CONTENTS

Introduction                                                                                    Page 3

Methodology                                                                                  Page 5

Results                                                                                              Page 6

Discussion                                                                                        Page 12

Appendix                                                                                          Page 15

References                                                                                       Page 17                                                                            

INTRODUCTION

In recent years, studying abroad is a new trend for most young people all over the world. There are many destinations for overseas students such as the USA, Australia and the UK. It seems the UK is one of the best choices for most international students to study abroad.

There are some advantages for overseas students who wish to study in the UK including facilities, the modern method of teaching.  Beside the educational opportunities, overseas students are also face to face with the changing lifestyle and especially in spending habits.

In a study by Vickers and Bekhradinia (2007), they found that overseas students spent about £181 per week. They also discovered that the number of overseas students has been increasing during the years 1995 – 2005 from 200,000 to over 300,000 overseas students in UK universities. However, as the research by Lightfoot (2009) there were 513,570 international students studying in the UK.

In the others research, they also found the average amount spent per week in 2007 – 2008 was £182 (The cost of living and studying in the UK, 2009). According to the latest research by the University Of Edinburgh (2009) the estimated living costs 2009 – 2010 was about £186, it depended on which types of accommodation that students chose.

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The aim of this research is to find out how the spending habits of overseas students changed since they arrived in the UK. It will also look at what changes they have made in money spent on socialising.

 

METHODOLOGY

The research was carried out on 22nd April, 2010 to find out the changes of spending habits of overseas students since their arrival in the UK. The instrument for this research was a questionnaire which was distributed randomly to 100 international students. The respondents included 71% males and ...

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