Internationalisation

Future of branch campus in Adelaide under review as funds dry up and London focuses on partnerships

FoI request on agent impropriety reveals that fake papers is top concern

British academics are second most successful in securing grants from the Qatar National Research Fund’s collaborative programmes

Demand for MBAs with social impact grows as millennials practise ‘positive business’

THE investigation shows spike in spending on fees as UK ‘reliant’ on middlemen

The Institute of International Education hopes that 1,000 teachers can help it double the number of Americans studying overseas

The number of Chinese students enrolling on full-time taught master’s courses in England has grown to all but match the number of home students.

The University of Warwick is to develop a campus in California, with the goal of growing to 6,000 students by 2031

Higher education institutions are redefining the role of museums and galleries as cultural providers, as Ian Wylie reports

NUS survey reveals extent of the fallout after the Home Office ended visa sponsorship at 65 private colleges

The UK’s capital is the most searched city by US students looking to study abroad, a new analysis shows

Iraq region’s bid to fix ‘dysfunctional’ sector included ‘huge investment’ to send postgrads to Britain, but payoff fell short, says minister

31 per cent of scholars think international students’ English skills are not up to scratch

A joint graduate school is to be established in the Chinese city of Tianjin by the University of Glasgow and Nankai University

Russia’s Tomsk State University is banking on the region’s natural assets and an English language push to attract foreign students and scholars

American universities review exchange programmes as 50-year embargo ends

Sutton Trust scheme sends UK applicants to Harvard, Yale and others

The most important driver of demand for higher education will be the desire of citizens in China and India to reach a middle-class lifestyle, claims scholar

Activists want universities to report if study-abroad students are killed, injured or victims of a crime

‘Ethical and moral’ focus aids University of Notre Dame’s collaborative ambitions in officially atheist state

An inquiry has appeared to dismiss claims that student visa abuse is taking place at London branch campuses

South African v-c tells THE BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit that rankings steer institutions away from vital local concerns

But Western institutions in the city state may need to relax ‘normative’ views of free enquiry, Nanyang Technological University’s head tells John Morgan

More than a third of all international undergraduates studying in England are recruited from transnational courses, a new report reveals.

International graduates are shunning the UK as a business destination because of “impossible visa restrictions”, a new study claims.

Glyndwr University has been allowed to start recruiting international students again, but must end operations at its London campus

An online university has teamed up with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to offer tuition-free, accredited HE to refugees and asylum seekers

Book dubs Chinese government-funded centres ‘a threat to academic freedom’

Sonal Minocha recalls her own experience as an international student and argues that post-study work visas must be brought back

The number of international students starting courses at US universities has increased by 7.5 per cent in the space of a year

British Council survey suggests students are still outward looking despite slump in number going overseas

Universities minister announces plan to send 5,000 students a year to the subcontinent during his visit to Delhi

Plans are part of industrial strategy to steal a march on other export-driven countries

Non-EU cohort under pressure to secure work after the abolition of the post-study work visa

US non-profit Institute for Shipboard Education hopes to plot safe course through rough financial waters

Discussion focuses on how European universities can move beyond the Bologna Process and compete at a global level

Prospective students seek an institution in the top 200 but ‘brand personality’ is a puzzle to them

By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed

Paper by academics calls for greater transparency

Vince Cable is announcing a new set of measures designed to stem the fall in Indian students choosing to study in the UK

The head of the University of Oxford has said he is “baffled” by the UK’s “hostile” student visa system, and called for a shift to evidence-based policymaking

British Council report warns of overreliance on Chinese market in coming decade

Fees paid by growing numbers of overseas postgraduates studying in the UK have helped to subsidise additional places for domestic learners

Paul Wordsworth warns that the privatisation of visa applications is hampering academics’ ability to be part of an international community

By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed

British Council claims that one in 10 current world leaders have studied in the UK

Figures show sharp drop in demand from the subcontinent

Some 70 Science Without Borders students at Southampton received a message citing faculty complaints about their performance

Pension fund that invested £16 million in project at centre of kickbacks case

Glyndwr University has said it has been given more time to appeal against the suspension of its visa licence to sponsor non-European Union students

A Labour government would remove overseas students from net migration targets, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has reiterated.

A rise in international postgraduate enrolments in the US has helped overall recruitment in the country to keep rising, a report has found

Universities in the UK and Ireland are the best in the world on informing international students about degree course information, a new study claims.

To Light a Candle documentary spotlights work of underground Baha’i Institute for Higher Education in face of persecution

Chris Longman argues for universities to hold mandatory pre-course exams

A new report reveals the extent to which British students welcome their international peers

We need policy to foster foreign language study at all levels of education, says Jocelyn Wyburd

Report from OBHE says ‘no question’ some are involved in suspect practices

Net migration has risen to 243,000 in the past year, dashing government hopes of meeting its target, although student immigration has remained stable.

Shadow minister and UCL alumna calls on university to do ‘all it can’ to stop practice on overseas site