Yesterday, Canada unveiled a report assessing the economic contributions that international students make to the country. Entitled Economic Impact of International Education in Canada, the report was presented by Stockwell Day, the Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, at a meeting of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).
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Measuring the economic value of Canada’s international education “industry”
Posted in Canada, Cross-Border Higher Education, Foreign Students, export education, tagged Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, export education, Government of Canada, Roslyn Kunin & Associates, services exports, Stockwell Day on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Indian students in Australia: how did it come to this?
Posted in Australia, Brain mobility, Cross-Border Higher Education, Foreign Students, India, Uncategorized, tagged Australia, Australian higher education, Australian tertiary education, Cross-Border Higher Education, Foreign Students, Indian students on August 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Editor’s note: this contribution, by Christopher Ziguras examines the complex factors shaping ongoing debates, and recent crisis, about Indian students in Australia. Christopher Ziguras (pictured to the right) is Associate Professor of International Studies in the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT, Melbourne. His research focuses on international education policy, particularly [...]
The US – India ‘knowledge’ relationship: the sleeping giant stirs!
Posted in Cross-Border Higher Education, Diasporas, India, Innovation, Private sector, Private universities, Public-private, USA, foreign campuses, tagged Asia Society Taskforce, Diasporas, foreign campuses, India, Indian School of Business, Indian universities, Innovation, innovation policies, Kellogg, knowledge, Obama, Private sector, Private universities, public private partnerships, transborder higher education, universities, USA, Wharton on February 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Editor’s Note: This entry has been kindly prepared by Tim Gore, now Director of The Centre for Indian Business, University of Greenwich, London, UK. Prior to this, Tim was Director of Education at the British Council in India, where he was responsible for growing the knowledge partnership between India and the UK. Tim also [...]
The UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI): reflections on ‘the complexities of global partnerships in higher education
Posted in China, Cross-Border Higher Education, India, Innovation, UK, University strategies, knowledge economy, tagged China, communication, Cross-Border Higher Education, India, Innovation, international partnerships, international students, knowledge economy, partnership, trust, UK universities, UKIERI, University strategies on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This entry has been kindly prepared by Tim Gore, Director of The Centre for Indian Business, University of Greenwich, London, UK. Tim has worked closely with educationalists, institutions, companies and governments to improve bilateral and multilateral educational links in Hong Kong, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Jordan and India over a 23 year period. His most [...]
International education activity in Australia up 23 per cent from previous financial year
Posted in Asia, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Cross-Border Higher Education, Foreign Students, Services, service exports, tagged Asian students, Australian higher education, Australian universities, Cross-Border Higher Education, Foreign Students, higher education services, service exports, services industries on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Australia is continuing to see rapid growth in the export of education (including higher education) services, and the associated generation of export income. Today’s Australian Education International’s AEI eNewsletter, which is well worth subscribing to if you are interested in GlobalHigherEd (which you must be if you are visiting this weblog!), includes a link to [...]
Canada’s new branding effort: “Education in/au Canada”
Posted in Branding, Canada, Cross-Border Higher Education, tagged Branding, Canadian Government, Council of Ministers of Education of Canada, Cross-Border Higher Education on October 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
An international “brand” for Canadian education was recently launched, marking the latest national government’s effort to gain market share in the global education sector. Similar in motivation to recent campaigns developed by other countries such as the Netherlands, Malaysia and New Zealand, Canada’s new brand represents one pillar of the federal government’s strategy to recruit [...]
China: from ‘emerging contender’ to ‘serious player’ in cross-border student mobility
Posted in Cross-Border Higher Education, Foreign Students, France, Germany, USA, exchange students, internationalization, tagged higher education, Foreign Students, USA, universities, Student mobility, France, Germany, China, service exports, cross border supply, Institute for International Education, service imports, diplomacy on September 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last year we carried a series of reports (see here, here and here) on the global distribution of student mobility. While the US and the UK had the lion’s share of this market, with 22% and 12% respectively, we noted China had made big gains. With 7% of the global market and in 6th [...]
Graphic feed: growing global demand for higher education (2000-2025)
Posted in Asia, Brain mobility, Cross-Border Higher Education, Foreign Students, Germany, Student mobility, tagged Foreign Students, international students, university students on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Brandenburg, U., Carr, D., Donauer, S., Berthold, C. (2008) Analysing the Future Market – Target Countries for German HEIs, Working paper No. 107, CHE Centre for Higher Education Development, Gütersloh, Germany, p. 13.
Update on ‘Will shifting currency exchange rate differentials (2005-2007) redirect flows of foreign students?’
Posted in Asia, Australia, Cross-Border Higher Education, Currency exchange dynamics, Foreign Students, service exports, tagged Australia, Australian universities, currency rates, Foreign Students on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This 11 October 2007 entry (‘Will shifting currency exchange rate differentials (2005-2007) redirect flows of foreign students?’) has always attracted a lot regular visits, perhaps from university students considering international options for their education, and from university and ministry officials.
In response to a reader’s request for an update, I got curious so quickly updated the [...]
Ministers of Education and fora for thinking beyond the nation
Posted in Associations, Bologna process, Cross-Border Higher Education, European Higher Education Area, Global dialogues, Interregionalism, Ministries of education, tagged APEC, ASEM, Bologna process, Commonwealth, Council of Ministers of Education of Canada, higher education, Interregionalism, Regionalism on July 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the features of the globalization of higher education and research is the bringing together of ministers of education from various countries to think beyond the nation at regional, inter-regional, and global scales, as well as in a comparative sense. Thus we are seeing the nation-state creating internal competencies for statecraft via extra-territorial fora.
This [...]
Graphic feed: cross-border flows of higher education students within the APEC region
Posted in Asia, Asia-Pacific, Brain mobility, Cross-Border Higher Education, Foreign Students, service exports, tagged Foreign Students, cross, APEC on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Centre for International Economics (2008) APEC and International Education, Sydney and Canberra: Centre for International Economics.
Globalized higher education in the United Arab Emirates – unexpected outcomes
Posted in Abu Dhabi, Cross-Border Higher Education, Diasporas, Expatriates, GATS, Middle East, Overseas Campuses, Qatar, USA, United Arab Emirates, foreign campuses, tagged American University, American University of Dubai, American University of Sharjah, Dubai, Expatriates, foreign campuses, GATS, Gulf states, Knowledge Village, Overseas Campuses, Qatar, Qatar Education City, Sharjah, Sharjha, South Asian diaspora, UAE, United Arab Emirates, University of Wollongong on June 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Editor’s note: today’s guest entry has been kindly prepared by Dr. Neha Vora. Dr. Vora recently received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine. As of Fall 2008, she will be Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies at Texas A&M University. Her current research focuses on the dynamics of race, class, [...]
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