Internationalisation

Turing scheme will not cover tuition fees, travel costs to the UK or staff exchanges, leaving UK universities to negotiate fee waivers

Queensland institution spies ‘opportunities’ beyond Java

Survey suggests nation is risking welfare of those it hopes will assist its future growth

Labour warns on uncertainty over future budget for student exchange

Resilience of demand for UK education and short-term nature of disruptions highlighted

Universities welcome certainty on research funding but lament loss of student exchange scheme

Hamish Coates calls for creation of transnational accreditation system to pull the region together post-Covid

Some institutions warn of worst-case scenario of 50 per cent decline in international student revenue

‘Confusion’ over UN rules leads event organisers to bar students, experts or groups

Virus management earns no brownie points for Antipodean education, with UK ranked higher even on safety

A rationalisation of transnational delivery was already in the offing, but post-pandemic austerity will hasten it, say Matt Durnin and Jazreel Goh 

Anne-Marie Brady complied with policies and legislation, says Canterbury, but statement calls for ‘clarity’ amendments

OfS report suggests some institutions are looking at non-European Union fee income drops of more than 40 per cent

Professor calls on sector to embrace virtual connections and challenge international academic identity 

Visa applications to Australia put in too-hard basket, as waiting times approach 30 months

New regime injects element of doubt into all foreign negotiations, research universities say

Survey suggests move to regional mobility may have been temporary response to pandemic

Assessment comes after visa figures suggest surge in demand from India despite pandemic

Government pressure found causing harm beyond the loss of foreign partners

International higher education scholar suggests global science is entering a new era of fragility

Update to study of coronavirus research during the pandemic shows falling rate of international co-authorship

Committee of peers says government must confirm it will participate in EU programmes or provide details on alternatives

Meeting of government-industry council charts new ‘path’ emphasising transnational and distance learning

Survey finds new international students at UK institutions received most non-academic assistance and support

Survey finds Australia and other destinations are losing ground to the UK, with health management becoming ‘less of a differentiator’

Academics say online methodologies can produce more collaborative, diverse and ethical research

European survey finds there are large gaps between perceptions of importance of internationalisation and levels of experience and confidence

While reservations remain, the pandemic has smoothed acceptance of virtual delivery

But large upturn in Tier 4 visas granted to Indian students tempers overall fall

‘Students and their parents felt they were promised one thing, and they ended up receiving something else,’ says Edinburgh principal

Senior leader says universities should focus on improving and charging more for transnational education

Australian officials mute as exasperated foreigners watch study and career opportunities evaporate

Snowballing international earnings buttressed universities’ wealth ahead of this year’s crisis while relegating federal government to minority funder status

Pandemic hardship has helped make domestic students aware of their overseas peers, study finds

Budgets and foreign ties likely constrained even with friendlier administration

Scholars say international students are drawn to cosmopolitan areas, which tend to be more liberal, while postgraduate students may be ‘sensitive to states’ political conditions’

Premier offers latest on-again, off-again signal about resumption of student flows

Regulation of international branch campuses can be onerous, but China has begun to show flexibility in areas of national strategy, says Hongqing Yang

Words and their interpretations assume significance when lives are at stake, Australian research shows

Young researchers have been locked out of labs and clinics for 10 months because of Covid

But survey finds that international applicants still overwhelmingly favour face-to-face teaching

It is crucial to adapt teaching methodology to students’ specific cultures and traditions of learning, says Bashir Makhoul

Analysis of publication data since break-up of Soviet Union suggests collaboration could be making up for a lack of domestic resources

Covid massively accelerates decline that was already under way, seen as being driven by Trump administration policies

Pre-approved grants referred to security agencies as another front opens up in debate over research risks

Conference also hears that online learning might present more equitable opportunities for cultural exchange

UK’s chief scientific adviser for national security says threat to universities’ values is most significant risk

Foreign student flows will bounce back even better, Australian strategist says, and sector should put profits aside to help visitors in need

Survey finds one in five scholars self-censored their teaching when students from autocratic states were in their class

Academic says some safety requirements increase risk to researchers and encourages institutions to take flexible, academic-led approach

President-elect will have to do more than reverse Trump’s executive orders to rebuild the reputation of US higher education, say experts

Sydney sociologist says universities should go further than merely notifying government about overseas ties

Opposition dissatisfied with ‘drafting’ of controversial bill, but vows not to oppose it

Academics see end of Trump as end of rules deterring global research recruitment

New ‘international education champion’ predicts numbers will continue to grow despite Covid and Brexit, but modes of delivery will alter

Australian study-abroad alumni mull improvements as ‘enforced immobility’ leaves mobility programmes in limbo

But it’s important for universities and scholars to continue pursuing links as ‘tensions’ will remain, says Harvard academic    

Scholars say country should focus on more pressing higher education issues after prime minister announces ambitious scheme

Research finds that China and Malaysia account for the largest number of international students coming to the UK through offshore partnerships

There may be early signs of ‘New Silk Road’ efforts bearing fruit, but developments could raise questions about European unity