Internationalisation at home
How universities can make internationalisation and global perspectives accessible to more students while reducing the carbon footprint of mobility
How a 'Global Week' could advance internationalisation at your institution
How to embed internationalisation across your university's education? An interdisciplinary, cross-institution event could be the answer
Unlock the benefits of multilingualism in higher education
To create inclusive campuses, we need to embrace multilingualism. Here’s how the Multilingual University project helped celebrate linguistic diversity and …
Welcome to your virtual reality-based classroom
VR innovation can make education truly inclusive and sustainable. Here’s how academics at UCL and Marmara University developed a virtual reality-based building
Beyond borders: how to make online global collaborative learning work
As higher education strives to ‘reset’ in the age of AI to become more flexible, interdisciplinary, open, focused on real-world learning and with authentic…
International collaboration is a legal education opportunity
Cross-cultural understanding can enrich the ways in which educators in law integrate comparative legal analysis into their teaching, writes Petra Butler
A sustainable strategy for educating the next generation of African youth
Young women and men from African countries will soon comprise the most significant group of globally mobile students. What if universities met them with a sustainable,…
Five questions to consider when embedding cultural competency for internationalisation
Cultural competency involves seeing the world through the lens of other people, across race, gender and age barriers, among others. Shuangyu Li outlines the five questions to…
Australian universities need to do more than pay lip service to multilingualism
How can we train Australian schoolteachers in cultural and linguistic diversity if our universities are English-only zones? Embed translanguaging practices in…
How practical education and talent management support medical students
A practice-oriented focus together with personalised talent support lead to success in medical education for local and international students. Here, Alán Alpár explains …
Tips for mastering the Global Shared Learning Classroom
The Global Shared Learning Classroom can help extend internationalism beyond traditional exchange programmes. Jorge Alvarez offers advice
Go head-to-head with ChatGPT to enhance your students’ personal learning
Pitting yourself against artificial intelligence can enhance your students’ motivation and critical thinking. Eric Tsui shows how
A good plan is essential to make online international courses a success
How can we ensure teachers and students have positive experiences in online international classrooms? Here, Nelly Ramírez Vásquez and Mariana Estefanía…
How can UK universities support applicants affected by student visa changes?
Higher education institutions can help international students feel welcome and valued through their admissions processes, administrative help and public statements, …
How to create and run pre-sessional courses to enhance future success
A team from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China outline the starting points for providing short-term English proficiency courses for non-native speakers
Five useful measures for welcoming students to international classrooms
Preeti Aghalayam explains why it’s worth examining the effectiveness of your teaching, acknowledging the changes needed for an inclusive classroom and how to do it
Do you speak Gen Z or are you a noob?
Students want to study with academics who understand them and speak their language rather than learn from people they feel are out of touch. Here’s how to align…
An introduction to the global classroom: benefits, challenges and value added
Eric Tsui explains how to intensify internationalisation-at-home efforts, bringing many benefits to students and institutions alike, such as the sharing of transcultural…
Quality assurance of online transnational higher education
Online and hybrid degrees are booming, but work needs to be done to maintain the reputation of Australian online university degrees in the transnational education …
How to support multilingual international students in the classroom
Multilingual students face unique challenges that affect their participation and communication in the classroom, but educators can take steps to make them …
Introducing ‘translanguaging’ – and other ways to promote multilingualism
If universities are serious about internationalisation, they must confront the hegemony of English-medium instruction – here’s how, says Dylan Williams
Western universities need to look further afield or risk alienation
So many institutions have their heads in the sand, but if they create true international partnerships, they can reap great rewards, says Hugh Martin
Is that overseas field trip you’re looking forward to really necessary?
However well-intentioned, outside interventions can have unintended consequences for local communities if carried out without rigorous research, says James Derounian
Lessons from organising a virtual international student camp focused on sustainability
Yhing Sawheny and Ashutosh Mishra offer advice on organising a virtual international event after bringing students together online to hone their …
Bringing international and intercultural dimensions into your programmes
Jeanine Gregersen-Hermans and Karen M. Lauridsen address how educators may create an internationalised learning experience for all students by including global…
How a community of practice can foster virtual collaboration
Eugene Schulz and Dagmar Willems share insights and takeaway lessons from creating a community of practice for higher education instructors to develop virtual…
Engaging with the world from your home classroom: tips for internationalising the curriculum
Tanja Reiffenrath shares advice on giving curricula an international dimension that helps students develop global perspectives
Top tips for developing an effective virtual exchange programme
Justine Seran and Randall Reinhard offer guidance on building a virtual exchange programme to provide flexible international learning opportunities for students …
Global virtual exchange: promoting international learning
Christopher Brighton presents a model of global virtual exchange that could be easily replicated at any institution to enhance its students’ intercultural knowledge and…
THE podcast: rethinking the internationalisation of higher education
How should international study evolve post-pandemic in order to extend the benefits of higher education to every corner of the globe?
Virtual exchange: supporting online collaboration to benefit all learners
Virtual exchanges enable group work between students in different locations, but studies show varied learning gains. Irina Rets and Bart Rienties use research to…
