Internationalisation

Regional universities ‘would be biggest victims’ of restrictions on city study

Director of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay says universities in India are improving but progress will be slow despite government initiatives

Critics claim measures restrict ability of foreign staff to reach Birzeit and hinder Palestinians’ access to education

Scholars say Indian Institutes of Technology will ‘struggle to recruit talent from abroad’ despite initiative to pool resources

University of Melbourne meeting lays the foundations for a new global academic network, hearing from experts on indigenous cultures and historic injustices

Post-study work rights are not just about luring international enrolments, conference hears

Australian fears of official curbing of student visas ‘overblown’, experts say

Unwieldy bureaucracy, infrastructure challenges and scant funding all hold back innovation in Indian higher education. Philip Altbach and Eldho Mathews assess the country’s current strategies for transforming its universities

Recruitment experts say visa and safety concerns ‘spell trouble for all but the highest-ranked American institutions’

Universities responsible for ensuring research funding sustainability, minister says

Non-urban Australia should be ‘greater part of the international education story’

Perceptions of quality keep US and UK in the game, major survey finds

University offers 15 per cent discount to applicants who have already been offered support by another institution

Country’s vice-chancellors conceived exchange programme, only to abandon it as focus shifted to recruitment

The rising tide of degree courses offered in English has sparked a backlash as some communities fear their young people and their mother tongues will be squeezed out

Coventry deputy v-c says brief visits may replace longer-term exchange

‘Current policy climate’ may be a ‘contributing factor’, says Council of Graduate Schools

Russell Group institutions dominate tie-ups announced since vote to leave bloc

Four years of data from THE’s world rankings show that the UK appears to have stalled on internationalisation compared with some rivals

Durham University has cleverly positioned itself as the ‘Harry Potter university’ to attract Chinese students, says Madeleine Ferrar

Singaporean scholar says that reverse brain drain has allowed global power to thrive 

Study finds that a quarter of students at European universities think internationalisation is of little importance

Immigration bill and education exports strategy seen as key windows for reform after disappointing MAC review

Courses in Dutch language and literature are now more popular in Poland than in the Netherlands, figures suggest

New agreement will ensure ‘direct access’ to doctoral programmes for skilled individuals in each country

Analysis reveals that, when medicine is taken out of the equation, collaborations are thin on the ground

New centre will offer master’s programmes and conduct research to tackle global environmental challenges

Increase may reflect efforts to target markets where UK has traditionally been strong

But universities welcome Migration Advisory Committee call to end Tier 2 visa cap

Government’s lead migration adviser admits graduate earnings information is ‘not as good as we would like’

Data on international collaboration show cross-border authorship share falling over recent years 

Global survey suggests benefits of overseas collaboration are not evenly shared

Australian research argues that re-entry programmes focusing only on returnees ‘widens inequity in internationalisation’

University of Minnesota says 50 per cent outbound mobility goal ‘outgrew its usefulness’

A ‘simple ask’ inserted into immigration bill could bring more open regime, says Nicky Morgan

Higher Education Commission report says visa sponsorship rules should be based on enrolment from target markets, not refusal rates

A labyrinthine visa process and perverse decision-making are making life increasingly untenable for non-Palestinian academics, says Raja Shehadeh

Staff and academics with little ethical guidance make decisions on behalf of institutions 

Advtech to buy Johannesburg campus established by Monash in 2000

For internationalism to succeed, universities must engage more with their local communities and students, major study says

Many student exchanges are still driven by professor-to-professor links but they don’t undergo robust evaluation, says expert who has created new success measuring tool 

Experts say that inclusive internationalisation strategies that reach the entire university community are more essential than ever

Nick Hillman explains why the much-anticipated UK review of overseas student policy gets it so wrong

Widespread disappointment at panel’s conclusions about policy on overseas students

MAC report fails to back calls for reform on inclusion of students in migrant count and post-study work, but questions overall migrant target

Students claim that ‘asking questions is not appreciated by most local teachers’

Tehran president says institution is keen to internationalise despite deteriorating relations with the West

Minister sees MAC review as chance to change status quo that leaves him ‘concerned’

Cultural and linguistic cohesion required if region is to fulfil its higher education potential, experts say

Universities UK calls on government to improve post-study work offer to compete with regimes in US, Canada and Australia

Many universities now looking to China, not to Europe, to form academic partnerships, says Cambridge professor

Ministry will remove at least 1,000 places on English-language courses, claiming two in three are a drain on the state

There has been a surge of applications for Dutch universities, while students are also trying to ‘catch the last train’ before Brexit

Institution obliged to yield to new government legislation on refugees and asylum seekers

There are better ways to help Rwanda’s state university to thrive than donating laboratory discards or old books, says Phil Cotton

Soul-searching is required by institutions if they want to survive the alarming decline in student numbers that will leave many classrooms empty, says Jayden Kim

Survey of more than 14,000 international students studying in the country confirms post-study work as major driver for choosing Canada

Partnership between Colombian, Chilean and Mexican institutions also aims to stamp out corruption

Regulator’s figures reveal intensive student ‘churn’ and heavy concentration in business courses

Government steps in after scams undermine consumer protection arrangements