The internationalisation of Higher Education - UK competitiveness

The internationalisation of Higher Education - UK competitiveness, student mobility and the development of overseas campuses. Thursday, 21st March 2013 Central London.
Guests of Honour: Maddalaine Ansell, Head of International Knowledge & Innovation Unit, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Professor Colin Riordan, Chair, UK Higher Education International Unit (UKHEIU) and Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University.
This seminar will bring together key policymakers with senior stakeholders from across the HE sector to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities presented by the increasing internationalisation of Higher Education, as well as the next steps for government policy in this area.
Central to discussion will be the competitiveness and attractiveness of UK universities in the globalised higher education market, particularly given recent non-EU student visa reform and growing competition for domestic students from European and American universities. Sessions will also cover the next steps for building UK students' involvement in the Erasmus programme and student exchange in general, as well as the increasing trend for UK universities to open campuses overseas.
We are delighted that Maddalaine Ansell, Head of International Knowledge & Innovation Unit, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Professor Andrew Coats, Joint Academic Vice-President and Director of Strategy, Monash Warwick Alliance; Dr William Lawton, Director, The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education and Professor Colin Riordan, Chair, UK Higher Education International Unit (UKHEIU) and Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University have agreed to deliver keynote addresses at this seminar.
At this early stage, Professor Christine Ennew, Provost, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC), Pro Vice Chancellor for Internationalisation and Professor of Marketing, University of Nottingham; Sam Harris, Projects and Training Manager, International Society; Professor Alexandra Hughes, Pro-Vice-Chancellor External, University of Kent; Dr Fiona Hunter, International Director, Università Carlo Cattaneo, Italy; John Shaw, Pro Vice-Chancellor International, University of East London; Glynne Stanfield, Partner, Education Group, Eversheds; Daniel Stevens, International Students' Officer, NUS; Simon Sweeney, Director of Postgraduate Programmes and International Political Economy and Business Lecturer, The York Management School, University of York and UK Bologna Process Expert, British Council; Karina Ufert, Chairperson, European Students' Union (ESU) and Geoff Webster, Business Development Director, INTO University Partnerships have also agreed to speak, together with speakers confirmed from KPMG and the QAA.
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge has kindly agreed to chair part of this seminar.