Tag: higher

  • Huge increase in Chinese students studying at UK universities – a funny kind of ‘globalisation’

    The U.K. now issues more than 100 000 student visas per year to Chinese students studying at British universities, with the numbers of Chinese students studying in the UK increasing at about 5% a year since at least 2013-14 Chinese students are by far the largest non-European student group living temporarily in the UK for […]

  • What are the most valuable degrees?

    What are the most valuable degrees?

    The most valuable degree you can do is economics, and the least valuable is health and social care.  At least according to the latest research by the IFS on the impact of Higher Education on future earnings.  The table below compares earnings at age 29 of female graduates compared to non graduates for different subject […]

  • The effect of private schools on future income

    The effect of private schools on future income

    Men who went to a private school* go on to earn 78% more at age 29 than men who come from the lowest ‘social class’ quintile.  Women who went to a private school* go on to earn 100% more at age 29 than women from the lowest ‘social class’ quintile. By age 29, men who […]