Internationalisation

Agents report surge in appetite, suggesting students have short memories

Efficient and effective short-cycle higher education programmes could provide students with better outcomes and supply the region with a skilled workforce, says María Marta Ferreyra

Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Ghana and three Indian states named as sources of ‘emerging integrity issues’

Inaugural intake of students expected to arrive in Birmingham in autumn 2023, but funding and governance still to be determined

Survey results ‘show significant differences’ in performance of major student destination countries amid high demand for student visas

Vivienne Stern tells Australian conference that universities should make contingency preparations for collapse in relations

Australia the biggest loser, universities warn, as protracted delays shepherd PhD applicants elsewhere

As enrolments rebound after Covid, students from biggest African nation found to face tougher conditions on testing, financing, visas and admissions

The Vassar College president discusses creating equitable partnerships, minimising resistance on campus and what higher education can learn from healthcare

Working with just one company to deliver a service belies the variety of international students’ needs, says Tony Gao

A new scheme will see West African and Australian universities co-create courses that can be replicated across the region, says Joanna Newman

New approach ‘a great outcome’ for those fearing impacts of the ‘most bone-headed idea ever’

A two-year hiatus in educational activities following the military coup is threatening the country's post-conflict future, says a professor in Yangon

Fewer scholars from Italy, Germany, France and Netherlands working in British universities, says report

Universities’ difficulties in addressing their share of a national crisis may ease demand, but turning away ambitious foreigners is still a ‘missed opportunity’ for the country

Policy welcome, but Japan ‘must address uncertainty’ around future Covid waves, academics say

Latin American leader aims to hire 100 elite faculty, drawing needed talent to developing world

Higher education analysts mull China’s continued attractiveness as a student destination amid its zero-Covid policy and scant foreign student returnees

While some fields have been exempted from a contentious imposition on international doctoral students, sector still fears overkill

When employers and governments state preferences for particular universities, it further overheats entry competition, says Hiroshi Ono

Two-thirds of institutions responding to IIE survey report increase in interest

Science leaders beg Ursula von der Leyen to break political impasse

Australian educators demand ‘clarity’ on whether pandemic concessions will be extended

Western scholars may be taken aback by job negotiations in a country where universities rarely reward merit over seniority

Korea’s soft power is only part of the explanation, with Seoul pumping millions into opening Korean language academies around the world, professor says

Leading professor proposes charter to protect free exchange of knowledge

Scholars urge home fees for young Hong Kongers but warn other former British colonies could want similar concessions

But former education counsellor warns that a reliable picture of Covid’s fallout will be a long time coming

Expert says initiative should make different offers to networks that want to integrate into a single institution or just work together

Researchers suggest universities should do more to help researchers adapt after time overseas

The president of the University of Würzburg discusses the differences between the two systems, why he’s joined a European university alliance and the benefits of interdisciplinary working

Unesco report suggests large share of funding goes towards scholarships in relatively wealthy nations

Stabilisation funding, fellowships and industry collaboration grants identified as key priorities, but questions about whether country can successfully replicate Brussels schemes remain

Rather than repeating other institutions’ mistakes, universities should embrace established ‘modalities’ for collaborative online international learning – and appreciate it as more than a Covid stopgap

Focus should be on high-end jobs after students graduate – not low-end jobs while they study, sector leaders say

Amendment to free speech legislation would require higher education providers to report proposed partnerships with overseas organisations

Australia will be the big loser from an exodus of Chinese researchers, academics warn

UK has lost market share to research rivals despite taking on many more self-funded Chinese doctoral students, report finds

Preserving human capital for the post-Putin era is in everyone’s interests, say Dmitry Dubrovsky and Gleb Yarovoy 

Sky-high application and grant rates prompt fresh integrity concerns

Nation adds new work restrictions for overseas students and avoids any new recovery aid, as education minister sees extended lockdown raising value of its campuses

Amid continuing border restrictions and geopolitical uncertainty, experts examine whether an increase in intra-Asian student mobility remains a realistic prospect

Experts say getting into line with more vigilant Western approach must not mean ‘blind action that destroys cooperation’

Senior Conservatives among those warning against ‘penalising’ new arrivals with international fees

The Fujita Health University president discusses shrinking birth rates, Japan‘s medical school scandal and why more Japanese students should study abroad

Offering two-year UK visas to graduates of elite global universities penalises poorer countries and may harm international student recruitment, critics warn

Global inflation and its influence on exchange rates has produced a complex mix of enticements and deterrents

Few of those returning from studying overseas look beyond Beijing and Shanghai, according to survey

Ucas also forecasts continued dominance of China among overseas applicants  

Wavering Chinese demand has driven a dive into south Asia, where unwary recruiters ‘get burned’

SOAS director says he’s seen little evidence colleagues are prepared to confront ‘difficult questions’ of African brain drain and ‘unequal’ relationships with institutions in the developing world

Researchers perceive weakening of institution’s international and multilingual atmosphere

The Monash University president discusses how to make international campuses work and redundancies during the pandemic 

Some students have not been able to leave country for more than two years, including long confinements on campus

If Western universities don’t respond to India’s opening up in the way envisaged, a clampdown could quickly follow, warns Peter Brady

India and Vietnam expected to keep up momentum, compensating for decline of degree seekers from China

New strategy looks outward as well as inward, as government vows to ‘come back even stronger than before’

EU-sponsored groupings need to win friends and influence national deregulation to realise their ambitions, experts say

Near-£16,000 bill for researcher and their family to relocate is among the highest in the world and could endanger science investment target, says UUK

Policies to attract foreign students to Australia’s regional areas are not changing their instinctive preference for the cities, analysis suggests