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"Education is about dismantling barriers, not building them"

News
1 February 2017
International
James Gardner, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Strategic and International Partnerships at De Montfort University looks back at #DMUglobal trip to New York in January. There 1,000 of DMU students and staff declared that they are citizens of the world.

Happy 30th birthday Erasmus

News
25 January 2017
International
As we mark the 30th anniversary of Erasmus, our Policy Officer Stephanie Kleynhans discusses how much the Erasmus programme helps create university campuses that are international and multi-cultural.

2017: What does it hold for universities and international opportunities?

News
22 January 2017
International
As part of the Global Britain Education week Vivienne Stern looks at what lies ahead for universities and international opportunities.

Why UK higher education is attractive to international students

News
16 January 2017
International Transnational education
As part of the Global Britain week on Education, Vivienne Stern looks at why UK higher education is attractive to international students and reflects on UK TNE around the world.

International student recruitment - charting the Brexit effect

News
15 December 2016
International
Aaron Porter is the Director of Insights for the Hotcourses Group, discusses the key findings from monitoring trends in searches to the UK and how we are faring against global competition.

UK-bound Indian student recruitment figures grow for the first time since 2010

News
6 December 2016
International
Recent Home Office figures show a 6% increase in the number of Indian students receiving visas, compared to the same period last year. Is this a significant turning point in Indian student recruitment, after years of declining numbers?

UK and Germany: student exchange and joint research continue

News
6 December 2016
International
Last month, UUK President Dame Julia Goodfellow visited Berlin and UUK's partner organisation, the German Rectors' Conference Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK), for the first time since the UK's vote to leave the EU in June 2016.

For the first time UK becomes host country for Argentinian government scholarship programme

News
11 November 2016
International
For the first time UK becomes host country for Argentinian government scholarship programme. Inclusion in BEC.AR programme reflects developing relationship between the two countries.

Vivienne Stern, Director of UUKi, on staying international in a post-Brexit UK

News
4 November 2016
International
Vivienne Stern speaks to Student.com about bolstering the reputation of UK universities abroad, the best ways to engage with international students and navigating Brexit in the best way possible for students and universities alike.

UKIERI’s new calls for research funding now open

News
26 August 2016
International
The announcement of calls for funding research signals the beginning of the third phase of the UK-India Education & Research Initiative (UKIERI).
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