Universities in Global Competition: how well is the UK doing?

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Universities in Global Competition how well is
the UK doing?

• Howard Davies
• Director - London School of Economics

Harkness Fellowship LectureHong Kong Theatre28
February, 2007
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University World University
Rankings, 2005
Top 50
Top 500
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The Worlds Top 200 Universities, THES 6
October, 2006
Top 50
Top 200
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LSEs performance in newspaper league tables
2004 2005 2006
The Guardian 5 5 3
Sunday Times 4 4 3
The Times 4 4 4
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Output of universities

• Research
• The production of citizens (cultured graduates)
• Employable graduates
• The university as a forum

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The Global Competitiveness Index and higher
education and training
UK
Source World Economic Forum 2007
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HE expenditure as a of GDP OECD countries
OECD average 1.4
Source OECD Education at a Glance 2006
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Expenditure per student (US), 2003
Source OECD
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Public/Private expenditure, 2003
Source OECD
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Index of change in public funding per student
(1995-2003) (1995100)
Source OECD, 2006
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Percentage of all foreign tertiary students
enrolled by destination
Market Share ()
Source OECD
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Top six countries of destination for foreign
students and their regional origin in 2001
United States United Kingdom Germany France Australia Japan
Africa 29,677 6 18,134 8 19,394 10 75,465 51 3,837 4 676 1
Asia 294,230 62 74,400 33 67,658 34 19,828 13 77,849 73 58,170 92
Europe 69,607 15 109,454 49 100,359 50 41,404 28 12,763 12 2,106 3
North America 49,502 10 18,564 8 5,387 3 5,242 4 5,477 5 1.474 2
Oceania 4,011 0.8 1,790 0.8 323 0.2 200 0.1 6,534 6 443 0.7
South America 28,142 6 2,926 1.3 4,265 2 4,253 3 920 0.9 761 1
Source OECD Education at a glance 2003
May not equal 100 due to rounding
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Market shares of English medium education
Country of world market share
Australia 6.3
Canada 5.0
Ireland 0.5
New Zealand 2.6
UK 11.3
US 21.6
Total 47.3
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Demand for LSE Programmes by overseas students
Source LSE Data
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International staff mobilityUK immigrants and
emigrants by world region
Immigrants from. ( changes 1995-96 to 2002-03 in brackets) Emigrants to. ( change 1995-06 to 2002-03 in brackets)
EU 15 (not UK) 1626 (20) 1322 (71)
US 605 (-16) 633 (25)
Other overseas 1440 (35) 1127 (30)
Source HEPI, 2005
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Nobel Prizes by country
Source The Sutton Trust, 2003
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Share of research in universities, 2000

Source OECD RD database
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Student Completion rates, 2000
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Percentage of graduates in graduate jobs
Source Graduate Prospects, 2004
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Private internal rates of return for an
individual obtaining a university-level degree
Country Males Females
Belgium 10.7 15.2
Denmark 8.3 8.1
Finland 16.7 16.0
Hungary 22.6 15.0
Korea 12.2 14.9
New Zealand 9.3 12.9
Norway 12.1 15.7
Sweden 8.9 8.2
Switzerland 10.0 9.8
UK 16.8 19.6
US 14.3 13.1
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Public lectures at LSE
Year No of events No of attendees
2003/4 82 23,254
2004/5 117 33,380
2005/6 137 33,600
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Ten largest university endowments, by
country
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Universities in Global Competition how well is
the UK doing?

• Howard Davies
• Director - London School of Economics

Harkness Fellowship LectureHong Kong Theatre28
February, 2007