Internationalisation

HKU’s history, location, social context and educational and research ambitions combine to create a truly global university, says Ian Holliday  

Canada and China are among nations that have seen a boost on measures of internationalisation in past year, based on latest THE ranking

Trudeau’s spending splurge seen as an attempt to curry favour with voters ahead of federal election

Australian government unveils incentives to lure international students away from big cities

Tel Aviv University launches investigation into complaints made by African and Asian learners on industry-backed master’s

Switzerland’s flagship university has always been international, but has never been more in need of its global outlook, says Sarah Springman

Federal immigration agency told it is too trusting of universities

New poll contradicts survey suggestion that locals want numbers capped

Inclusion of hard target seen as a major win for sector, potentially shifting power away from Home Office

University that was founded with US support partners with Korean government to set up African institution

MillionPlus wants end to judging visa applicants on which university they plan to attend, to ‘credibility interviews’ and to 10 per cent refusal rate threshold

Western universities warned against establishing outposts after minister announces eight international institutions will be built by 2020

Technology now enabling rapid expansion of the worldwide sharing of classrooms

Personal and pragmatic factors often keep Chinese academics in the West

Unusual invitation by top administration officials suggests corporate pressure on Trump over immigrants

Vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner confirms university is considering opening outpost following signing of free trade agreement

Member universities would be unable to fill 60,000 jobs from abroad, and face increased costs too, says report

Universities’ vocal opposition to government plans for vastly increased international fees has yielded only minor concessions, says Juliette Torabian 

The Palestinian law professor talks about the overlap with his other job: as a stand-up comedian travelling the world talking about the Arab American experience

Deal follows long-awaited decree allowing foreign university campuses

Two Syrian academics travel to London to seek outside support for universities

Two dozen agreements signed in whirlwind tour Down Under

Number of international students in UK is at highest level since 2011, despite drop in arrivals from European Union

Universities ‘not well served’ by federal government’s approach to BRI, Universities Australia conference hears

The difficulties even of obtaining a scholarship to study in the West amount to systemic exclusion, says Rudrani Dasgupta

‘Why is being incredibly successful a problem?’ asks Universities Australia chair Margaret Gardner

New standards and guidelines for quality assurance in Africa aim to drive up standards on the continent, but can they overcome divisions in language, national politics and bureaucratic red tape?

Community attitudes questionnaire also finds that Australians want caps on international students but not domestic students

Global study tied to gains in grades and graduate rates, though affordability remains a major obstacle

Study estimates that carbon footprint of global student mobility is comparable to annual emissions of Tunisia

Foreign faculty’s dissatisfaction adds to the lure of Chinese recruitment push

Research for the public good being subverted by geopolitical ‘zero-sum competition’, says former LSE professor

Country’s £93 million initiative aims to make it a ‘beacon of academia’, but scholars question whether learners will want to go

Simon Baker examines the rise of China as a research nation and the worries this provokes among some Westerners

Fixating on how research misconduct might impact the figures could distract the scholarly world from bigger questions about the future direction and conduct of science, explains Simon Baker

Continental version of UK’s former Higher Education Academy among suggestions on how to boost educational standards

Creation of fake university seen as worrying but ultimately justified by sector leaders

Chair of Migration Advisory Committee says target no longer influences policy on student migration

Vice-chancellor predicts ‘very significant’ demand at Leipzig branch campus

Bergen rector says UK's failure to commit to European student mobility overlooks importance of ties between Britain's north and Norway

Foreign applications down 4 per cent, enrolments drop 1 per cent in ‘troubling’ sign for graduate schools

Matthew Reisz describes talking to Jordanian molecular biologist Rana Dajani about body image, the West’s view of the East and breaking into science’s big league

Universities lobby enrolment target, while Jo Johnson leads drive for return of post-study work visas

MIT expresses ‘deep sense of revulsion’ over Khashoggi killing but won’t override faculty choice of partners

Scholar warns that rising numbers of international university staff in Singapore could ‘make the academy more conservative’

Academics assess the impact Meghan Markle may have in her new role as patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities

But flagging Chinese applications could dampen future growth

Researchers participating in China’s Thousand Talents initiative – aimed at luring scientists back home – urged to quit

Colleges warned their declines in foreign students could worsen if they do not pay more attention to global quality deliberations

While China’s intensification puts regional rivals in the shade, it casts a spotlight on progress in the special administrative region

Henrik Wegener says Danish businesses and domestic students will suffer as a result of government reforms

University claims policy has not changed but documents tell staff to record their attendance and location daily

Assistant professor resigns from administrative post after backlash against comments

Details of law allowing international providers to operate in special economic zones have been released

Analysis of research co-authored with city region shows more than half of papers now involve links with mainland

Vice-chancellor says collaboration with Trinity College Dublin will give institution ‘options and opportunities’

Tally of administration policy shifts shows insidious and calculated strategy posing long-term academic harm, conference hears

Diplomatic row echoes Chinese disputes with US and Australia

Failure to recruit local PhDs will erode Australia’s skill base, report warns

Restrictions on use of federal money predicted to widen