By Markus Laitinen. In the past I have sometimes wondered about the relevance of various internationalisation strategies, be they institutional, national or European. Do they really manifest themselves in the day-to-day lives of international higher education practitioners. More...

By Philip Conroy. The first order of business is to understand the goals and values of your alumni relations programme before you attempt to develop a marketing and/or communication plan. More...

By Kyra Garson. At EAIE Liverpool 2016, I had the privilege of organising an employer panel From learning to earning: employers’ perspectives on employability. [i]  In the session, representatives from multinational companies shared their insights into what they deem to be employable graduates. More...

By Kyra Garson. Like many who study international education, I was pleased when 2015 brought us updated definitions of internationalisation, internationalisation at home and of the curriculum. I then began to realise that, although these revised definitions attempt to more explicitly connect internationalisation efforts with educational and societal outcomes, they may not be sufficient to guide the Canadian approach. More...

By Gildas Fresneau. The September issue of the Journal of Studies in International Education offers an Asian flavour of studies, from China to Japan to an offshore Chinese university in Italy. The studies offer practitioners food for thought on such issues as international student satisfaction, English-medium instruction, international student services, and offshore campus developments. More...

By Gildas Fresneau. With an increasing number of internationally mobile students applying to Master’s programmes in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), redefining admissions processes became a greater challenge for European higher education institutions (HEIs). It also came with many new questions for Master’s level academic directors: Which criteria should I use in my admissions process? Which ones should I value most? How do I assess students with very diverse backgrounds? How can I improve the diversity of students within my programme. More...

By EAIE. Increased competition for international students means that now more than ever, marketing and recruitment professionals need to be at the top of their game. If you know who you’re going to recruit, why you want them and what they value, then you’re halfway there. More...

By EAIE. The 28th Annual EAIE Conference is may be over, but now it’s time to reflect on what we learned and how we can better work together to develop international higher education. With so many interesting quotes, stats, questions, and photos shared on Twitter by conference participants, we decided to go through the thousands of tweets to tell you the story of EAIE Liverpool 2016 as it was shared in real time. More...

By EAIE. EAIE Liverpool 2016 has come to an end and what an exceptionally productive week it has been. What a wealth of knowledge our participants, speakers, chairs, Leadership, exhibitors, sponsors, University Partners and presenters bring to the table at our conference. More...

By EAIE. Lunch-time Plenary Keynote speaker Heather White addressed the audience on the all-important issue of networking. We had the pleasure of catching up with her before the conference to get some exclusive contact-making tips and tricks for the readers of our blog. More...