Internationalisation

Paper calls for mandatory consent training and improved complaints processes

A lack of financial incentives, on top of academic freedom concerns, is likely to put off many overseas institutions, says Saikat Majumdar 

Extraordinary growth in income caused by higher enrolments and post-Brexit fee uplifts bolsters finances of Russell Group institutions

Former universities minister warns that UK’s political consensus over benefits provided by students from overseas is ‘weakening’

Hesa data also reveal proportion of black professors remains at ‘appallingly low’ levels

Flexibility of guidelines for universities wanting to open outposts praised, but concerns raised over academic freedom

Expert panel requested by Congress suggests conditions under which universities could be exempted from its general ban on partnerships with Chinese government-backed educational programme

As bids are polished for the latest round of university alliance grants, debate is building over where longer-term funding should come from

Cautious optimism for on-campus life and international mobility as China lifts travel restrictions and loosens on-campus pandemic controls

But situation may change with scale-up of programme, potentially causing talent shortfall in US, authors suggest

After a tumultuous 2022, what will the new year bring for higher education? Some of the UK sector’s respected crystal-ball gazers offer their predictions for 2023

London-based institutions and post-92s face losing millions if brakes put on overseas enrolment

Only 3 per cent of firms in survey had hired someone using the new graduate route

Interim policy that allows students with overseas offers to study domestically instead may turn long term

Government and institutions are aligned when it comes to recruiting genuine students, despite alleged visa abuse becoming a right-wing hobby horse

Former education secretary joined by 14 vice-chancellors in warning Westminster government against restricting overseas enrolment to ‘elite’ universities only

China gains influence over neighbour as impact of Western boycotts already visible in paper co-authorship

European Commission hails first association of a highly industrialised country outside of Europe

Bestselling Albanian author Lea Ypi among those prevented from seeing family members because of Home Office decisions

New chair of Commons education committee ‘concerned’ by moves to limit study visas

Rather than focusing on students’ plans after they graduate, Canberra should assure itself of their commitment to study

The EU and the AU’s new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski

Australian universities ‘have work to do’ to recover international student enrolments

Science minister George Freeman launches International Science Partnerships Fund at THE event in Japan, with initial funding of £119 million

Ambition of European Universities Initiative will be realised only by competent leadership and ceding more power to EU officials, says EUA president

Home affairs minister pledges to speed up admission of world’s ‘best and brightest’

Education secretary distances herself from plans to restrict study visas being pushed by No 10

The campus security desk is often the first and last port of call for jet-lagged and far-from-home students, says George Bass 

Cultural familiarity, sense of safety and soaring rankings foster interest in nearby countries

Proposals said to have brought opposition from DfE and to have potential to end post-study work rights for graduates of institutions deemed substandard

As political own goals go, threatening to both cap and confine international students to ‘elite’ institutions was in a class of its own, says David Bell

Recent changes to visa represent shift in thinking about attracting and retaining brightest graduates, says education adviser Maryam Riaz

For collaborations to succeed, institutions ‘need to tackle’ underlying problems of uneven funding between countries

Despite shifting power dynamic, centuries-old perceptions of Western superiority persist, scholars say

Academics suggest the answers to the hard lessons that Fifa is learning now should have been obvious from the experience of higher education institutions in the Gulf state

Politicians and sector leaders respond strongly to reports Westminster government could restrict foreign students to ‘elite universities’ only

The department’s threat to ban international students from all but the top UK universities is totally counterproductive, says Nick Hillman

Arrivals in country soar following rollback of Covid-era travel restrictions

Incoming staff and students risk losing jobs and funding over delayed checks in ‘sensitive’ fields

Chris Skidmore urges universities to demonstrate how international students cross-subsidise course places for domestic classmates

Leading institutions are not ‘lining their pockets’ by shifting recruitment to international students, says analysis, and situation for less prestigious campuses is even worse

Academic research leaders welcome shift from Trump hostilities but see unnecessary limits on foreigners in US labs, and uncertainties over unification of disclosure rules

UUKi report records 12.7 per cent increase in transnational education headcount in space of a year

Rising tensions between the West and China and Russia are being seen as an indication that internationalisation may have passed its peak. But are universities, as pre-eminently international institutions, feeling the tide turn? And how do their leaders feel about the challenge? Rosa Ellis reports

Don’t wait for governments to act, say university leaders

Number of new enrolments up 7 per cent this autumn, says IIE data

Successful applications from south Asia fall off a cliff, as authorities struggle to distinguish genuine students from those with other things on their minds

Computer scientist on his company’s foray into testing, competing with TikTok and lessons from being a university professor

‘Political signal’ could prompt closer work on research, staff and student mobility, ambassador tells THE

International students are ‘part of the solution, and not the problem’, says ex-minister on launch of new commission

While remote delivery remains popular with many international students, authorities hose down prospects of fully online degrees

Chief higher education lobby group finds decline in share of institutions boosting their overseas outreach, but takes comfort in unexpected areas of growth during the pandemic

Australia’s new Labor government must allow more fee flexibility for high-cost degree subjects otherwise genuine student choice will disappear, say Robert Griew and Ian Anderson

London’s ‘American’ university says move will offer ‘more transparency and greater value for money’

Nearly two dozen British institutions now accept a test that allows Chinese high schoolers taking domestic curriculum to apply to universities abroad

Earlier engagement with African research partners will lead to improved outcomes and institutional relations, says global health expert Margaret Gyapong

Data theft from health insurance giant stokes fears that students could be targeted by hackers or their impersonators

As THE’s Global Sustainable Development Congress kicks off at the University of Glasgow, Oxfam’s chief executive Danny Sriskandarajah explains why universities are increasingly important in the fight against poverty and social injustice

Ambitious plans announced at China’s National Congress will push elite universities towards supporting research spin-offs and graduate start-ups, says Hao Ni

Australian government’s cash injection may provide short-term relief, but lack of clarity hinders planning, says former civil servant