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INTERNATIONAl
STUDENT per cent were aware
SURvEY REvEAlS of TEF, the authors
ATTITUDES said. “Universities AEGIS AND BSA
TOwARDS Uk that have secured ANNOUNCE
The latest International a strong TEF result pARTNERShIp
Student Survey (ISS) may wish to consider The Association for board meetings and
by QS Enrolment raising awareness the Education and provide training.
Solutions www.qs- and understanding Guardianship of Dr Helen Wright,
enrolmentsolutions. of the framework in International Students AEGIS Chair and
com has revealed order to attract more (AEGIS) www.aegisuk. Martin Reader, BSA
recruitment threats international students,” net and the Boarding Chair, said, “BSA is
and opportunities for they added. Schools’ Association the world’s leading
UK higher education In terms of Brexit, 39 (BSA) www.boarding. boarding organisation,
institutions and agents. per cent of EU students org.uk have announced while AEGIS is the
Focused on said it made them less a new partnership. leader in the fi eld
the responses of interested in UK study, In a statement, of guardianships for
28,020 prospective with 46 per cent citing the two organisations international students.
international students no difference. The said that they would Working in partnership
considering studying authors said ongoing work together formally means AEGIS and BSA
in the UK, one of the uncertainty regarding “to ensure greater will ensure standards
key recommendations fee, loan and visa awareness of good of guardianship are
was that the UK should status for EU students practice in guardianship consistently high and
do more to spread was fuelling the more within schools, and improving.”
awareness of the negative responses. accreditation of BSA was founded
Teaching Excellence However, they organisations providing in 1965 and represents
Framework (TEF) for added that awareness guardianship services”. more than 560 boarding
higher education. of current UK funding Under the schools worldwide,
Although teaching commitments for EU arrangement, while AEGIS was
quality was a high- students in 2018/19 was representatives from established in 1994
ranking factor for surprisingly low at 68 the two organisations and accredits 45
respondents, only 22 per cent. Full report at: will attend each other’s guardianship providers.
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