The International Student Barometer:Entry Wave 2009

What is the International Student Barometer?

• The ISB is the largest annual study of international students in the world, with feedback from 600,000 international students since 2005

• The survey also included the response of Imperial’s domestic students in the Student Barometer (SB)

• The survey sampled the opinion of first year students in November 2009

• Running in 16 countries across 5 continents

• The data allows Imperial to compare its performance with both London (LDN) and Russell Group (RGi) institutions, as well as from an international (ISB) and home student (SB) perspective.

Benchmarking Institutions

16 London institutions (LDN) took part in the ISB

123 institutions took part in the ISB- 57 from the UK

27 institutions participated in the Student Barometer (SB)

12 Russell Group (RGi) institutions took part in the ISB

What the survey asks

Presentation contents

Who responded?

Recommendation

Pre-Arrival

Arrival

Learning

Living

Support Services

Student Funding

Who responded?

International Student Nationalities

Who responded?: International Students

Who responded?: Domestic Students

Presentation contents

Who responded?

Recommendation

Pre-Arrival

Arrival

Learning

Living

Support Services

Student Funding

Recommendation – International Students

Recommendation- Domestic students

Presentation contents

Who responded?

Recommendation

Pre-Arrival

Arrival

Learning

Living

Support Services

Student Funding

Choice of destination- International Students

Factors affecting choice of institution- International students

Factors affecting choice of institution- Domestic students

Help in choosing institution – International students

Help in choosing institution – Domestic students

Visa Application – International students

Time from contact to response (days)

International Students

Domestic Students

Time from application to offer (days)

International Students

Domestic Students

Presentation contents

Who responded?

Recommendation

Pre-Arrival

Arrival

Learning

Living

Support Services

Student Funding

Arrival Experience- International Students

Arrival Experience - Domestic Students

Presentation contents

Who responded?

Recommendation

Pre-Arrival

Arrival

Learning

Living

Support Services

Student Funding

Learning Experience - International Students

Learning Experience -Domestic Students

Learning Experience:International Students: 2008-09 Improvements

Learning Experience:Domestic Students: 2008-09 Improvements

Presentation contents

Who responded?

Recommendation

Pre-Arrival

Arrival

Learning

Living

Support Services

Student Funding

Living Experience - International Students

Living Experience -Domestic Students

Living Experience:International Students: 2008-09 Improvements

Living Experience:Domestic Students: 2008-09 Improvements

Presentation contents

Who responded?

Recommendation

Pre-Arrival

Arrival

Learning

Living

Support Services

Student Funding

Support Service Experience - International Students

Support Service Experience -Domestic Students

Support Services:International Students: 2008-09 Improvements

Support Services:Domestic Students: 2008-09 Improvements

Presentation contents

Who responded?

Recommendation

Pre-Arrival

Arrival

Learning

Living

Support Services

Student Funding

Student Funding: International Students

Student Funding: Domestic Students

Any questions?

For further information or if you would like a tailored presentation to your department, please contact Dr Chris Bird on

christopher.bird@imperial.ac.uk

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Appendix 1 – Arrival Terminology

Terminology in Questionnaire Terminology in Report

Academic registration Registration

Dealing with the accommodation office Accomodation Office

Dealing with the finance/accounts department Finance Office

First night - getting to where I would stay First night

Formal welcome at the university Formal Welcome

Getting email/web/system access E-mail/Internet

Meeting academic staff Meeting academic staff

Meeting students from my country Home friends

Meeting students from other countries Other friends

Meeting students from this country Host friends

Organised social activities Social activities

Orientation (finding my way around the local area) Local orientation

Setting up a bank account Bank account

Understanding how my course of study would work Study sense

University orientation Uni orientation

Welcome/pickup at airport, railway, coach station Welcome

Appendix 2: Learning Terminology

Appendix 3: Living Terminology

Appendix 4: Services Terminology