The impact of placements on the academic performance of UK and international students in higher education

Crawford, I and Wang, Z (2016) 'The impact of placements on the academic performance of UK and international students in higher education.' Studies in Higher Education, 41 (4). pp. 712-733. ISSN 1470-174X

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.943658

Abstract

Motivated by an increasing number of international students in UK higher education, this study investigates the effect of year-long placements on the academic performance of 268 accounting and finance students enrolled between 2006 and 2009. The results show differences between UK and international students although both statistically and significantly increase their final-year marks and their chance to obtain a good degree (first or 2.1) following placements. UK sandwich students outshine international sandwich students in the final year, while UK full-time students significantly underperform international full-time students in the first year only. The academic performance of UK students can be partly explained by prior academic achievement and gender but that of international students is not related to any of these individual factors. There is evidence of self-selection among UK sandwich students since they outperform UK full-time students at all levels, while no such a pattern is found among international students.

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First published online 31 July 2014 ahead of its inclusion in a specific issue.

Keywords: international students; UK students, placements; sandwich programme; full-time programme; academic achievement
Divisions: Bath Business School
UoA: Business & Management
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.943658
Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2014 16:24
Last Modified: 15 Aug 2021 09:38
URI / Page ID: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/4374
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