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近期发布的两份官方调查结果显示，英国教育不仅在学术方面，并且在学费和生活费方面都具有明显的竞争优势。英格兰高等教育拨款委员会近期公布了2011年“学生满意度调查”的结果。近期发布的两份官方调查结果显示，英国教育不仅在学术方面，并且在学费和生活费方面都具有明显的竞争优势。
The Higher Education Funding Council for England released the results of the 2011 'National Student Survey'.
英格兰高等教育拨款委员会近期公布了2011年“学生满意度调查”的结果。
The survey is conducted amongst students at higher education institutions (HEIs) and further education colleges (FECs) in the UK. Around 265,000 final-year students responded this year, from 154 HEIs and 99 FECs from across the UK. Please note - respondents included students from the UK and EU as well as international students.
该调查收到来自全英154所高等教育院校和99所延续教育学院的26万5千名毕业生(包括英国、欧盟和国际学生)的回复。
Key highlights:
这次调查的主要结果包括：
· The satisfaction rate for students at UK HEIs and FECs remains high, with 83 per cent saying they are satisfied overall with their course.
83%的学生对就读的院校及其课程表示满意。
· In each of the seven categories covered by the survey, satisfaction has either improved since 2010 or stayed the same. In particular, staff were felt to be doing a good job
在调查的7个类别中，满意度和2010年相比大都有所上升;特别值得指出的是，学生们认为学校的教职员工做得很好。
· 84 per cent of students were satisfied with the quality of teaching on their courses.
84%的学生对自己课程的教学质量表示满意。
· 77 per cent were satisfied with the academic support they received.
77%的学生对自己获得的学术支持表示满意。
Director of Higher Education at the British Council said: 'This survey is fantastic news for international students considering studying in the UK. The results show that students are in general very satisfied with the quality of their UK course and teaching. There are some areas for improvement, however UK colleges and universities are listening to their students and striving to improve standards."
英国文化协会的高等教育总监说：“这个‘学生满意度调查’对准备去英国留学的国际学生来说是非常好的消息——调查结果显示，学生普遍对英国的课程和教学的质量非常满意。而且，对于需要改进的地方，英国的院校也非常乐意倾听学生的声音并努力提高标准。”
You can find out more here http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2011/nss.htm.
更多信息，请登录网站http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2011/nss.htm。
The UK HE International Unit has just carried out research into tuition fees for international students at degree level and above at universities in different countries.
英国的高等教育国际部最近做了一个关于国际学生在不同国家的大学学习本科及以上课程的学费调查。
The good news is that the UK is very competitive - both for tuition fees and living costs. 调查表明，英国无论在学费还是生活费方面都很有竞争力——留学英国，物有所值!
Here are some key facts from the report:
下面是该调查报告的一些主要数据和发现：
o Based on currency fluctuations, since 2008, the cost of studying in the UK has dropped by 24.5% for Chinese students.
因为汇率的影响，对于中国学生来讲，去英国留学的费用自2008年以来下降了24.5%。
o The UK is cheaper than the US in terms of fees charged, based on the institutions surveyed in the study.
根据参与调查的学校获得的数据，在英国留学的费用比美国低。
o Fees at Australian universities in the study exceed those in the UK, even at institutions ranked lower than their UK counterparts. For example an international student would pay around £16,000 a year for an undergraduate degree in history, whereas the same course at the University of Oxford costs around £12,000.
根据参与调查的学校获得的数据，英国大学的学费比澳洲的低，即使排名更高。比如，在澳洲某大学读历史专业的国际学生需要支付£16,000英镑学费，但同样课程在英国的牛津大学只需要£12,000英镑。
o The UK is cheaper than the US, Australia and the Netherlands in terms of living costs. The US was reported as the most expensive (£18,531 a year at Harvard).
在生活费用方面，英国比美国、澳洲和荷兰都要低。根据调查报告，美国是最贵的(在哈佛一年的生活费为£18,531英镑)。
o Living costs in the Netherlands and Germany are similar to those in the UK, although large cities such as Berlin and Amsterdam are more expensive. Singapore also has similar reported living costs to the UK.
在荷兰和德国的生活费用与英国相近，但像柏林和阿姆斯特丹这样的大城市要相对高一些。新加坡也和英国差不多。
Source: International Pricing Study: A snapshot of UK and key competitor country international student fees', a study by the UK HE International Unit, 2011.
