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🌍✨ A Productive Working visit from Gerbert Kunst – Director International Affairs - Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to the UK! ✨🌍 This week, I had the honour of welcoming my director Gerbert Kunst to London. Together with him and Corné Berkheij we were able to engage in insightful discussions to strengthen partnerships between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the field of education and science. Here's a brief overview of his visit: 🇪🇺 Meeting with the EU Delegation: Discussed pressing topics in the EU-UK relationship including #youthmobility and gathered valuable insights on Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ collaboration between institutions. 👩🏫👨🏫 Dinner with Dutch Academics in the UK: Shared experiences, exchanged ideas, and fostered collaboration within the Dutch Academic Network UK academic community in the UK, laying the groundwork for enhanced cooperation. Had constructive conversations about CONNECTS-UK and explored avenues for integrating the network into the international DNA network. 🏫 Visit to the Department for Education: Met with Faye Taylor to strengthen our bilateral relationship, celebrating past achievements and exploring future opportunities in education, including #FurtherEducation, #digitalisation and #studentmentalhealth initiatives. 🎓 Exploration at UCL: Engaged with UCL representatives and #students to gain insights into the UK-NL relationship from an stakeholder perspective. Delved into discussions with Christine Sas from the Dutch Studies Department, highlighting the significance of Dutch Language and Culture Studies abroad. Overall, it was an enriching experience, reaffirming our commitment to collaboration and innovation in education and science between our two nations. Looking forward to building upon these discussions for a bright future of educational & scientific exchange and cooperation! 🌟 #UKNLpartnership #InternationalCollaboration #NorthSeaNeighbours

The European Commission has awarded a consortium, including the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research (DZS), Campus France, DAAD (Germany, and Nuffic (Netherlands), the tender to continue the EU-backed Study in Europe project. https://lnkd.in/dtaybyDj This initiative aims to promote European higher education globally by providing information about study opportunities across 33 European countries. The DZS will play a key role in developing a strategy to unify Europe’s promotion as a study destination and organise international fairs for foreign students. This collaboration represents a significant opportunity for the Czech Republic to influence the future of European education and strengthens the EU’s position as a global leader in education, research and innovation by encouraging a higher influx of international students, researchers and academics to contribute to the EU’s cultural diversity and global knowledge exchange. #EU #HigherEducation #Education

ENIC-NARIC Networks Resources The ENIC-NARIC Networks are the result of an ongoing collaboration between the national information centres on academic recognition of qualifications of in total 55 countries, which are operating under the principles of the Lisbon Recognition Convention (1997). The joint website of the ENIC (European Network of Information Centres) and NARIC (National Academic Recognition Information Centres in the European Union) Networks is an initiative to enhance navigation to relevant online resources. This website aims to help interested organisations and individuals find information on current issues in international academic and professional mobility, and on procedures for the recognition of foreign qualifications, and to support ENIC-NARIC member organisations, directing them to up-to-date information supplied and maintained by the competent bodies in each member country. Find more details about the national information centres’ role & responsibilities, information on the governance of the Lisbon Recognition Convention and the governance of the ENIC-NARIC Networks. This website is a joint initiative of the European Commission, the Council of Europe and UNESCO. #ENICNARIC #internationaleducation #EuropeanUnion #UNESCO https://lnkd.in/gTvnP88E

This week Experiences of International Education features two podcasts. In the episode released today, we hear from Dr Cheryl Y.. https://lnkd.in/eVXB_6KH Cheryl shares her international education journey with us, starting with progressing from being a student at a TNE collaborative partner of a UK university to joining the international partnership team of that UK institution, through to moving into independent consultancy helping set up TNE partnerships and articulation arrangements with Chinese institutions. Cheryl gives an overview of the evolving Chinese TNE landscape, reflecting on the pros and cons of the different possible models of TNE in China, the changing motivations for Chinese students to pursue international studies, and their changing perceptions about the quality and utility of a 'Western' education ...and she shares with us the challenges involved in transitioning into consultancy, and how she spent that transition time into thinking how it is possible to make the world a better place through international education, resulting in her published book 'Critical Reflection of the Internationalization of Higher Education in the Global South.' https://lnkd.in/eh2_GC5U '...the TNE landscape in China is not saturated in many ways because it is still on its journey ...the Chinese government ...is taking TNE forward with a focus on quality... innovation,... and disciplines aligned its national strategic objectives.' '...there is a huge issue around student's employability...During the last 20 years,... nationally, there wasn't really a thinking around which discipline the country want to focus on... even though it's challenging to have TNE for technical education...that's the national thinking in that space...' '...I was looking at what has changed over the last 20 years in Chinese students choice of studying in the UK...in my research I found out that 20 years ago, studying in the UK at any university was equivalent to studying at Russell Group university today... there's also a shift from degree-seeking to experience....we have started to see more Chinese students...to consider to study in the UK simply for the experience of the West, no longer about the prestige of the qualification anymore' Later this week Dr Vicky Lewis will also share her experience of transitioning into intled consultancy and insights from her recent research on universities' developing internationalisation strategies. #intled, #internationalisation #TNE

📌 #CampusFrance will lead the EU-funded #StudyInEurope project which it will implement together with its partners from DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Nuffic, the Education and Youth Board of Estonia, the ACA - Academic Cooperation Association and the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research. 🤝 The consortium has won the call for tenders published by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) with the aim of increasing the visibility of Europe as a study destination for students from non-European countries. 👉 We look forward to working with the partners and associate partners SEPIE - Servicio Español para la Internacionalización de la Educación, Associazione Uni-Italia and Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding - UEFISCDI for the next 3️⃣ years! Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche European Commission

Who am I to share my views? Why would anyone care? So often, I, or we, tend to define our identity, credibility, and worth solely based on our job titles. It's intriguing how our roles shape our sense of self. I am grateful to have been invited by Fabrizio Trifirò to share my international education experience on your podcast. Higher Education Connected: International Education #Education #internationaleducation #china #edi #ProfessionalInsights

🌐🎓 Some weeks ago, DAAD German Academic Exchange Service and Institute of International Education convened a high-level roundtable in Washington, DC, uniting U.S. and European stakeholders to advance transatlantic partnerships in Higher Education (HE). This significant event built upon our first DAAD-IIE roundtable in Brussels last October, ahead of the EU-U.S. Summit. 🎯 The goals of the Transatlantic High-Level Roundtable were to: ◾ Map current opportunities to boost research, student mobility, and people-to-people exchanges. ◾ Discuss the importance of supporting and expanding programs. ◾ Explore the feasibility of a common framework for collaborative activities and share successful models of cross-institutional and multilateral partnerships. ◾ Identify the next steps to advance transatlantic partnerships in HE. 📌 Based on the discussion outcomes, IIE and DAAD decided to: ◾ Overcome the information gap in transatlantic partnerships by regularly providing focused and comprehensive state-of-play reports. ◾ Establish a digital platform to share existing opportunities in the field of transatlantic HE collaboration. ◾ Disseminate information about transatlantic exchange and cooperation to the wider public. ◾ Continue transatlantic roundtables to foster cross-sectoral and cross-country knowledge exchange and goodwill (next edition taking place in spring 2025 in Europe). 👉 The event report is now available on our website: https://lnkd.in/eGx-QaBT 🚀 DAAD Brussels looks forward to continuing the IIE-DAAD collaboration to jointly leverage the potential of transatlantic cooperation in HE, addressing shared priorities, and building a stronger, more connected future. #DAAD #IIE #HigherEducation #TransatlanticPartnership #AcademicExchanges

Cultural assets are levers of growth, as they generate employment and local development and define our values and heritage and the environment in which we live in. Instead of promoting conservation, some governments -and Greece is high up in the list- are showing an ever declining commitment. One wonders why, when promising results i.e. the National Trust or the European Historic Houses show we are in the wrong direction.

I've realized that lots of people think professors get paid to go to conferences. ⚠️ Mostly, that is far from true! With a very few exceptions, conferences are a money-making racket like everything else in academia. A community-building practice coopted. An average conference costs me around $3,000 to travel to, attend, eat at and dress for. I have never worked for a university that covered that, either, so I pay all that out of pocket. An elder said to me, "that's crazy, I would never pay money to share." And yes, that IS crazy. We work hard to develop something to share with the community, and then have to pay through the nose to do so. I want to point to 2 notable exceptions that I have enjoyed: the Department of Education's National Native American Languages Summit is free to attend, and the Tusweca Tiospaye Lakota/Dakota/Nakota community-facing conference is much more affordable than most and always a worthwhile experience. For most others, I'm increasingly hesitant to shell out because the assumption that I'm going to learn a ton or meet strong connections is a shaky one. They're overwhelming, exhausting, and take us away from our work, and in the end, conference presentations are viewed as "low value" by universities on a CV. Academia would much prefer you sell the rights to your years of work to a monopoly of for-profit companies who add no value by publishing in journals than have you share it with others who could use it. This whole system has got to go.

Studying in Germany can be a fantastic opportunity, as it offers a wide range of academic programs, high-quality education, and a rich cultural experience. Here's some information that might be helpful if you're considering Germany as your study destination: Why Study in Germany? Quality Education: German universities are known for their high academic standards and are ranked among the best in the world. Many universities offer courses in English, especially at the postgraduate level. Affordable Education: Public universities in Germany generally have low or no tuition fees for international students, although there may be some administrative costs. Diverse Programs: Germany offers a vast array of programs and courses, from engineering and technology to arts and humanities.