By Markus Laitinen. Internationalisation of higher education might not be considered quite as compelling as Woody Allen’s 1972 film about sex, but with the publication of the EAIE Barometer all involved in the field, from practitioners to policy makers, have a horn of plenty available to them. Usually rectors, vice chancellors and other higher education leaders get to have their say when it comes to the state of play in higher education internationalisation. More...

By Brikena Xhomaqi. Securing a chance to study abroad is a big step for students, but if they don’t have anywhere to live, it may end up a missed opportunity. Should student accommodation be regarded as the institution’s responsibility, or are students expected to locate an affordable solution, in a learning-conducive environment? Uniplaces, the world’s first crowd-funded scholarship for mobile students, may just have a solution. More...

By Caroline Duits. Have you encountered obstacles while setting up a joint programme? The practitioners’ guide Joint programmes from A to Z – filled with good practices, practical suggestions and references – aims to facilitate the process as the increase in the number of joint programmes is listed on the Bologna agenda. More...

By EAIE. Do you know how your country and institution fare when it comes to internationalisation? The findings of the newly launched EAIE Barometer report show that differences in internationalisation trends are clearly discernible among countries in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). These differences are prevalent when looking at how institutions are funded, as well as at the internal organisation of internationalisation and the presence of an internationalisation strategy. More...

By Douglas Proctor. Do you make decisions based on data? Does the latest research in international education guide your practice? Perhaps you are looking to identify an aspect of international education where your own research can make a unique contribution? Whatever the case, the highly regarded IDP Database of Research on International Education is likely to be one of your first ports of call. More...

By Charlie Mathies. It’s that time of year when specialised global university rankings are being revealed. Last week Times Higher Education (THE) released their reputational rankings, and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) just publicised their world rankings by subject (academic disciplines). U-Multirank also released their ‘readymade’ rankings last month and will soon divulge their overall 2015 rankings. For each ranking there are differences in where a university may place, but why is this? It comes down to three main things:  the ‘who’, the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ of global university rankings. More...

By Jessica Winters. In this increasingly online era, most of us working in higher education recruitment are dealing with the same problem: which tools should we use to reach our prospective students and how do we get them to where we want them to be? Should we stick to print, keep visiting education fairs or should we take it to cyberspace completely? The landscape of online and virtual tools, lead generators, social networks and what not, is dynamic and not always an easily accessible one. More...

By Philip Conroy. The university is like an onion, and at the centre of this onion lies the alumni. Each ring of the onion has some relationship to the whole, and each ring represents the various parts of the university, all of which have an interest in a relationship with the alumni. At the core is the individual alumnus’ personal relationship to the institution. More...

By Markus Laitinen. Some four years ago, Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) seemed to be the proverbial evil alien set out to destroy the universe, or at least the universities. And while there have been some interesting developments and even moderate successes since then, it seems safe to say that the worst fears or the greatest expectations have hardly been realised. More...