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Capacity building of developing countries good for international business
Development cooperation, particularly through educational capacity building, contributes to growth of the middle class in developing regions, which, in turn, contributes to the sustainability of international business.
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?
OBHE report on international branch campuses
The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) recently published its fourth report on international branch campus (IBCs), one of the intriguing developments in internationalisation in higher education of recent years.
Student mobility to the Netherlands, compared with other EU countries
In an earlier blog I referred to Dutch students studying abroad. The same OECD data also allow for comparison between countries regarding student inflows, or better, regarding foreign students registering in the country.
Dutch students abroad in the academic year 2008-09
The most recent data on Dutch students registering in other countries for study (diploma mobility), reveal a further growth of the number of students studying abroad.
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?
Internationalisation strategy: supporting all aspects of HE strategy?
Internationalisation is present in many parts of higher education institutions like research, curricula, libraries, marketing and student population. Of course, any self respecting institution has included some reference to internationalisation in its vision, mission or activity plan.
In the Swiss mountains
Early November I had the opportunity to spend a few days in Switzerland as I was invited by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).
HR capacity building firmly embedded in Europe’s current growth strategy
Human resource development is a major cross-cutting theme in Europe's overall growth strategy for the current decade: Europe 2020.
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.
Why are alumni so important?
Greener pastures? China to establish its first branch campus abroad
Soochow University will soon open a branch campus in Laos, becoming the first Chinese university to establish a campus abroad. How does this development fit into China’s national higher education strategy? What are the likely benefits of the campus for China and for Laos, and how does the initiative fit into current directions of international branch campus development?
Emerging higher education hubs
Upcoming providers of international higher education in the developing world.
Regional harmonization of higher education: a global perspective
Developments in various parts of the world indicate that there is a global trend towards regional harmonization of higher education (i.e. working towards greater comparability of higher education structures and practices – not necessarily standardization of higher education).
Gain or pain? Foreign higher education provision in developing countries
Ethiopia’s Education Ministry recently banned distance education provision in the country, reportedly because several private higher education providers are more interested in making profits than in offering good quality programmes.
Hong Kong invites international branch campuses to its shores: a clever strategy?
Recent years appeared to indicate that the Hong Kong higher education market was saturated with a sufficient number of high-quality domestic and foreign university programmes. Hong Kong has long welcomed foreign higher education providers but has also implemented regulations to register and monitor their quality, and has closed poor quality foreign programmes if necessary.
Should recruiting agents be regulated? And by whom?
Studying abroad for a full degree has developed from an elite to a mass phenomenon. Parallel to this development, we have witnessed a commercialization of international higher education to an extent where many institutions have become financially dependent on full-fee paying international students.
Rankings and reality
Summer holidays are over. In the global field of higher education, this also means that it is ranking season.
Fond friends or hungry dragon? China’s increased higher education collaboration with Africa
At the end of August, government leaders from China and South Africa announced that they would advance bilateral cooperation in a range of areas, including higher education and scientific research.
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