Dispersion of sources: • European / International / Study Abroad / Exchange / Mobility / Any Office • Decentralised structures • Lack of records • Staff involved • Timing of the request

  11. Who to count? • Exchange students • Work Placements • Language / Comenius Assistants • Mobility to off-shore campuses • Short visits and field-trips • Short stays in developing countries • Intensive Programmes • PMI2 and other government initiatives

  12. Questions with no answer (yet) • What is student mobility? • Do we count only credited mobility? Or any? • What is the minimum length? • When is the best time to report? • Do we count bodies or mobility? • Do we make a distinction between home and international students? • How can we gather all information needed?

  13. Please send the answers to ja.carbonell@kingston.ac.uk MANY THANKS!!

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