Internationalisation

The immigration minister has accused universities of creating “a self-fulfilling prophecy for bad news” on student visas

The number of international students in US higher education has reached an all-time high according to an authoritative report

The president of South Korea has visited Imperial College London to mark a series of agreements between the institution and Korean universities.

Pair aim to offer English language support in war-torn areas

New rector Jörg Monar discusses the unique institution’s mission and challenges

Canada branch of London School of Business and Finance labelled an ‘unlicensed private career college’ and told to halt teaching

Jim Northover considers whether the next global “mega-brand” could be a UK university

Senate minutes reveal shocking statistics for 2011-12

THE survey shows non-EU students outside India largely undeterred by coalition measures

Students will continue to travel for degree courses despite obstacles

Delegation to Brazil underscores progress in UK universities’ collaborative efforts

The London School of Economics is “attempting to establish the facts” over the expulsion of an academic from Peking University, one of its partners.

Reasons for withdrawal of legal action on eve of hearing remain unclear

Sunderland and Ulster introduce fingerprinting systems

The UK has overtaken Japan to become China’s second most prolific research collaborator.

London Metropolitan University has agreed to end legal action against the Home Office over the revoking of its licence to recruit overseas students.

Measures to tackle illegal immigration are “discriminatory” to international students and send the message that they are not welcome in the UK.

Book celebrates centenary of the first global higher education network

World Education Services report stresses diversity of applicants

Michael Arthur is ‘not a fan’ of overseas campus approach

‘Callous’ Home Office refuses leeway for applicant hit by currency drop

Offerings of master’s courses in English tempt students away from UK, study suggests

The number of international students coming to UK universities will grow at a slower rate over the next 13 years than is hoped for by the government.

São Paulo announces further tie-ins at three-day symposium

Critics brand figures for post-study replacement ‘disappointing’

Academics still hidebound by national rules, Commission finds

Glasgow Caledonian University is to become the first UK university to open a campus in New York.

University plans to give graduates more international experience

Minister’s call comes as Lib Dem conference votes to remove students from immigration figures

By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed

Student recruitment could be jeopardised by “public paranoia” over immigration among the UK’s “xenophobic” population, vice-chancellors have said.

US academics are more likely to work with peers outside the US than European researchers are to link up with those outside Europe, a new study says.

UK and US universities could profit from growing appetite for study abroad, says report

Sterling’s strength may mean weak recruitment, higher education sector warns

A new government-commissioned study has championed the cultural and diplomatic benefits to the UK of educating overseas students.

A further education college offering degrees from three universities has had its licence to sponsor international students suspended.

Transnational education – where students stay in their home country but study degrees from abroad – is growing at a “brisk pace”, a new report says.

US institution’s Doha venture is said to contravene its 1815 charter

Real-time online recruitment fairs cut costs and expand reach in the hunt for students

Institution’s annus horribilis continues as news emerges of another major loss

How did David Mould end up teaching journalism in Kazakhstan’s frozen capital? He was a political pawn, he says

Universities Scotland has trumpeted the wider social value of international students beyond their economic contributions, arguing for visa policies that will help grow their numbers.

Visa applications from overseas students seeking to study at universities are up 4 per cent despite the government’s toughening of the visa regime.

Recreating a two-tier system is only benefiting ‘the best’, says Malcolm Gillies

A London-based private provider is to offer pathway programmes with a consortium of Northern universities, enabling international students to get on to degree courses

Ability concerns at University of Exeter business school forces rethink on international intake

University of East London asks Sir David Melville to investigate international activities

Home Office bid would set huge hurdles for overseas students seeking private rentals, warns UKCISA

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Work between the UK research councils, Indian government and business can be improved by fixing practical barriers to collaboration, a report says.

Home Office ‘looking into’ partnership between Glyndwr University and London School of Business and Finance

Olive Tree Programme offers ‘special space’ for cohort drawn from both sides of conflict zone

Not all institutions have clear rules on international students employing translators and other help

Australia is the most expensive place in the world to study for international students, followed by the United States and the UK, says new research.

Academics at leading South Korean universities are the world’s best at attracting funding from business, a new study says.

Overseas universities are hoping to snap up UK students left without a university place on A-level results day.

The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has raised the prospect that universities could “bulk buy” annual £200 health levies for international students.

Graeme Wilkinson left Wales to head a private institution that was more familiar than it first appeared

Sweden aims to rebuild faltering overseas student numbers

Online comments show no room for complacency