Do partnerships advance internationalisation?

By Anna Ciccarelli and Grant Kennett. It is taken for granted that cross-border university partnerships and agreements work to advance the cause of internationalisation and bring significant opportunities and benefits to students, researchers and administrators. We argue for a different approach. Certainly agreements can create opportunities and might very well bring enormous benefit, but they are not fated to do so. In some cases agreements will not produce high-level engagement despite best efforts; agreement champions move away, research interests diverge, institutional priorities shift, funding diminishes. More...