Headlines

• Student mobility has a positive impact on career progression and increases the uptake and completion of postgraduate studies, especially for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
• The benefits of student mobility are unequally distributed, since individuals with less advantaged backgrounds are less likely to study abroad.
• Student mobility is more common at universities with a greater share of students from advantaged socio-economic backgrounds.
• Student mobility could become more inclusive if grant funding and incentives targeted universities with a high proportion of less advantaged students.