1. The International Student Barometer: Entry Wave 2009

2. What is the International Student Barometer? The ISB is the largest annual study of international students in the world, with feedback from 600,000 international students since 2005 The survey also included the response of Imperial’s domestic students in the Student Barometer (SB) The survey sampled the opinion of first year students in November 2009 Running in 16 countries across 5 continents The data allows Imperial to compare its performance with both London (LDN) and Russell Group (RGi) institutions, as well as from an international (ISB) and home student (SB) perspective.

3. Benchmarking Institutions 16 London institutions (LDN) took part in the ISB 123 institutions took part in the ISB- 57 from the UK 27 institutions participated in the Student Barometer (SB) 12 Russell Group (RGi) institutions took part in the ISB

4. What the survey asks

5. Presentation contents Who responded? Recommendation Pre-Arrival Arrival Learning Living Support Services Student Funding

6. Who responded? International Student Nationalities

7. Who responded?: International Students

8. Who responded?: Domestic Students

9. Presentation contents Who responded? Recommendation Pre-Arrival Arrival Learning Living Support Services Student Funding

10. Recommendation – International Students

11. Recommendation- Domestic students

12. Presentation contents Who responded? Recommendation Pre-Arrival Arrival Learning Living Support Services Student Funding

13. Choice of destination- International Students

14. Factors affecting choice of institution- International students

15. Factors affecting choice of institution- Domestic students

16. Help in choosing institution – International students

17. Help in choosing institution – Domestic students

18. Visa Application – International students

19. Time from contact to response (days) International Students Domestic Students

20. Time from application to offer (days) International Students Domestic Students

21. Presentation contents Who responded? Recommendation Pre-Arrival Arrival Learning Living Support Services Student Funding

22. Arrival Experience- International Students

23. Arrival Experience - Domestic Students

24. Presentation contents Who responded? Recommendation Pre-Arrival Arrival Learning Living Support Services Student Funding

25. Learning Experience - International Students

26. Learning Experience -Domestic Students

27. Learning Experience: International Students: 2008-09 Improvements

28. Learning Experience: Domestic Students: 2008-09 Improvements

29. Presentation contents Who responded? Recommendation Pre-Arrival Arrival Learning Living Support Services Student Funding

30. Living Experience - International Students

31. Living Experience -Domestic Students

32. Living Experience: International Students: 2008-09 Improvements

33. Living Experience: Domestic Students: 2008-09 Improvements

34. Presentation contents Who responded? Recommendation Pre-Arrival Arrival Learning Living Support Services Student Funding

35. Support Service Experience - International Students

36. Support Service Experience -Domestic Students

37. Support Services: International Students: 2008-09 Improvements

38. Support Services: Domestic Students: 2008-09 Improvements

39. Presentation contents Who responded? Recommendation Pre-Arrival Arrival Learning Living Support Services Student Funding

40. Student Funding: International Students

41. Student Funding: Domestic Students

42. Any questions? For further information or if you would like a tailored presentation to your department, please contact Dr Chris Bird on christopher.bird@imperial.ac.uk All graphs: Copyright © IGI Services 2009

43. Appendix 1 – Arrival Terminology

44. Appendix 2: Learning Terminology

45. Appendix 3: Living Terminology

46. Appendix 4: Services Terminology