By Gautam Rajkhowa. With a population nearing 1.3 billion, half of which is 25 years or younger, and a projection that by 2030 India will have 140 million people in the college-going age range, the country holds great potential to become a major source for world talent. Read more...
By Karen MacGregor. There were 250 delegates from 28 countries at the first Global Conference on the Internationalisation of Higher Education, more than a third of them from outside host country South Africa. Read more...
By Karen MacGregor. Developments over three decades have placed one issue centrally on the agenda for higher education internationalisation – the huge and growing challenge of global inequality – says Professor Derrick Swartz, vice-chancellor of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, or NMMU, in South Africa. Read more...
Universités & Territoires est une lettre électronique qui existe depuis juin 2003. L’objectif de la lettre est de montrer, par la valorisation d’actions et d’expériences emblématiques et remarquables, aux décideurs territoriaux que l’Université joue un rôle centrale dans l’émergence d’une société de la connaissance. Universités & Territoires n° 112.
Universités & Territoires est une lettre électronique qui existe depuis juin 2003. L’objectif de la lettre est de montrer, par la valorisation d’actions et d’expériences emblématiques et remarquables, aux décideurs territoriaux que l’Université joue un rôle centrale dans l’émergence d’une société de la connaissance. Universités & Territoires n° 112.
As the title suggests, the book will also give primacy to next generation perspectives from emerging researchers and analysts. The call for proposals and key timelines are now available online at www.nextgenizn.org. This website also contains background information about the rationales for the book and its structure, as well as bios for the editors. More...
By Alex Usher. Over the last few years, my position about internationalization has been pretty consistent: the international student market is going to grow and grow. Talk about a China bubble – one of the education press’s favourite “what-if?” doom and gloom scenarios – is almost invariably overstated. More...
By . Reliable and relevant data is an unquestionable necessity for policy making in current times, and international higher education is no exception. What data is gathered, how and under what definitions can have a great impact on future policies and how the sector’s achievements are communicated. Indicators of internationalisation and internationality of higher education vary widely among institutions and higher education systems across Europe. More...
By Robert Coelen and Jiang Bo. We wrote last year that China was on a fast track to internationalisation of education. Although the term ‘internationalisation of education’ – in Chinese Pin Yin: jiao yu guo ji hua – was first officially used in government documentation in 2010 as part of the National Medium- and Long-Term Education Reform and Development Plan 2010-20, the nature of this fast track is becoming clear and is based on an innovation-driven development strategy, as determined by China’s recent 2016 National Conference on Innovation and Science/Technology. More...
By Hans de Wit. The selection of Donald Trump as Republican candidate for the presidency in the United States and the Brexit result in the European Union referendum have highlighted a trend already developing in other countries over the past years: the dramatic strengthening of populist parties in Austria, Hungary, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece and elsewhere. More...
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