Internationalisation

Sonal Minocha recalls her own experience as an international student and argues that post-study work visas must be brought back

The number of international students starting courses at US universities has increased by 7.5 per cent in the space of a year

British Council survey suggests students are still outward looking despite slump in number going overseas

Universities minister announces plan to send 5,000 students a year to the subcontinent during his visit to Delhi

Plans are part of industrial strategy to steal a march on other export-driven countries

Non-EU cohort under pressure to secure work after the abolition of the post-study work visa

US non-profit Institute for Shipboard Education hopes to plot safe course through rough financial waters

Discussion focuses on how European universities can move beyond the Bologna Process and compete at a global level

Prospective students seek an institution in the top 200 but ‘brand personality’ is a puzzle to them

By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed

Paper by academics calls for greater transparency

Vince Cable is announcing a new set of measures designed to stem the fall in Indian students choosing to study in the UK

The head of the University of Oxford has said he is “baffled” by the UK’s “hostile” student visa system, and called for a shift to evidence-based policymaking

British Council report warns of overreliance on Chinese market in coming decade

Fees paid by growing numbers of overseas postgraduates studying in the UK have helped to subsidise additional places for domestic learners

Paul Wordsworth warns that the privatisation of visa applications is hampering academics’ ability to be part of an international community

By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed

British Council claims that one in 10 current world leaders have studied in the UK

Figures show sharp drop in demand from the subcontinent

Some 70 Science Without Borders students at Southampton received a message citing faculty complaints about their performance

Pension fund that invested £16 million in project at centre of kickbacks case

Glyndwr University has said it has been given more time to appeal against the suspension of its visa licence to sponsor non-European Union students

A Labour government would remove overseas students from net migration targets, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has reiterated.

A rise in international postgraduate enrolments in the US has helped overall recruitment in the country to keep rising, a report has found

Universities in the UK and Ireland are the best in the world on informing international students about degree course information, a new study claims.

To Light a Candle documentary spotlights work of underground Baha’i Institute for Higher Education in face of persecution

Chris Longman argues for universities to hold mandatory pre-course exams

A new report reveals the extent to which British students welcome their international peers

We need policy to foster foreign language study at all levels of education, says Jocelyn Wyburd

Report from OBHE says ‘no question’ some are involved in suspect practices

Net migration has risen to 243,000 in the past year, dashing government hopes of meeting its target, although student immigration has remained stable.

Shadow minister and UCL alumna calls on university to do ‘all it can’ to stop practice on overseas site

British Council report recommends that the region develop an identity revolving around a student experience based on links with employers

Postgraduate claims that her English was not up to scratch

Elite scholars are visiting the universities of Stanford and Berkeley in a mission to boost the country’s standing in a European innovation index

Union claims it has evidence of forced labour and exploitation at the Education City complex in Doha

£140,000 2014 programme scrapped because of ‘significant budget cuts’

Indian private university searches for site as it signals an interest in partnerships with UK institutions

For UK institutions seeking international partners, there is much potential in Brazil outside the three big cities

Selectividad test removed in effort to drive up traditionally low number of entrants from abroad

The Santander banking group is to invest €700 million (£550 million) in university projects over the next four years, a conference has heard.

Christopher Bigsby on the pleasures and pitfalls of internationalisation

Overseas students due to start courses in August told not to travel to the UK in the wake of the visa fraud inquiry

Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead

London universities have launched a fresh attempt to woo Indian students in the face of a huge drop in the number coming to study in the UK.

Observatory on Borderless Higher Education report author urges UK universities to factor in growth of transnational education

UK parent institutions face questions over their procedures and monitoring of capital operations

Foreign students in the UK need fluency, not just a certificate, says Karen Harris

Six academics share their experiences of university life overseas

Universities of West London and Bedfordshire also told they cannot sponsor new international students

A woman stabbed to death in Essex has been identified as a Saudi Arabian student who was taking an English language course at the county’s university.

The University of Sunderland has joined a growing list of institutions who have decided to waive fees for language students on a study year abroad

16-member Global Academy of Liberal Arts aims to help reassert value of non-STEM study

New mobile app helps a Cambridge press offer free digital monographs even to those without computers

Standards watchdog calls on universities to beware misleading students about overseas facilities

Learn Chile project launched to attract students from abroad

An independent Scotland would reintroduce post-study work visas and ease restrictions on overseas students, the Scottish National Party has pledged

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for ‘globalisation’ and more exchanges at university leaders’ summit at University College London

Ignorance of one’s native English means other languages and cultures are a closed book, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Study reveals challenges for US universities seeking alliances in Argentina, Brazil and Chile