Norwegian Students at British Universities — a Case Study of the Academic Performances of Foreign Students

Abstract

Abstract Bie, K. N. 1976. Norwegian Students at British Universities — a Case Study of Academic Performances of Foreign Students. Scand. J. educ. Res. 20, 1‐24. Great Britain has a long tradition of accepting large numbers of foreign students. Generalizations about their academic performances conclude that foreign students do worse than British students. Norwegian students have constituted a large group at British universities and colleges. This study compares their performances with those of contemporary British students in the 1950's and 1960's, in architecture, business administration, dentistry, engineering and medicine at 16 institutions in England, Scotland and Wales. It was found that Norwegian students had a lower failure rate than British, and their final examination results and the means in annual examinations compared favourably with their British counterparts. Statements about foreign students’ performances are thus not confirmed by Norwegian students’ performances. The question of whether mot...