Internationalisation

Reading professor says a version of the Teaching Excellence Framework could provide reassurance about the quality of the UK’s transnational education courses

New directive prevents officials from issuing more than 270,000 student visas next year, and applies indicative caps on institutions previously proposed through legislation

Universities must rethink their use of agents and discounts and put more effort into securing and retaining enrolments, consultant says

Hidden code revealed on university admissions page may have prevented Chinese students from accessing content

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reflect scale of growth in post-pandemic, pre-crackdown rebound

Oxbridge and STEM doctoral graduates are more likely to benefit from ‘mover’s advantage’, says Higher Education paper on international mobility

Foreign campuses entering India may struggle to compete with top local private institutions, conference hears

Monash Malaysia eyes new articulation offerings amid doubts that Australia’s caps are off the agenda for good

Sector-wide increase in acceptance rate arrests two years of decline

One in five Chinese learners say all of their friends are drawn from their home country

Nigerian doctoral student Sue Agazie will receive compensation after Newcastle University admitted failings in supervision

Anticipated approach of rewriting ministerial direction would not require parliamentary approval

Relaxation of regulations needed for country to grow as international hub, say experts

THE summit hears that scholarships and online courses can play an important role in aiding students displaced by conflict

‘Purpose-built’ facilities will help improve student mobility around the Indian Ocean rim, says Perth-based university

Temple University Japan reports record enrolments and plans Kyoto campus

Home Office guidance suggests breaches of sponsorship requirements as sector becomes more reliant on international student revenues

Tough year ahead for New Colombo Plan, as changes and delays leave administrators in the dark

Multi-pronged government crackdown succeeds where coronavirus and international financial crises failed

While anglophone countries still dominate market, number of global online English-taught offerings now exceeds 1,000

To maintain vital internationalisation, US institutions might have to partner with industry to expand their overseas footprints, says Fernando Reimers

Scholars who win foreign scholarships will have no jobs to return to in Afghanistan if they decide to take them up, says an Afghan academic

New figures suggest Russell Group universities have been much less affected by declining student numbers than other institutions

Region’s educational strengths must be brought to bear against key challenges such as climate change, forum hears

Emerging institutions’ aspirations snubbed as old-guard administrators focus on a vanishing bottom line

Happy overseas students push satisfaction with master’s courses to record high, but domestic counterparts are not so bowled over

American universities likely to be hampered by restrictions on spending money overseas, experts say

But their long-term sustainability needs a clearer political strategy, including reflection on whether there are too many, says Luc Sels

Non-metropolitan institutions should be treated differently from their city cousins if overseas admissions are limited, says northern Australian MP

Would-be international students opt to enrol closer to home, with continental Europe, Asian hubs and the Gulf seen as alternatives for learners locked out of ‘big four’

Prolonged integrity problems, ongoing visa chaos, harsher caps to come: the post-caps prospects for Australian international education

Country could accommodate more overseas learners, according to poll of locals’ attitudes

Leading professor says he is likely to leave UK to avoid tax hit, and fears others may be reluctant to come in the first place

New enrolments down 5 per cent after three years of post-pandemic rebound, says Open Doors survey

Visa processing chaos set to continue amid opposition parties’ rejection of proposal to limit international student numbers

Institutions start putting recruitment on hold amid uncertainty about whether new limits will come into force in January

The controversy over Dhankhar’s poor choice of words has overshadowed the wisdom of calling for poorer Indians to be better informed, says Pushkar

Researchers identify emergence of ‘China English’ as legitimate version of language

Private colleges set to be hit with punitive limits on overseas recruitment, despite being among the top performers in government-commissioned surveys

Republican’s first term suggests that anti-immigration rhetoric will undermine universities’ offshore recruitment efforts

Home Office statistics reveal just 1,300 dependants submitted visa applications in October – the lowest monthly total since at least January 2022

Outpost to build on London university’s existing partnerships in West Africa

Outpost due to open next year will focus on both research and teaching, after ‘quick’ but ‘robust’ approval process

Ensure that your exit causes minimal inconvenience, regulator tells private colleges

Global survey finds that 41 per cent of institutions reported fewer international postgraduate students in this year’s intake compared to 2023

Universities often say they are pursuing transnational education for both love and money. But that can make for a strategic muddle, warns Stephen Thomas

Faltering UK recruitment is being capitalised on by business schools in the continent 

October deadline Ucas data shows drop in university applications from UK 18-year-olds, and declining interest in medicine courses, but rising interest from China and US

Economic benefit to universities and wider society still seen positively by most but negative views gaining traction, UK poll finds

‘Sea turtles’ seen as aiding elite universities’ internationalisation goals, but tide may already be turning

Proposed exam would test Spanish competence and subject ability, and would have to be completed in person

UK government expected to maintain tough approach amid warnings of Canada-style caps

High cost may turn international universities off Vietnam despite growing demand

UK institutions look ahead to next autumn as survey confirms devastating impact of visa restrictions

While critics dismiss direct impact of proposal as ‘rather meaningless’, concerns about broader messaging loom large

Universities’ challenge now is keeping pace with applications, analyst says

Tim Jones seeks to get university ‘where it should be’ but must contend with whims of government policy

Tribunal rules that Manchester student Dana Abuqamar is ‘not an extremist’

Just 3 per cent of respondents to sector survey rated Ottawa government’s engagement with sector positively

University leaders under ‘extraordinary pressure’ amid funding crisis, says departing University of Southern Queensland chief