The Education UK South Africa Tour was held in Johannesburg (23 February), Durban (25 February) and Cape Town (27 February). The event brought together representatives from 15 UK universities and colleges with a view to providing information about studying in the UK, including entrance criteria, study opportunities, fees and scholarships. 70% of the Exhibitors indicated that they would be happy to attend a similar event next year and mentioned that the Market Briefing session was extremely useful as it gave them a good grasp of the South African education system.
Each exhibition was preceded by a school visit. In Johannesburg, we visited the American International School of Johannesburg. Approximately thirty students in Grades 10 and 11 attended. Some of these students were accompanied by their parents. The Durban leg included visits to Westville Boys’ High School and St Mary’s DSG. A total of over three hundred students and some parents attended. Finally, we visited the American International School of Cape Town, where the turnout was rather disappointing.
Of particular interest this year was the fact that 69% of the visitors were female and only 31% male, which is unusual for the majority of our exhibitions. The Education UK South Africa Tour 2015 was definitely an improvement on last year’s event as we had greater visitor attendance. In addition, we also had an increase in the number of exhibitors from 9 in 2014 to 15 in 2015.