Campus life key to overseas students’ good experience

Third-level colleges should focus on improving social and other experiences on campus to help keep their fast-growing international student populations happy with their studies, new research suggests.

With a major focus in recent years on improved numbers of foreign students, the researchers sought to establish what drives positive experiences for those who attend Irish colleges.

From 2013 to 2015 alone, the number of full-time international undergraduates grew from just over 13,000 to more than 18,000, up from over 5,000 15 years ago.