Today there are many students who prefer to obtain the education abroad. According to the statistics, every year more than 250 000 students from other countries arrive to United Kingdom to get the postgraduate education. If to consider of academic levels of foreign students in the UK, there are about one million of them. It means that two – fifth of students in the UK who receive the postgraduate education are from other countries. Today the Government of UK tries to increase the value of education in the country and passes special laws to attract more foreign students into the country. It is very advantageous for British economy and country’s reputation in the academic word. Today UK is one of the most competitive countries in the world concerning the educational services.
The main thing that attracts thousands of foreign students to UK is the reputation. In the whole world the British educational institutions are known for their high standards of the teaching, excellent educational facilities and services, large selection of the courses and majors and flexibility of the educational system.
Besides, the UK educational system takes into account the needs of students and provides the feedback between the students and teachers. One more advantage of the UK educational system is so – called alumni programs, which allow the students to maintain the contact between them and to organize different events and activities after graduation. Moreover, the standards of the education in UK are always controlled by the special professional bodies and according to the result of these controlling actions the special rates are formed with the aim to inform the consumers about the value of education.
One more advantage of the British education is that in UK many new technologies are used during the studying process and it allows the student to be competitive on the labor market after graduation and have good career chances.
There are three main reasons why foreign students decide to study in the UK – creativity, independence and self – reliance. The studying abroad develops also personal features of the students, such as responsibility, self – discipline, self – management etc. Besides, those students who study abroad begin to think more independent, become more creativity with thoughts and ideas, Moreover, foreign students, learn how to manage their time and to create original solutions to current problems.
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