ABSTRACT
Studying overseas for higher education can now offer financial benefits to English students, when compared with enrolling at a domestic university. Indeed, undergraduate tuition fees in England are currently the highest in Europe (European Commission, 2012), with only Australia, Canada and the US offering ‘more expensive’ degrees. Within an increasingly competitive international market, many European universities appear to offer particularly good value for money and, since the introduction of higher tuition fees in England in 2012, have often actively targeted English students. It is not, however, only financial concerns which may cause English students to look abroad. It has been suggested that for those students who fall short of the ABB threshold at A-level (at which universities have been able to offer as many places as they like)1 but are keen to study at a high-status university, overseas universities may seem more accessible than their Russell Group counterparts (Collinson, 2012).
