Greetings mid-July. Susan and I have been travelling a lot via our respective jobs, so please excuse the slow pace of updates to GlobalHigherEd.
My return to Madison a few days ago corresponded with an embargoed (until today) press release from the UK Higher Education International Unit. The press release relates to a new report (International [...]
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International partnerships: a legal guide for universities
Posted in UK, internationalization, tagged Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland), Eversheds, Guild HE, HEFCE, Higher Education Funding Council for England, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, internationalization, Scottish Funding Council, UK Higher Education International Unit, Universities UK, UUK on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ranking – in a different (CHE) way?
Posted in Bologna process, Europe, European Higher Education Area, European Research Area, European Union, Germany, Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, Quality Assurance, Rankings & Ranking Resources, University Rankings, University strategies, benchmarking, bibliometrics, internationalization, knowledge economy, tagged benchmarking, bibliometrics, Bologna, Europe, European Higher Education Area, European Research Area, Germany, Global and Regional Benchmarks/Indexes, internationalization, knowledge economy, Quality Assurance, ranking and ranking resources, University Rankings on January 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »
GlobalHigherEd has been profiling a series of entries on university rankings as an emerging industry and technology of governance. This entry has been kindly prepared for us by Uwe Brandenburg. Since 2006 Uwe has been project manager at the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) and CHE Consult, a think tank and consultancy focusing [...]
The role of the university in city/regional development: a view from a Vice-Chancellor in Bristol
Posted in Cities, Ministries of education, R&D, University strategies, University-industry linkages, internationalization, strategic communications, universities, tagged city/regions, Innovation, knowledge economy, Regional development, UK, UK universities, universities, University of Bristol, University strategies on January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The entry has been kindly prepared for us by Professor Eric Thomas, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol. Professor Thomas has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol since 2001. Prior to that he was Head of the School of Medicine, and later Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences, University of [...]
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 [...]
Another ‘Alice in Wonderland moment’ with the further round of overseas scholarship funding cuts for UK universities?
Posted in Australia, Capacity building, Korea, Ministries of education, UK, internationalization, universities, tagged Commonwealth scholarships, competitiveness, HEFCE, internationalization of higher education, Korea, ORSAS, scholarships, UK, universities on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week I found myself experiencing another ‘Alice in Wonderland’ moment when news was circulated that the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) would completely withdraw , by 2011, an important source of funding to English universities for scholarships for overseas students – the Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (ORSAS). Currently HEFCE contributes £13 [...]
Globalizing research: forces, patterns, and collaborative practices
Posted in European Research Area, European Union, Interregionalism, R&D, Science & technology, internationalization, tagged R&D, National Science Foundation, globalization, research and development, European Commission, research collaboration, international collaboration, science and technology cooperation, Universities UK, National Science Board on August 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The de-nationalization of research, and the creation of bi-lateral, interregional, and global frameworks for research cooperation, is increasingly becoming an object of desire, discussion, debate, and study.
The overall drive to encourage the de-nationalization of research, and create novel outward-oriented frameworks, has many underlying motives, some framed by scientific logics, and some framed by broader agendas.
Scientific [...]
The ‘other GATS negotiations’: domestic regulation and norms
Posted in Cross-Border Higher Education, GATS, Services, TRIPS, WTO, benchmarking, internationalization, service exports, universities, tagged Domestic Regulation, GATS, higher education, liberalization, Norms, qualifications, service exports, Services, trade in services, WTO on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In our previous entries (here and here) in GlobalHigherEd we introduced the World Trade Organization (WTO) and explained the content and implications of the liberalization negotiation within the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The liberalization negotiation is the most well known activity within the scope of GATS. In fact, very often the GATS [...]
International students in the UK: interesting facts
Posted in Australia, Brain mobility, China, Foreign Students, Germany, India, New Zealand, OECD, Public universities, UK, internationalization, universities, tagged Australia, China, Europe, Germany, higher education, India, international students, New Zealand, OECD, UK Higher Education International Unit, USA on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Promoting and responding to the globalisation of the higher education sector are a myriad array of newer actors/agencies on the scene, including the UK Higher Education International Unit. Set up in 2007, the UK HE International Unit aims to provide:
credible, timely and relevant analysis to those managers engaged in internationalisation across [...]
The Global Public University: global reach, local impact
Posted in Public universities, internationalization, tagged higher education, internationalization, Public universities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On 11 March, William Brustein (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Susan Jeffords (University of Washington), two experts on the internationalization of higher education, held a candid discussion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (pictured to the right) about how communities and regions benefit from the global efforts of their public universities.
Topics in this two hour-long [...]
‘Malaysia Education’: strategic branding leads to growth in international student numbers 2006-8?
Posted in Africa, Asia, Australia, Botswana, Branding, China, Cross-Border Higher Education, Europe, Events & exhibitions, Foreign Students, India, New Zealand, Regional development, Regionalism, Singapore, University-industry linkages, internationalization, service exports, universities, tagged Africa, Arab States, Asia, Australia, Branding, globalization, higher education, India, Indonesia, international students, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam on March 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Several months back in our round-up of the global higher education student mobility market, we reported that Malaysia might be viewed as an emerging contender with 2% of the world market in 2006 (this was using the Observatory for Borderless Higher Education figures which reports only on the higher education sector).
Last week, Malaysia’s leading [...]
Overseas campuses: American views and photographs
Posted in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Capacity building, Cross-Border Higher Education, Dubai, Malaysia, Middle East, NYU, Overseas Campuses, Qatar, internationalization, service exports, tagged higher education, universities, Overseas Campuses, foreign campuses, Qatar Education City, NYU, internationalization, US universities, Carnegie Mellon in Qatar, George Mason University – Ras Al Khaimah Campus, New York Institute of Technology Abu Dhabi, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qata on February 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Sunday New York Times published a general overview (‘Universities rush to set up outposts abroad’) today regarding the phenomenon of overseas campuses. This article (the first of a series this week – see the bottom of this entry for links to all of the articles when they have been published) focuses on US [...]
The globally engaged institution: insights via the American Council on Education
Posted in Cross-Border Higher Education, Global Institutions, Initiatives and Voices, Overseas Campuses, USA, University strategies, internationalization, tagged higher education, universities, Overseas Campuses, foreign campuses, internationalization, US universities on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Editor’s note: GlobalHigherEd has been inviting select universities (e.g., the University of Warwick), associations, and agencies to profile how they are attempting to understand, navigate through, and therefore help construct, the emerging global higher education landscape. We have also focused our own eyes on institutional strategy from time to time (e.g., see Lily Kong’s very [...]
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