Internationalisation

Senior leader says universities should focus on improving and charging more for transnational education

Australian officials mute as exasperated foreigners watch study and career opportunities evaporate

Snowballing international earnings buttressed universities’ wealth ahead of this year’s crisis while relegating federal government to minority funder status

Pandemic hardship has helped make domestic students aware of their overseas peers, study finds

Budgets and foreign ties likely constrained even with friendlier administration

Scholars say international students are drawn to cosmopolitan areas, which tend to be more liberal, while postgraduate students may be ‘sensitive to states’ political conditions’

Premier offers latest on-again, off-again signal about resumption of student flows

Regulation of international branch campuses can be onerous, but China has begun to show flexibility in areas of national strategy, says Hongqing Yang

Words and their interpretations assume significance when lives are at stake, Australian research shows

Young researchers have been locked out of labs and clinics for 10 months because of Covid

But survey finds that international applicants still overwhelmingly favour face-to-face teaching

It is crucial to adapt teaching methodology to students’ specific cultures and traditions of learning, says Bashir Makhoul

Analysis of publication data since break-up of Soviet Union suggests collaboration could be making up for a lack of domestic resources

Covid massively accelerates decline that was already under way, seen as being driven by Trump administration policies

Pre-approved grants referred to security agencies as another front opens up in debate over research risks

Conference also hears that online learning might present more equitable opportunities for cultural exchange

UK’s chief scientific adviser for national security says threat to universities’ values is most significant risk

Foreign student flows will bounce back even better, Australian strategist says, and sector should put profits aside to help visitors in need

Survey finds one in five scholars self-censored their teaching when students from autocratic states were in their class

Academic says some safety requirements increase risk to researchers and encourages institutions to take flexible, academic-led approach

President-elect will have to do more than reverse Trump’s executive orders to rebuild the reputation of US higher education, say experts

Sydney sociologist says universities should go further than merely notifying government about overseas ties

Opposition dissatisfied with ‘drafting’ of controversial bill, but vows not to oppose it

Academics see end of Trump as end of rules deterring global research recruitment

New ‘international education champion’ predicts numbers will continue to grow despite Covid and Brexit, but modes of delivery will alter

Australian study-abroad alumni mull improvements as ‘enforced immobility’ leaves mobility programmes in limbo

But it’s important for universities and scholars to continue pursuing links as ‘tensions’ will remain, says Harvard academic    

Scholars say country should focus on more pressing higher education issues after prime minister announces ambitious scheme

There may be early signs of ‘New Silk Road’ efforts bearing fruit, but developments could raise questions about European unity

Research finds that China and Malaysia account for the largest number of international students coming to the UK through offshore partnerships

Red tape and institutional autonomy arguments fail to sway committee scrutinising law that affects universities’ overseas partnerships

Shift reflects growing acceptance of online education

Gravy train is derailing after years of steady cuts in provincial support

Coronavirus will not stop China’s growing and ambitious middle class from seeking a Western university education for their children, says Sabrina Wang

Fiery Senate estimates session probes funding councils’ 'natural justice' obligations when researchers are impugned

Data from THE’s subject rankings show need for more integration in fields such as AI, says leading professor  

Scant feedback raises transparency concerns over Australian regulator’s compliance activities

THE survey finds that prospective mobile students are still reluctant to study online with an overseas university

THE data demonstrate that leading institutions are focusing on becoming more comprehensive rather than more specialist

Former universities minister hails higher education’s ‘strong brands’ in discussion marking new partnership between ApplyBoard and THE

Universities reject Trump tally as hypocritical political stunt and call for clearer guidance

Report from Universities UK International explores how country can enhance its international academic reputation

Higher education well down the priority pecking order as resounding Labour win pushes policy into the centre

The government’s illogical restrictions deny the country a potential source of post-Brexit growth, argues Dylan Jones-Evans

New guidance suggests UK universities could introduce Chatham House rule for seminars to protect recruits from countries with repressive governments

Immigration minister signals dramatic brightening of departmental tone after May era as new ‘streamlined’ student visa route launches

Colleagues remain baffled at security bureau’s exclusion of Australian literature expert

Be more candid about the nature of your foreign collaborations and think about your own moral responsibilities, Australian parliamentarians warn universities

Andrew Noble says students should study locally at undergraduate level and then travel to Britain for postgraduate courses

V-c says university’s in-house ‘assurance and enhancement’ led to identification and resolution of international flaws

New code of conduct says universities should adopt procedures for confidential reporting of threats to freedom and safety as a result of international collaboration

Wellington to allow overseas learners back earlier than expected, but only a select few will qualify

Students have been arriving from key markets such as China and India, but flexible start dates mean final numbers are a long way from certain

With the right visa offering, the UK could eat into the US’ market share, say Sanam Arora and Vignesh Karthik KR

Threats to environment too great to leave education to scientists alone, says Harvard professor Fernando Reimers

Urgent action is needed to help doctoral candidates whose research has been halted by Covid-related travel bans, says Lorena Gazzotti

THE analysis reveals regions that could lose the most financially due to pandemic and policy-related decline

Government cites compassion as institutions fret over losses of tuition and fees

At least start processing visas, foreign students beg, as treasury defers hopes of students’ return

Students stranded across the world, half a year since restrictions began, suffer from anxiety and loss of opportunity