Higher education relations between Italy and the UK have historically been robust; Italy is one of the UK’s leading research partners, with Italian academic staff forming one of the largest foreign communities within the UK higher education sector.
Expanding on our 2022–23 study, the British Council has produced a report on UK-Italy co-operation focusing on student mobility and transnational education (TNE), the policy environment for inbound TNE in Italy and a range of case studies of UK TNE in Italy. It incorporates findings from surveys and interviews with both UK and Italian universities and a workshop at the Italy–UK Pontignano Conference 2024.
As well as looking at some of the current challenges in transnational higher education, our research also highlights opportunities and recommendations for meeting the demand for UK degrees in Italy.