§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what studies he has made of the relative attractiveness and cost of study at United Kingdom higher education institutions compared with those in(a) developed anglophone countries and (b) other members of the European Union, for overseas students (i) in receipt of and (ii) without bursaries from public funds. [117363]
§ Mr. WicksThe Government commissioned the British Council last year, as part of the initiative to bring more international students to the UK, to research the relative attractiveness and the actual and perceived costs of studying in the UK compared with other developed anglophone countries. No distinction was made between students with or without bursaries. The summary of this research, the Brand Report, is available on the EducationUK website at www.educationuk.org. We have made no similar studies on other European Union member countries.