Internationalisation

Covid-19 is disrupting academic and student mobility in short term but university leaders are optimistic that higher education will maintain its international outlook

Scholar highlights continuing challenges of collaborations with North African state

As hopes sour for a senate inquiry into proposed domestic funding arrangements, universities’ China links fall under another spotlight

Higher education institutions are inherently global and they thrive because of their openness, not in spite of it, says Duncan Maskell

Indian education agents call for 25 per cent reduction in fees as courses move online

Vilified abroad and distrusted in their homeland, Chinese students overseas have been marginalised as a result of a geopolitical struggle beyond their control, says Brian Wong

Online restrictions, which mirror existing rules for in-person events, raise academic freedom concerns

Brick-and-mortar foreign universities not viable without further details, conference hears

Proposed legislation could ‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’, opposition warns

Experts see move to allow applicants from beyond Europe to apply for UKRI funding as a key plank of the UK’s post-Brexit research base

Hundreds of Indian students given the all-clear to enter country – but getting there is another question

Warning on endowments leaves academic leaders struggling to see rationale

The move will help the UK “attract talent from around the globe”, research funder says

Chinese academics coming home from overseas should be seen as a source of new ideas, not sidelined, study says

Australian thinktank tracks sharp increase in overseas recruitment stations and warns of links to covert activities

New guidelines offer fresh hope for veteran Indonesia studies scheme that was facing closure because of Covid impact on overseas travel

Universities and their values have been hugely successful in forging a central place for themselves at the heart of the information age. David John Frank and John W. Meyer consider how and why the pandemic might be putting that at risk

Experts laud move to welcome international universities despite hurdles and lack of immediate interest

Rankings skew Australia’s top universities as they parlay profits from foreign students to snap up the world’s most talked about researchers

Research finds that young Indians particularly ‘resilient’ in their pursuit of education

Despite Auckland’s lockdown, the country’s handling of Covid-19 is increasing its attractiveness to students, says Roger Smyth

In ongoing pressure campaign, US cites universities as allowing Beijing propaganda

Fees are likely to have been set before the Covid-19 crisis, but the change could help university finances if student numbers fall  

High levels of ‘undecided’ students bode well for northern hemisphere enrolments

Before and after surveys suggest international students in Australia have suffered more than locals

With Australia unlikely to allow foreign students in until next year, the possibility of them taking classes on Malaysian affiliate campuses is being explored

University leaders laud overseas collaboration, but express concern about ineffective communication back home

Uncertainty over whether on-campus tuition will be able to go ahead leaves commencing students in visa jeopardy

Green light for international universities to operate in new National Education Policy

Most institutions say they will take Erasmus+ students in the autumn, with Swiss universities universally open, while the UK and Netherlands are more closed

Study highlights how international students are treated as ‘a separate cohort’ and student advisors function like ‘nannies’

Three recent studies have unearthed interesting patterns by comparing cross-border working before and during the pandemic

Universities should increase communication with education agents, especially over Covid fears, says working paper

University’s international head says institutions have been ‘naive’ over global partnerships

Universities face mounting losses as 2020 return of international students is ruled out

Australian authorities and universities sound warning over upsurge in bizarre and harrowing hoaxes

Appointing Sir Steve Smith to spearhead the UK’s strategy could see Australia lose ground, warns Tim Dunne

Canada sends ‘loud and clear’ message to foreign students with work rules change following deportation threat by US administration

Continuation of policy stokes fears that entry rules could damage internationalisation efforts

Global data show the vulnerable position that some countries were already in before the pandemic hit  

Fee waivers and clarified work rights arrangements applauded, but worries that the new conditions may be too restrictive

The government’s tinkering with red tape is welcome but it won’t be enough to overcome Covid-19 uncertainty, says James Pitman

Agreeing on standard translations for technical terms is a crucial tool in developing teaching and research

Research and discussion about early Islam could represent a ‘step towards political and economic cooperation’

Some scholars who have fled to Europe worry others see them more as refugees than as experts

Court loss still leaves Trump many tools in anti-immigrant campaign

A string of anti-immigration moves has already made the US significantly less attractive to international students, says Rajika Bhandari

Filling campuses with lucrative overseas students does little to internationalise domestic students’ experience, says Peter Brady

Travel restrictions on Western scholars have shown how African scientists can step up to lead, global health experts believe

Black Lives Matter protests have reignited debate over the persistence of ‘neocolonial’ structures within discipline

Sued by universities, administration ends plan to evict foreigners whose campuses stay online

But follow-up survey flags ‘generational’ loss of market share in countries that eschew charter flights

With universities stressing urgency, court to decide by mid-week on banning evictions

Scholars from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East should have new opportunities to guide internally displaced person policymaking

Legal challenges may succeed, but US universities must plan how to maintain physical classes come what may to avoid mass deportations, says Brian Wong

No longer able to recruit from overseas, some colleges pay ‘extortionate’ commissions to recruit from their competitors

New recruits from bloc will pay same fees as other international learners from September 2021 onwards

Aston head Alec Cameron says 50 per cent fall in overseas enrolment revenue is ‘not pessimistic’

Trial flights of overseas students taken off the table, as safe haven visas for Hong Kong students herald more tension with China

Universities plot targeted class structures to help avoid deportations