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International Exeter
annual report
2013/14
international recruitment performance
INTO-Exeter joint venture
The Joint Venture’s efforts to increase the national
diversity of the INTO Centre remains a priority. At 37%
of the cohort, China is still the largest source of students;
yet no single nationality is felt to dominate as recruitment
from other countries continues to rise. The second largest
national group, Singapore, has increased by 55% since
2013, thus replacing Hong Kong, whose numbers fell
by almost half in the same period. No fewer than 47
nationalities were represented in January 2014: with
countries other than China maintaining an average of
around 9.3 students per nationality, the diversity of
recruitment remains stable, and with the arrival of a
student from Nepal in January 2014, INTO-Exeter
welcomed its 104th nationality to the Centre.
Looking to future intakes, marketing and recruitment
activity during the year focused particularly on STEM
programmes with a series of roadshows in Vietnam,
Malaysia and Singapore to promote Engineering
programmes and demonstrate the wider career
benefits of this study route.
An initiative to increase the supply of academically strong
students recruited directly from international schools has
been supported by visits to prestigious schools in Thailand,
Russia and South Africa. Finally, a video to promote the
INTO Centre has been produced with contributions
from College faculty, the International Office and a range
of staff from INTO-Exeter.
The programme – delivered free to international
students studying at the undergraduate and postgraduate
degree level at the University – combines workshops,
one-to-one tutorial support and opportunities for guided
independent learning in order to build confidence in
academic literacy, and raise students’ awareness of the
academic expectations of degree level study. Many
workshops, offered in conjunction with Colleges, are
discipline-specific. In addition, English language classes
are also delivered to the partners of international students,
thus providing a welcome opportunity for social
interaction as well as language development. Aiding the
diversification of the student body, and in support of
Exeter’s outstanding reputation for student experience,
undergraduates and students on exchange programmes
are able to take Insessional modules, enabling them to
earn University credits while developing their competence
in academic English.
INTO also delivers modules in the Teaching of English to
Speakers of other Languages (TESOL) to University of
Exeter undergraduates. As an extension of this activity,
seven University of Exeter undergraduates from the
College of Humanities completed the Trinity Certificate
in TESOL: this professional teaching qualification will help
their employability, whether for securing teaching posts
or undergoing further training within the sector.
The University takes seriously its obligations to
international students once on our campuses, and that
includes a generous measure of support in respect of
in-sessional English, a service provided by our colleagues
at the INTO Centre.
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