Blog posts on Netherlands
Heading in the same direction?
Within Europe, national policies on international student mobility are influenced by European-level policies, developed by the European Commission or in the framework of the Bologna Process. Does this mean that national policies on student mobility in Europe are converging? And if so, in which ways?
Tulips, Guus Hiddink and joint master programmes
The longstanding relationship between Turkey and the Netherlands.
NVAO launches platform for good practices in internationalisation
In Australia good practices in Quality Assurance have been made public through a digital archive for many years now. Personally I find this a very good source of information. So why not launch one in the Netherlands as well? That is exactly what NVAO, the Dutch Flemish Accreditation Organisation, did earlier this month.
Strategic choices
Strategic choices in higher education was the main theme of a seminar held recently as part of an annual Netherlands higher education conference. Dutch higher education, as in many other countries, is facing massive cuts, reforms and the need to reorientate and refocus to safeguard its future.
Competing for the brightest students?
This blog argues that vision and coherence are needed in Dutch international student recruitment policies at the national level. Some countries manage to do it, so why can’t we?
Mapping Mobility 2011: international mobility in Dutch higher education
This month, Nuffic published its annual publication on international mobility in higher education: Mapping Mobility 2011. The document gives information about the number of international students, their countries of origin, the most popular Dutch institutions and many, many other facts on international students in the Netherlands.
Employment regulations for international students: how to get it right?
In recent years, several countries that recruit large numbers of foreign visa-holding students have tightened their immigration requirements. This had two main reasons: to ensure that only well-qualified students will receive student visas, and that they are indeed in the country to study and not to work.
Knowledge is power
Will there ever be a 20th Nobel Prize winner from the Netherlands?
The Chinese are going, the Germans are coming. Who's next?
A few years ago we witnessed what some called a Chinese 'invasion' in Dutch higher education. Recruitment in Asia turned out to be so successful that it resulted in a problem rather than a solution.
The teacher of Europe
Today, I go back centuries, to the eighteenth century to be more precise. To the days of the legendary Hermannus Boerhaave, and his influence on modern-day university education.
Internationalization of art education: impressions from a conference
With the globalization of art & design, approaching budget cuts and changes in Dutch higher education policy directions, art education institutions are now trying to redefine their international strategies.
Gender in Nuffic programming for Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Development
I have been invited by Wageningen UR (University and Research Centre) to give the yearly Storm van der Chijs lecture on Tuesday 8 March 2011, International Women's Day.
Neigbours or strangers?
On 1 March 2011, Dirk Niebel, the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, presented the draft concept for Germany's first ever holistic education strategy in development policy to 200 high-level education sector representatives from Germany and abroad.
Universities, national budget cuts and the European Higher Education Area
The European University Association (EUA) recently published an overview of the impact of the economic crisis on European universities. The EUA states that "the collected evidence points to changes taking place especially in relation to tuition fees, collaboration with industry, as well as philanthropic funding and funding from donations."
Educating on internationalization
One size does not fit all, but one model or training course does.
Certification of internationalization: what is the value?
Certificates and labels... I am not generally a fan of them as they tend to limit diversity and creativity. However, this week I would like to make an exception.
Erasmus Programme: elite or for the masses? How to make selections
To keep the Erasmus Programme affordable, student selection is inevitable. The question is, how do you do that? And, does selection provide unforeseen opportunities?
Are national and EU policies on student mobility in sync?
"The international train in the direction of Antwerp and Brussels has a delay of about 10 minutes". This must sound familiar to internationalization staff regularly travelling, not only but especially, to Brussels.
International mobility of academic staff: how to indicate Dutch trends?
This blog argues that there is a need in the Netherlands to collect central data in order to be able to place the international mobility of academic staff to and from the Netherlands in context. Such central data would enable an analysis of trends (between countries as well as between Dutch institutions) and could form a basis for targeted policy development.
New Nuffic publication: Mapping Mobility 2010, International Mobility in Dutch Higher Education
Nuffic has started publishing a new series on internationalization statistics in higher education. This yearly publication is called 'Mapping Mobility 2010, International Mobility in Dutch Higher Education' and, as the title suggests, specializes in internationalization in higher education.
