Internationalisation

A dozen flagship UK-led hubs make up around half the active grant funding from under-threat GCRF budget      

A significant share of university staff and international students surveyed believe agents are biased towards certain institutions

New president appears to accept Trump’s last-minute rules codification

Agreement with Greece’s Education Ministry will facilitate academic collaboration with country’s state university sector

Countries are choosing regional partners over Western giants, Nature Index data show

Partnerships are vital in addressing global problems, sector leaders say

Most collaboration will continue, but emphasis on building the EU’s ‘strategic autonomy’ means academics in Israel, the UK and Switzerland could be shut out of some areas

Students at overseas outposts are more negative about teaching quality, academic environment and engagement, according to paper

‘Ambiguous’ regulations and lack of clarity around national security concerns are keeping universities in the dark, Australian inquiry hears

Allocation of £422 million last year cut to £125 million this year

Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ‘seamless mobility’ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected

Japanese and Korean schools struggle to recruit as border restrictions continue

Chinese students becoming more supportive of authoritarian government during time in liberal democracy

Science Foundation Ireland sets out ambitious strategy to recruit internationally as part of growth plans that pivot towards fundamental research

Cuts to major international research funds will harm UK’s reputation but also undermine rationale for UK’s main funding body, claim research leaders

Government sets out details of UK replacement to Erasmus+ but concerns continue about level of support

Funder says it is unlikely to be able to support ‘majority’ of awards beyond July, and will be unable to approve new applications

Continuing South African domination of higher education on continent could feed social instability, leading academic warns

Educational link ‘as bad as it has ever been’, with billions of dollars at stake for universities

Last-minute changes, rigid assessments and ‘disempowerment’ frustrate foreigners in Asia, says study

New president sets ambitious financial and internationalisation goals

Recession-driven domestic surge more than compensates for loss of international students at some institutions Down Under

Absence of sector-wide information regarding Sino-British research invites political attack from China hawks, warns study led by prime minister’s brother

Charity helped Iraqi researcher to escape aftermath of Islamic State terror to fulfil his dream of studying for a PhD in safety

Top scientists say Canada must provide more fulfilling careers for its science graduates

Graduate route will allow international students to to stay in the country to work for two years, or three for doctoral students

THE investigation shows that more than two-fifths of institutions use EU agents, with Brexit cited as both a factor and a hindrance

The pandemic has prompted dire predictions about international student enrolment at anglophone universities. But will those fears come to pass? Is there an alternative to standard international education? And how much do universities really spend on recruitment agents? Ellie Bothwell reports

Plan for unsponsored, points-based route features in budget, alongside freeze in fees for 2022-23

Survey finds that country has become more attractive to prospective overseas students since presidential election

A global recession will accelerate the latest shift away from high-cost study destinations, say Janet Ilieva and David Pilsbury

Despite new encouragement, campuses that quit under Trump not considering reversals

Scholar proposes annual forums among US and Chinese university presidents, virtual international classrooms and end to Cold War comparison to improve relationship

Chinese ministry sanctions Australia’s joint programmes even though analyses highlight endemic problems in foreign teaching collaborations

No institution will be able to make it alone amid the pandemic-induced tumult, so let’s make shared values the antidote to the crisis, says Ferruccio Resta

Experts voice caution on prospect of quick bounceback in UK overseas recruitment post-Covid, highlighting issues around affordability and changing competitive landscape

Industry operatives’ worst fears could cost universities thousands of staff and country tens of billions of dollars

Concern tempered by applications and deferrals suggesting post-Covid recovery

Foreign investment or buyout touted as potential route out of financial woe for institutions, while others see ‘multi-university groups’ as more viable

Despite drop in interest from European Union, overall applications to UK universities by January deadline rose this year

Forthcoming restrictions on Sino-British research are short-sighted, driven by ‘ideology’ and mark a rapid policy U-turn, say education experts

The most successful scholars are those who reach out ‘globally’ by publishing in English. But this narrow ‘internationalisation’ should be challenged, says Hanne Tange

Deportation of University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia is latest crisis to afflict a Western administrator in region

Warnings that some universities could become master’s-free zones overlook progress during the pandemic, vice-chancellors say

In Thailand, even school leavers with UK connections are starting to look elsewhere, says sixth-form head Sadie Hollins

End of Trump and Covid not enough to revive foreign interest, main university group says

Hefty cuts to the fund supporting two flagship international research schemes do not square with UK’s science spending ambitions, warn leaders

Global university networks, enhanced by technology, will offer students more flexibility over where to study, says Youmin Xi

Success of India’s education reforms ‘matter tremendously to the world’ but foreign institutions will not solve country’s problems, says former UK universities minister

First student number survey for 2020-21 from Office for Students suggests other universities may increase recruitment   

Government finally publishes modelling that estimates loss of £63 million for UK universities from drop in enrolment of new EU students

Update to government’s international education strategy names five target countries and provides more detail on Turing scheme

New US president aims to reverse Trump-era limits on public benefits to foreigners

Professor says country will lose its lead on overseas recruitment and predicts ‘major forking of the way’ between Australia and UK

University leaders harnessed an ephemeral income stream to realise ‘ambitious’ institutional strategies

THE survey finds that availability of funding trumps health, student experience and quality of online learning as main worry

Policy expert says agreement between EU and UK is ‘not at all geared to separate treatment for regions’

International student flows kept on drip feed as politics, fear and logistics trump large-scale influxes

Devolved nations say they should be given any replacement funding for scheme from UK government ‘in the first instance’

LSE research head says academia should work with other service sectors to enable free movement for a fixed period of time