Posted 02 Sep 2010
New research conducted by Surrey University has found that some foreign students have been cheating on their university applications.
It has been revealed that some of these students are lifting phrases, such as 'global learning reputation', from the higher education institutions' websites in their personal statements.
About 60 applications for postgraduate courses at an undisclosed business school were examined in order to reach these conclusions.
The results have raised concerns that these students are lacking basic English skills and are being accepted into British universities because they are charged more.
People teaching English abroad, particularly in China where half of the applications were from, could help combat this so-called cheating.
After completing a TEFL course, which can cost as little as £150, a person can teach English abroad and provide foreign students with the language skills they will need to study in Britain.
Dr Jane Hemsley-Brown, the report's author, said: "We expected to find the applicants setting out individualised and personal reasons for choosing the university. What we got was the university's own admissions information quoted back at it."
Category: Teaching and Learning
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