Internationalisation

Scholarship organisation reportedly decides to stop supporting academic exchanges with the University of California, San Diego

Multinational research teams can now bid for money in any scientific area, although funders do not expect security-sensitive projects

Institutions should ensure global connections and local links support each other, summit hears

Taiwan hopes that attracting students from further afield, particularly mainland China, will help to address its higher education crisis. But this in turn brings challenges, including compromised academic freedom, writes Chris Parr

New agreement could take cooperation to a new level

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

As The Sunday Times reports proposals to cut fees, Sir Keith Burnett asks how we measure ‘value for money’ in education?

Christopher Cripps offers a French perspective on how universities can develop their position in the international academic community

Higher education institutions in Turkey and Belgium report decline in staff and student exchanges following attacks

Dishonest to claim that internationalisation is for the common good when it reaches so few people, consultant says

Higher education institutions are partly to blame for the hostility they now face, says US vice-provost

Study reveals that there are now 2,900 English-medium undergraduate programmes in continental Europe

Leading scholars warn of risks to internationalisation in populist era

Oxford professor urges institutions to 'build bridges within our increasingly divided societies'

Lack of student accommodation means new arrivals are often having to return home, warns student union

Iran's detention of a history PhD student for alleged spying has been condemned by Princeton and US government

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology feared closure when US travel ban took effect this month

Analysis of university-city performance shows UK’s capital has a lot to lose if EU exit is botched

UCL head warns that decision to leave European Union ‘affecting our ability to recruit and retain the very best’

Andrew Hamilton suggests lure of New York will help it to ride out political storms

Latest evidence overseas students are being put off US universities by political situation

We share what 50 Nobel prizewinners think about issues facing science, universities and the world, from populist politics and researcher mobility, to artificial intelligence and threats to humankind

Data from the THE World University Rankings suggest that European nations come top for co-authorship of papers

Meeting with representatives of the Cuban exile community have helped shaped plans for its flagship research institute

Head of NYU Abu Dhabi says that undergraduates must be taught skills to create ‘a world of common understanding’

Country’s universities losing out on revenue, diversity and global outlook, AIU report warns

The battle is not over for universities, but this week’s figures on international students are vindication for an embattled HE sector, says Sir Keith Burnett 

MAC commission seen as attempt to secure more open stance, enabled by exit of PM’s former adviser

New analysis of border check data suggest vast majority of international students leave country or stay legally after finishing courses

Singaporeans are starting to question the benefit of recruiting so much global research talent, say Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim

Foreign providers plan was misguided, but domestic selective funding option brings huge challenges, say experts

Announcement comes as new exit check data expected to show low numbers of student ‘overstayers’

Branch outpost heads confident for long-term future of institutions despite blockade

Association of Commonwealth Universities can play a central role in making the case for higher education, secretary general says

In the last two decades the number of mainland students going abroad to study has increased more than twentyfold, but what does this mean for employment, asks Ka Ho Mok

‘Portfolio’ academics undertaking teaching for a range of platforms are playing an increasingly important role

Yusra Mouzughi on the challenges of doing business when universities take a break

UK academic based in Pyongyang says US travel ban may be fatal for North Korea’s only private higher education institution

'Saudisation' drive sees public institutions urged to hire local staff

Matching murals mark new academic link between Cuban and Arkansan universities

Law lecturer warns that UK-EU student deal could be seen as benefit for ‘elite and middle class’

UK universities can bring much-needed help in rebuilding the country, provided they avoid a ‘colonialist’ approach

Andrew Southgate and Rob Turner offer some tips on organising a study-abroad trip following a visit to a Japanese university

Analysis shows that UK’s income from higher education taught overseas is a small part of £13 billion export industry

Some University of Hamburg academics fear decline in German scholarship, and believe international students should learn German

We talk internationalisation in the face of Brexit, as well as the “alien” concept of fun for academics, with the international relations professor

Watchdog says data ‘does not bear the weight that is put on it in public debate’

Outpost to offer business, media and education courses

Ellie Bothwell goes through the archives from 45 to five years ago and discovers some recurring themes

Monash-Warwick Alliance graduate researched chemistry PhD in England and Australia

‘Staggering’ scale of persecution of Turkish academia condemned by scholars’ group

US universities’ efforts to remain positive won’t wash. Trump is a disaster for recruitment, say Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit

Funding restraints mean that hype about double-digit rises in applications may not immediately translate into huge increases in enrolment

Leader of Hong Kong Polytechnic University says institution ‘cannot think of itself as an isolated island’

Major evaluation of country’s research landscape also found that internationalisation was a key area for improvement

First Israeli university in China welcomes students this summer

Thinktank recommends new scheme to increase inward and outward student mobility and boost UK’s soft power

Forty-eight per cent of universities report drop in overseas undergraduate ‘yield’, following election of divisive president