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15 mars 2018

Book review: "The Career Trajectories of English Language Teachers" (AUR 60 01)

This book contains a wealth of stories from and about English language teachers and their students. Many stories are very moving and their variety and complexity are striking. Acquiring English language proficiency can be vital for employment and mobility for those whose first language is not English. Throughout the book, it is clear that English teachers find their work richly rewarding. The rewards include satisfaction in helping people in a vital area of their lives, meeting a diverse range of people of various cultures who are well travelled and being able to travel yourself with skills and qualifications that are valued worldwide. More...

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15 mars 2018

Book review: "What’s Happened to The University? A Sociological Exploration of Its Infantilisation" (AUR 60 01)

Much has been written about the changing contours of universities. Now, eminent sociologist, Frank Furedi examines the last 40+ years of university changes. His nine-chapter book starts with the fact that more than 50 per cent of young people attend university. This changes the impact of universities on society as a whole. More...

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15 mars 2018

Book review: "How to be an Academic Superhero" (AUR 60 01)

Iain Hay is an old hand at academic development in higher education and his advice is worth taking heed of. I remember that when he won the Prime Minister’s Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year in 2007, I was impressed with his prodigious output that seemed to be entirely about offering advice to anyone wanting to be a good university teacher. More...

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15 mars 2018

Book review: "The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone" (AUR 60 01)

The Knowledge Illusion is written by a professor of cognition and a professor of marketing. Its central themes are cognition, ignorance, knowledge, and the community of knowledge. The book is about cognition – not marketing which, for the most part, is largely concerned with getting us to buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like. As a non-marketing book on cognition and knowledge, Sloman and Fernbach’s work contains 15 exquisite chapters outlining that we as human beings almost never know anything individually. More...

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15 mars 2018

Book review: "UNSW: Australia’s global university" (AUR 60 01)

This book deals primarily with the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) long-running programs providing higher education to students from overseas in Australia and, more recently, at campuses in their home countries. It is clear that students who have gone through these programs have had life-changing experiences that have equipped and inspired them in their working and wider lives after graduation. This is especially so for those living in the Australian community during their studies. More...

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15 mars 2018

Short-term international mobility: Transformative or touristic?

There is plenty of debate regarding the merits or otherwise of short-term student mobility. It is common for both researchers and practitioners to be sceptical of short-term student mobility, some even dismissing it as tourism. However, recent reports provide evidence that short-term mobility may confer greater benefits in terms of some intercultural skills than longer-term mobility. More...

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15 mars 2018

Developing critical thinking and ethical global engagement in students

What do students need to know and be able to do when they graduate? Will they be able to work collaboratively to address complex global problems? These questions address one of the core purposes of international education: preparing a globally competent workforce, and, more importantly, globally competent human beings. This blog dives into just how to instill these skills in international students. More...

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15 mars 2018

Research digest for practitioners: February 2018

With the recent online publication of the February 2018 Journal of Studies in International Education it's time for another post in the blog series that highlights relevant academic research. Authors in this issue explore the institutional and government rationales for recruiting international students, international student perceptions of their needs, institutional policies encouraging study abroad and development of transnational higher education. More...

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15 mars 2018

Getting our story straight and getting it out there

It wasn't always this challenging. Sure, even in the past some people were not exactly enthusiastic about internationalisation and international higher education, but at least you were not often met with active resistance. But times have changed. These days there are direct attacks on what we do and what we believe in. Parts of our society do not take the positive impact or benefit of international experience at face value. Others seem to consider internationalisation as an affront to national culture and institutional heritage. More...

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15 mars 2018

10 tips for developing English-taught bachelor’s programmes

Are you considering developing English-taught bachelor’s programmes (ETBs) or are you in the process of expanding your offering? Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly offering ETBs, an endeavour that involves the entire institution. Read these practice-based tips from higher education professionals to make your ETBs a success. More...

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