Internationalisation

Symbolic and practical support has come from across Europe, but views differ on whether continued Russian cooperation could end or abet the conflict

Amid chaos, non-profit groups work to help an estimated 20,000 Indians leave war zone

Proportion of leavers going overseas for further courses on a downward trend that predates pandemic

After helping to build version of Silicon Valley near Moscow, Reif calls Russian invasion unacceptable

Russia has ‘turned its back on the international community’, says Berlin

US ends Trump-era approach after scores of arrests, repeated failed prosecutions and growing criticisms

Gujarat seeks to entice overseas institutions with ‘headache-free’ offices in gleaming tower blocks

International community ‘should take in academics unable to continue teaching in Hong Kong’, say scholars

Students and faculty welcome eased measures but remain wary, emphasising need for higher caps on daily arrivals

Canberra’s work rights strategy influences make-up of new arrivals, as Perth changes entry rules again

Funding council statistics lend weight to anecdotal accounts that academics are self-censoring scholarship on superpower

‘Seemingly small regulatory requirements readily spawn large bureaucratic responses,’ says City president

Tokyo’s tight border controls could undo decades of education exchanges, say scholars

State Department ‘circumvented Fulbright board’ to shutter programme, putting applicants in ‘danger’, says Heather Nauert

Mistreated foreign lecturers welcome ‘endgame’ of marathon dispute but some say strings attached to a proposed deal are unacceptable

University of Birmingham chancellor ‘very open’ to partnership

Stick to Science campaign launches with more than 200 signatories covering industry, charities and academia

Measure to expand NSF and retain foreign scholars with scientific expertise faces showdown over Senate’s even tougher approach to China

Eager recruiters, lenient testers and delusional students must all share the blame for dire retention, studies suggest

In new role, Bill Rammell seeks to boost international ties, resist nepotism and push beyond pockets of excellence

While 5,000 students could arrive in April, the rest will not be admitted until October, effectively ruling out campus-based studies before 2023

Lord Johnson urges UK to learn from Canada and adopt measures to ‘de-risk’ growing recruitment 

Border restrictions, differing national Covid strategies and changing demographics have all made significant impacts on overseas recruitment over the past two years. Simon Baker examines the latest data from five major recruiting nations and considers what they might presage for the future

But country should also be ‘wary of complacency’ after apparently passing previous goal

No apparent health rationale for ‘impossible’ new deadline, as requirements rewritten for third time in a week

Growth in co-publications slowed in 2020 and so far shows decline for 2021

Universities across Europe to launch ‘Stick to Science’ campaign warning against ‘politicisation’, as football-style ‘transfer market’ emerges to tempt away UK-based researchers

Universities in non-anglophone nations should limit teaching in English and offer English support to students and academics, says Rosemary Salomone

Two years of low-quality online provision has left one stranded international student homeless, unemployed and heartbroken

Experts back ‘cautious approach’ for universities but stress importance of continuing collaboration

But new recruits and direct arrivals miss out under new Western Australian rules

Continental students disappearing as post-Brexit funding rules kick in

Call for subcontinent to be recognised as more than ‘just a market for education’

Western Australia defers return of quarantine-free travel in response to Omicron variant as eastern states open up

Government cracks open door for select few, but thousands still stuck overseas

Kick-starting a conversation on national funding levels is useful, but collaboration on frontier-led research needs attention, says Jan Palmowski

Sector says overseas learners should be able to focus on their courses, but government also has an eye on labour shortages

Russia and Taiwan improve in list of the world’s most international universities, while UK and Canada backslide 

Ex-governor also wants UK to offer visas to youth born after 1997 to counter clampdown on free speech

Brussels officials say their new European universities strategy, including cooperation on higher education laws, will improve student mobility and academic cooperation

The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades

Pledges of $90 million help Ivy League campus join small club depleted in recent years by financial stress and prioritisation of domestic applicants

Selective institutions more likely to show their favouritism publicly, study finds

Data suggest that European mobility and recruitment from Asia are rapidly diversifying campuses on the continent 

With concerted efforts, the UK could attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman

Students who escaped the chaos in Kabul are beginning their second terms at overseas universities. But can they concentrate on their studies amid trauma, worries about their families and uncertainty about their future prospects? Pola Lem considers what more universities can do to help

Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa

Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas

Biden administration promises simplification long sought by research universities

French president seeks to rejuvenate thinking about common continental identity

Despite the pandemic, trade disputes and geopolitical tensions, several factors will continue to push and pull Chinese students abroad, says Nicolas Chu

Government move brings meaning to the motto ‘Scholars for a Year, Cheveners for Life’, says advocate

Students collaborate to combat food shortages, as Covid widens the gap between Australia’s haves and have-nots

Six humanities projects reportedly vetoed and China collaboration nosedives as Discovery outcomes finally see light of day

Jury takes three hours to agree nanoscience expert lied about Wuhan ties to sidestep pressure campaign against binational research partnerships

European University of Technology exploring how to become a single institution, but going beyond a legal umbrella raises regulatory and funding questions

Policies risk inciting behaviour worse than 2000s immigration scams, expert warns

Universities see room for reasonable new legal restraints on foreign-funded scientists but fear overreach as final deal comes into shape

Survey of staff in 10 different countries also suggests general satisfaction with moves overseas, alongside lack of understanding from ‘onshore’ campus staff

Entrepreneur provides funding, but questions over student interest and regulatory environment