http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/nuffic-blog daily 1 2010-08-16T10:30:48Z http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/recommendation-ear-manual-in-bucharest-communique-major-boost-for-fair-recognition-practices-in-the-ehea On 26 and 27 April the ministers of education of 47 countries gathered in Bucharest, Romania to take stock of the Bologna Process and set out the key policy issues and goals for the next three years. The outcomes have been published in the Communiqué, one of the main political documents of the European Higher Education Area EHEA. One of its recommendations is the use of the European Area of Recognition manual. No publisher jennekelokhoff Europe Transparency and Recognition 2012-05-11T15:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/can-we-measure-the-impact-of-scholarships Recently I participated in a seminar organised by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the United Kingdom on measuring the impact of international scholarships. In 2007 the Commission organised a similar event which focused on methods to measure the results of scholarship programmes through tracer studies. DFID, the major sponsor of the Commonwealth Scholarship Programme, wanted to see some hard evidence of the results of the scholarships that had been awarded over the years No publisher adboeren Development Cooperation Impact of Internationalization 2012-04-13T12:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/8-of-dutch-language-culture-students-has-travelled-prior-to-entering-university Ideally, to ascertain learning outcomes, we need to know what students know and can do before they enter university. This would be the same for learning outcomes in intercultural and international competencies: we would like to know how much (and what type of) intercultural and international experience students have at entering university. No publisher ericrichters 2012-04-11T09:55:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/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. No publisher Mtinkheni Gondwe and Ouindinda Nikièma International Higher Education Market Development Cooperation Policy and Strategy 2012-04-04T08:30:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/benchmarking-internationalisation In this blog we look at how higher education institutions can benchmark their internationalisation initiatives. No publisher Adinda van Gaalen and Rosa Becker Europe Transparency and Recognition Impact of Internationalization Policy and Strategy 2012-03-26T08:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/internationalisation-in-support-of-teaching-staff For once, let’s talk about staff and internationalisation without looking at staff mobility. If only because the majority of teaching staff are, in fact, non-mobile and they constitute a considerable group of professionals in any country. No publisher adindavangaalen Internationalization Policy and Strategy Mobility 2012-03-14T09:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/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? No publisher rosabecker Europe Netherlands International Higher Education Market Mobility Poland France United Kingdom Sweden Germany Belgium Policy and Strategy 2012-03-12T08:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/tulips-guus-hiddink-and-joint-master-programmes The longstanding relationship between Turkey and the Netherlands. No publisher sjoerdroodenburg Turkey Netherlands 2012-02-07T09:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/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. No publisher adindavangaalen Internationalization Transparency and Recognition Netherlands Policy and Strategy 2012-02-02T11:40:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/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. No publisher mariannecox Transparency and Recognition International Higher Education Market 2012-02-01T08:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/dutch-impact-on-mozambican-he Earlier this month the vice minister for Education of Mozambique, Dr Arlindo Chilundo, visited Nuffic to celebrate Nuffic's 60th anniversary and to attend the Mozambique day organised for Dutch institutions that participate in the NPT and NICHE programmes. No publisher adindavangaalen Mozambique Development Cooperation 2012-01-31T08:45:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/gender-in-the-dutch-international-cooperation-strategy The more than 20 private sector development cooperation programmes that have recently been established in the Netherlands barely include a gender equality focus. Yet, at the national level, the government has articulated its intention to pursue women economic empowerment in its foreign policy. Can this gap between intention and action be closed? And how? No publisher mtinkhenigondwe Development Cooperation Policy and Strategy 2012-01-25T09:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/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. No publisher ericrichters Policy and Strategy International Higher Education Market Mobility 2012-01-23T09:00:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/dutch-students-abroad-most-recent-data-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. No publisher ericrichters Policy and Strategy International Higher Education Market Mobility 2012-01-16T11:30:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/nuffic-blog/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. No publisher mariannecox Netherlands Policy and Strategy 2012-01-11T09:00:00Z Blog Entry