From 1 April 2023, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) will no longer perform the role as designated quality body (DQB) in England. Since the announcement last summer, debates over quality assurance have caused questions outside of the UK about the meaning of these changes.
Alex Roussopoulos is a student at the University of Durham who, as part of the UUKi-supported Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, undertook a once-in-a-lifetime summer in Canada. In this blog, Alex tells us more about the experience.
Holly Downes is an undergraduate student at Durham University. In summer 2022, Holly took part in the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, a 12-week programme providing students with the opportunity to contribute to a research project at one of Canada’s 70 participating universities. There are over 2,000 projects to choose from, ranging from engineering and maths through to the humanities, which successful applicants work on full-time as a research intern.
UK higher education (HE) transnational education (TNE) provision is an important pillar of international HE activity for UK universities. The number of students studying for a UK HE degree via TNE has grown by 37% in the last five years, with the vast majority of those students based in the Global South.
Harry Anderson, Policy Manager at Universities UK, is one of our brilliant speakers at International Student Recruitment Conference 2023. In this blog, he gives a teaser of just some of the crucial conversations attendees are set to have at #ISR2023.
Aatreyee Guha Thakurta is Head Higher Education - Mobility India (British Council). Here, Aatreyee reflects on the importance of maintaining and expanding quality in international student recruitment practices, in the face of growing interconnectedness and international student numbers.
Shivani explains some of the challenges that keep international student recruitment experts like her awake at night and gives a taster for what attendees can expect when Shivani takes the stage at International Student Recruitment Conference 2023.
This case study originates from the research conducted by Dr Matt Smith, Reader in Applied Theatre and Puppetry at the University of Portsmouth, as part of the UK-Ukraine R&I twinning grants scheme. It highlights the way that culture like puppet theatre can survive conflict and be part of social reconstruction. In this project, Dr Smith worked with a team of scholars at Odesa Polytechnic, Dr. Tamara Rozova, Dr. Nataliia Borodina, Dr. Tetiana Ovcharenko. Here, Dr Smith outlines the project and its findings.
In this blog, we look ahead with Janet to the upcoming Transnational Education Conference 2023, where she will be presenting on the topic of risk and due diligence in TNE partnerships.
Stuart Bannerman, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor International at London South Bank University, gives his thoughts ahead of Transnational Education Conference 2023.
Peter Mason, Head of Global Research and Innovation Policy at Universities UK International, explains there is still work to be done to capitalise on the mutual benefits to the UK and EU following Horizon Europe association.
Alison Barrett MBE, Country Director for British Council India, discusses the lifelong connections an international student mobility can spark ahead of Global Mobility Conference 2024.
Dimitra Boutsioukis, Head of Global Opportunities at Newcastle University, discusses how they built an award-winning approach to inclusive and sustainable student mobility.
Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford. In this blog, Nadiya discusses the challenges Ukrainian higher education faces.
Alex Bols, Deputy CEO of GuildHE, looks ahead to his session on small and specialist institutions forming international strategies at International Higher Education Forum.
Dr Diana Beech, CEO of London Higher, looks ahead to International Higher Education Forum 2024 on 1-2 May. Diana discusses the panel she will be joining on ‘regional approaches to international strategy’, London’s role as both a regional and global player, and the other sessions on offer at this year’s Forum.
We speak with Jim Green, Senior Global Engagement Manager (Strategy and Insights) at the University of Nottingham, and Solomiia Rozlutska, Director of the Ukrainian Catholic University Academic Relations Office on a successful twinning partnership.