Internationalisation

Number of scholarships offered reported to have increased fourfold over past decade

Holyrood still finalising details of pilot student exchange programme but time running out to make it accessible, leaders fear

Chief executive of world’s oldest university network discusses equity in partnerships, two-way internationalisation and ensuring the UN sees the value of tertiary education

Doctoral candidates at their wits’ end as visa processing stalls again

Rising numbers of faculty from mainland China face atmosphere of ‘suspicion and mistrust’, researcher claims

Revenue from Singapore venture crucial to ongoing sustainability, says Massey vice-chancellor

Admission to an Indian Institute of Technology is the prize every Indian school-leaver dreams of. But does the scramble for places prepare students well for higher study? Are the institutes’ curricula fit for purpose? And what will internationalisation mean for their future? Pola Lem reports

Once it becomes common knowledge that a UK master’s degree is worthless, the sector will be in trouble, says an anonymous academic

Report into ‘grotesque’ abuses of Australian international education emerges when visa processing system is already straining at the seams

Chance to ensure research has ‘real impact’ in fast-developing country attracting top scholars from abroad, rectors say

Figures published for first time show how refusals vary by continent, as overall rejection rate rises to 31 per cent

Battle over who should have final say over professorship appointments demonstrates difficulty in reconciling starkly different academic cultures

Light-touch treatment of one of universities’ fundamental roles leaves too many questions hanging, observers worry

But some academics remain wary, warning over Beijing’s ‘manipulation’ of student exchange for political purposes

International students contribute nearly £12 billion a year to the government’s priority areas for levelling up, says James Pitman 

Needs-based student funding and second national university also among accord panel’s ‘spiky ideas’, aimed at improving equitable access

MPs and peers issue call for ministers to guarantee survival of graduate visa route into next Parliament

While Australia has long been a favoured education destination for the mountain kingdom, it now hosts a ‘major proportion’ of the population

Anglocentric norms are a blind spot in the effort to diversify the research workforce, global survey suggests

Fears that UK scientists will be frozen out of networks once association is agreed are overblown, say leading researchers

National interest not served by ‘overstating the threats’ or cultivating a ‘climate of uncertainty’, report says

Home Office offers more flexibility for those hoping to work in UK after studies but some are seeing life plans fall apart

Use of the CSAT is likely to increase US enrolment of South Koreans but could bode ill for some of the latter’s domestic institutions, says Kyuseok Kim

Researchers say big increases to cost of study and work visas, and NHS surcharge, will make country less attractive to international students and staff

Assessment rationales have not kept pace with AI translation and writing support tools, conference hears

With institutions reluctant to match soaring prices, per-student income is eroded further

A long-awaited law might face further delay after Mark Rutte's government collapses in a ‘polarised’ political landscape, while some universities are already capping places for non-Europeans without waiting for the legislation to arrive

China is ‘stealing UK academic research’ in ‘plain sight’ and suppressing political dissent on campus, says intelligence committee

After working in 10 institutions across five countries, chemist explains why scientists need to leave the ‘comfortable life’

Flexibility and ability to watch footage back thought to be behind preference for retaining Covid-era innovation

Geopolitical tensions between two superpowers force institutions to rethink collaborations forged in friendlier times

MPs’ vision to cut student numbers may signal future direction of party, but experts question its appeal to voters

US funder wants overseas partners to share all data and lab notebooks every three months

Hundreds of universities invited to sign guidelines on equitable partnerships in science

Professors in global North should come south as temporary solution to immigration headaches, Rwandan ambassador tells event

Institutions seek to remove barriers to ensure student mobility is open to more than just the ‘very privileged few’

Western Sydney University joins Victorian and Queensland institutions in seeking presence in the world’s third biggest democracy

Chile is poised to lead on internationalisation, thanks to national funding boost

Universities consulted on increasing limit from current level of 20 per cent in face of demographic decline

‘New Conservatives’ want to axe post-study work visas and stop ‘poorest performing’ universities from recruiting overseas

Australia is top-performing nation for first time in five years, while the United Arab Emirates is on the rise

Territory has moved past wave of brain drain, with some beginning to return and new opportunities for international recruitment, according to Rocky Tuan

But almost half of surveyed students still want to work more than the newly raised cap

Malka Al-Haddad fled her academic career in Iraq more than 10 years ago

While admitting the much-protested model is dead in the US, Dartmouth’s Hanlon leads expert panel in setting out ways that similar language-culture teaching programmes could grow

Regional Australian university to resurrect city campus, as graduate work rights and online study limits douse interest from international learners

Three-year time limit to gain competence branded ‘unrealistic’ given high workloads

Chinese firms’ confidence in student flows is being expressed in business licence applications, analysis finds

An ‘uncomfortable truth’ underlies the approach taken by too many Western universities on collaboration with Asia, conference hears

Tiya Thomas-Alexander explores why some Asian territories are growing more global while others are not

Overall US recruitment from overseas up 8 per cent at postgraduate level, according to annual survey

Restrictive US visa policy has caused a steep drop in Chinese students headed to US on exchange, scholar says

Doctoral students at home petition New Delhi for a 60 per cent rise in stipends, amid rising living costs and appeal of overseas job market

Young people with asylum status say they struggle to get admissions teams to understand immigration rules and recognise their academic track records

Report reveals that total recovery of full economic costs was a 5 per cent deficit across the sector

Learners must beware of ‘slick-talking agents’ and should get help from staff at their universities, says academic

As Trudeau concludes sweeping immigration review, minister sees value in greater geographic division of visa approvals

Singapore Management University president Lily Kong says the country’s institutions ‘must carve their own path’

Hong Kong has ‘a special convening power’ that could attract partners from China and the Middle East, CUHK’s v-c tells Tiya Thomas-Alexander

Some universities have already begun collecting dues while others ‘wait and see’ for amendment to pass parliament and details of government scholarships to be finalised