By Beckie Smith. When striving to cultivate global citizens, stakeholders in higher education must rethink their responses to issues such as brain drain, the refugee crisis and the extent to which student mobility disproportionately benefits the elites of society, international education leaders urged during a ‘global dialogue’ at the APAIE conference in Melbourne this month. More...

By Beckie Smith. Rehabilitating brain injury patients during a physiotherapy placement in Cambodia, living in “a tiny shoebox near Montmartre” and visiting a dog café in Korea – these were some of the experiences showcased in the submissions to the World Class Show & Tell short video competition that aimed to promote study abroad to students in Australia. More...

By Beckie Smith. University of the People, the tuition-free, accredited online university, is launching what it has said will be the world’s most cost-effective MBA programme. More...

By Beckie Smith. The University of Maryland has launched a new LGBTQ+ Empowerment study abroad programme that will enable students to learn from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied “change agents” in Thailand. More...

By Beckie Smith. While study abroad can be a huge asset in the graduate job market, many graduates are unable to articulate the benefits of these experiences to potential employers, stakeholders warned at a symposium on student mobility in the Asia Pacific region in Melbourne this month. More...

By Beckie Smith. Japanese graduates who have studied abroad report gaining skills beneficial to their careers and having a higher quality of life than those who have not, new research has shown. More...

By Beckie Smith. Alumni engagement, substantive partnership building and improving the student experience topped the discussion agenda at the Asia Pacific Association for International Education‘s annual conference in Melbourne last week, signalling what many in the region say is a phase of professionalisation in the Asia Pacific. More...