NEW MODELS FOR TNE
NEW MODELS FOR TNE
With all the focus on Transnational Education, we are yet to be convinced that TNE is the answer to the university financial crisis. While education experts such as Janet Ilieva, founder of Education Insight, are enthusiastic advocates for TNE, advocating that the UK education and immigration systems should recognise the growing popularity of TNE programmes—which may involve studying both in the UK and a home country, there is little financial data available on how viable the various TNE models are: campus, franchise, joint, online. What is the best approach to take in order to derive significant revenue from TNE whilst upholding standards and protecting the reputation of the founding institutions?
The UK has a long, and in some cases, chequered history when it comes to TNE. Among the top UK universities in TNE enrolments for 2022/23, The Open University led with 48,805 students, followed by the University of London (37,850) and the University of Liverpool (22,645). Other institutions, including Liverpool John Moores University, Coventry University, and Cardiff Metropolitan University, also had significant TNE enrolments, highlighting their strategic focus on international education. We would posit that it is only these universities that derive substantial revenue from their TNE efforts.
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