Internationalisation

Even students who have spent many years in UK secondary schools struggle to make the transition, says Pat Moores

Cancellation of international exams and pronouncements on rankings trigger debate

Country’s universities have ‘a lot of catching up to do’ despite two-month reprieve

Blamed for housing prices largely beyond their own reach, overseas students are both courted and resented

Portion of overseas students remains low, with IITs reluctant to make concessions on admissions criteria

UK will give up its leadership role in EU-wide research projects for a back seat if association impasse drags on, warns Liverpool science chief

Pakistani scholars blast move by India’s University Grants Commission, calling it ‘discriminatory, illogical and unilateral’

Special intake should be at least doubled, vice-chancellor says

Rival centre’s establishment highlights the problems for thinktanks in universities

US project leaders with history of China collaboration ‘saw dent to citations’

Findings raise red flag for Australia’s economically crucial international enrolments

Kremlin’s push on technological sovereignty met with scepticism as West shuns partnerships over Ukraine war

Universities should have awkward conversations early and ‘be ready to write off costs’ when tie-ups are soured by conflict

Government must do more to fast-track visas for talent, says top Indian official

Melbourne institute’s mission to heal relations with India clashes with academics’ desire to spotlight subcontinent abuses

Using international education proceeds for students’ benefit could galvanise overseas enrolments and defuse community ‘resentment’, study finds

Commentators warn that history could repeat itself as uncapped work rights linger for at least a semester

Flows not robust enough to alter ‘slight negative outlook’ on institutional finances

Researchers on tight deadline to decide whether to jump ship or accept replacement funding guarantee

Academics call for rethink of latest Australian security intervention

Opening congressionally mandated review of Chinese educational centres, Pentagon official pushes lawmakers to concentrate on bigger challenges

Joint statement released by Russell Group and Group of Eight amid concerns about ‘overkill’ regulations

French outpost is second worldwide and will host ‘transformational’ collaboration aligned with UN goals

Australian universities face more restrictions on their foreign collaboration, no matter who wins the coming election

Government ‘shifts blame’ for visa overstayers to universities, in blow to regional institutions wrestling with declining domestic population

Data on Canadian study permits suggests ‘spike’ in student numbers from some continental nations    

Iran’s universities have thrived despite the country’s sanctions, which could soon be lifted – but nation still beset by lack of postgraduate opportunities, scholars say

Chinese studies should be strategic priority course in HE and new A level would boost student numbers at universities, says Hepi report

Incident could signal ‘big reversal’ of Chinese government policy on international academic exchange, academics say

Warning that trend has much wider implications for the UK system than missing individual expertise  

Universities keep seeking local jobs for their overseas graduates, despite ‘massive’ economic pivot to Asia

Allan Goodman tells THE that need to keep pace with other nations could push issue up political agenda

The pandemic underlined the value of international university alliances for sharing problems – and solutions, says David Eastwood

Penalties for student snitches and curbs on Confucius Institutes and Thousand Talents Programme among dozens of recommendations from security committee

New Zealand now perceived poorly on factors where it used to excel, survey finds

International universities decline during Covid-19 in teaching-focused league table

War in Ukraine may reshape university internationalisation, but most academics do not expect a knockout blow

‘Task force’ to facilitate two-way flow of students and graduates

Researcher shrugs off ban, saying Russians are ‘used to avoiding such useless regulations’

In spite of announcing no net value in the Trump-era clampdown, Biden prosecutors persist with unclear evidence against Kansas scientist

The Tohoku University president discusses the legacy of the 2011 earthquake and making his institution more friendly to foreigners 

East-West schism widened by Russian academia being cut off from world, says scholar

Head of IEAA tells UUK forum that government’s approach is about helping ‘corporate Australia’, not students

First post-Brexit figures show limited demand in Europe for bespoke visa scheme designed to bring top researchers to the UK

Former minister who has called for focus on India warns sector not to create new ‘over-reliance’

Universities should avoid rushed assumptions about Covid’s financial impacts and its effects on study plans, survey suggests

Plans for a legal statute to smooth cross-border working were embraced by those struggling with national reforms, but most EU governments are getting cold feet

Slump in applications to country’s biggest tertiary admissions centre aligns with anecdotal reports that universities are struggling to find students

Harvard insists it is ‘important not to conflate’ actions of a government with academics’ nationality in light of Ukraine invasion

Institutions cannot ‘in good conscience’ partner with Russian counterparts while Ukraine war continues, says Chris Philp

Scholars optimistic despite 490,000 learners still waiting to enter country, with recent survey showing 53 per cent struggle with ‘serious mental health issues’

Students welcome turnaround, which comes after January announcement that US State Department had shuttered the scheme

The Ukraine war has led to unprecedented curtailment of academic ties, but could breaking off all relations with Russia cause further problems?

Sweeping sanctions suggest international collaboration could become fragmented into regional power blocs, says sector leader

The president of KTH Royal Institute of Technology discusses the fallout of a scientific scandal and immigration rules in Sweden

University’s internal debate about the pros and cons mirrors live discussions elsewhere

Research and education partnerships, participation in events and peer review all put on hold after appeal from ministry

Invasion of Ukraine ‘threatens the peace, freedom and democracy on which freedom of inquiry and academic collaboration is based’

Returning numbers underwhelming so far as isolated state casts off its shackles

But one expert suggests closer ties with Beijing may not be as straightforward as Kremlin thinks