Internationalisation

Home secretary said to be seeking to avoid government defeat on post-Brexit immigration bill

Forty per cent of UK business schools report fall in undergraduate applications from the Continent

Minister for higher education says proposed new law will help foreign universities set up outposts in the country

Some academics call for institutions to break all links with the country, while others say educational partnerships are key to building peace

Noura Al-Jizawi hopes her experience at the University of Toronto will help her to transform her homeland into a democracy

Plan explored to prevent ‘chasm’ opening up in enrolment from declining numbers of EU undergraduates

University still hopes to live by its original ‘pan-American’ ideals

Sino-American University aims to offer liberal arts education that will help students ‘respond to the challenges of new technologies’

Canada and Germany also boast high levels of cross-border collaboration, Elsevier data show

New Zealand-based academic and Australian citizen Vicki Spencer on being refused entry to the US – despite complying with all visa regulations

Event marks four decades of a programme showcasing Castro’s ideals

China and India targeted by drive to recruit more than 100,000 extra students from outside EU

Businesses prefer graduates with international experience, writes Sir Ciarán Devane, and universities must take note

Academic says he is ‘wary’ of applying for projects that involve extended periods of time overseas

Initiative to bring in US scientists causes backlash among scientists awaiting funding at home

Meeting should help develop scientific networks between the nation and European partners

Institutions that are well connected to ‘global transportation hubs’ rise up league tables faster, study finds

Doha offshoots are also integrating courses with goal of providing ‘unique’ value to students

Accurate translation apps could have a ‘major impact’ on academia, some scholars believe, but others unconvinced

Canadian institution targeting thousands of French applicants who fail to gain place at home

While proportion of foreign faculty at Japanese universities has increased, study finds no rise in share of leaders

Academics worldwide volunteer space in labs and homes, but Puerto Rican relief efforts are slow to get off the ground

Countries with the most open immigration policies for scholars have stronger scientific impact, reports suggest

Political climate and anti-immigration policies in US are blamed as UK and Canada report increase in applications

Figures from Elsevier's Scopus database suggest study into topic has unusually low rate of collaboration

Stephen Toope says universities must continue to work across borders even as societies become more inward looking

US survey finds development of curiosity, leadership and work ethic unaffected by length of international experience

Cost of compliance with Home Office rules uncovered by Study Group

Association of Commonwealth Universities and Commonwealth Secretariat strike agreement

Greater democratic development in post-Soviet nations when students head for EU rather than Russia, study finds

Scholarship organisation reportedly decides to stop supporting academic exchanges with the University of California, San Diego

Multinational research teams can now bid for money in any scientific area, although funders do not expect security-sensitive projects

Institutions should ensure global connections and local links support each other, summit hears

Taiwan hopes that attracting students from further afield, particularly mainland China, will help to address its higher education crisis. But this in turn brings challenges, including compromised academic freedom, writes Chris Parr

New agreement could take cooperation to a new level

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

As The Sunday Times reports proposals to cut fees, Sir Keith Burnett asks how we measure ‘value for money’ in education?

Christopher Cripps offers a French perspective on how universities can develop their position in the international academic community

Higher education institutions in Turkey and Belgium report decline in staff and student exchanges following attacks

Dishonest to claim that internationalisation is for the common good when it reaches so few people, consultant says

Higher education institutions are partly to blame for the hostility they now face, says US vice-provost

Study reveals that there are now 2,900 English-medium undergraduate programmes in continental Europe

Leading scholars warn of risks to internationalisation in populist era

Oxford professor urges institutions to 'build bridges within our increasingly divided societies'

Lack of student accommodation means new arrivals are often having to return home, warns student union

Iran's detention of a history PhD student for alleged spying has been condemned by Princeton and US government

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology feared closure when US travel ban took effect this month

Analysis of university-city performance shows UK’s capital has a lot to lose if EU exit is botched

UCL head warns that decision to leave European Union ‘affecting our ability to recruit and retain the very best’

Andrew Hamilton suggests lure of New York will help it to ride out political storms

Latest evidence overseas students are being put off US universities by political situation

We share what 50 Nobel prizewinners think about issues facing science, universities and the world, from populist politics and researcher mobility, to artificial intelligence and threats to humankind

Data from the THE World University Rankings suggest that European nations come top for co-authorship of papers

Meeting with representatives of the Cuban exile community have helped shaped plans for its flagship research institute

Head of NYU Abu Dhabi says that undergraduates must be taught skills to create ‘a world of common understanding’

Country’s universities losing out on revenue, diversity and global outlook, AIU report warns

The battle is not over for universities, but this week’s figures on international students are vindication for an embattled HE sector, says Sir Keith Burnett 

MAC commission seen as attempt to secure more open stance, enabled by exit of PM’s former adviser