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I thoroughly recommend reading this helpful and succinct summary of discussion points from the British Council's Indo-Pacific Higher Education Series - International Education in 2050. Many thanks to all those who contributed to discussions, and thank you for sharing this report, Jazreel Goh. It includes pertinent and timely calls for a rethink of various aspects of international higher education, which are intimately connected to the funding context. Some key observations about funding, taken from the report, include: 🌍 There needs to be a serious conversation about the funding of higher education. The balance is currently wrong.   🌍 When thinking about international education, it is best to look more widely beyond economic benefit and export value.   🌍 If universities were to think about their plans for the next 20 years as a global organisation as opposed to an organisation looking to import and export, it would change the way universities are funded and what funding schemes are utilised. I'd be interested to hear of any specific examples of how funding protocols and decisions have changed in universities that believe they've made (or are in the process of making) the shift from an import-export approach to a global organisation approach. What could this look like in practice?

Represented by our President Josep M. Garrell and Policy Analyst for Higher Education Policy, Henriette Stoeber, EUA participated in the Informal meeting of Ministers of Education, organized by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union. #Mobility was the central topic on the agenda: "We, at the EUA, are in support of the 20% benchmark of the Bologna Process, and also the 25% benchmark of the European Union (...) this represents -indeed- a very big number of students. It means that we need enough #funding, but we also need enough #capacity to implement the mobility grants", highlighted Josep M. Garrell. #EU2024BE

Very good to see these reflections by Dr Aneta Hayes and Dave Hazelgrove on our excellent Keele University partnership with Beijing Foreign Studies University included in this British Council report on 25 years of UK transnational education in East Asia. #transnational #tne #china #partnership #internationaleducation #internationalisation

Exciting news! Our student has been accepted to Ulster University in the UK! 🌍🎓 We couldn't be prouder of their achievement and can't wait to see all the amazing things they will accomplish. If you're dreaming of studying in the UK, consult with us to make your admission process smooth and successful. Your future starts here! #theias #freeconsultation #internationalacademicsolutions #theiasconsultants #studyabroad #theiAS #consultation #iAS

And we are off! Delighted to kick off our Innovation Growth Lab by NESTA project entitled Making Academics Knowledge Exchange Ready (MAKERs) at Ulster University with colleagues at Ulster University Business School. This exciting project is in partnership with colleagues Northumbria University and The Manchester Metropolitan University. MAKERs os specifically part of the University-Industry Impact Accelerator where we have been invovled in developing a proof of concept study to grow knowledge exchange within Higher Education Institutions. This pilot involves an experimental design where we expose academics to knowledge exchange training and then a control group to bid writing training to examine the effect of training on aspirations, intentions, motivations and actions to undertake knowledge exchange. The feedback from the two workshops on 10th April at Ulster University Belfast was phenomenal. Unanimously the academics participating agreed on the value of the training and the need for KE training. The training was seen to nurture confidence in staff to do knowledge exchange and also, for those with less experience in this field, to open their mind to what knowledge and skills they can bundle an offer for businesses seeking knowledge exchange. The purpose of this pilot across the 3 institutions and two nations in the UK is to validate the need for such training. Indeed, so far the pilot has shown without exception, that the call is now upon us as a team to build this training and knowledge exchange interventions to deliver real impact to higher education institutions and businesses. Dr Matt Sutherland Dr. Padmali Rodrigo Gurmit Kler Jennie Shorley and Simon Lilllystone #knowledgeexchange #training #impact

Volume 16, Issue 1 of the internationally refereed 'International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning' is now live. Edited by DERC's Clare Bentall, the journal publishes the outcomes of educational research and current debates on development education, global learning, global education, and global citizenship education. ARTICLES - Reflexivity of participants of Football for Development project: experiential learning as delivery methodology of global education - Global citizenship values among students: testing the thesis with World Values Survey data - Identifying the language of global competence and global citizenship in the education policies of Punjab, Pakistan - The potential of collaborative online international learning as a border thinking third space for global citizenship education Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eYSsQF9w

Meet BSIA alum, Ashleigh Kong, MIPP '20.   Ashleigh is now working as the Policy Advisor for Council Relations at the Office of Councillor Crisanti (City of Toronto). Ashleigh talks about taking advantage of the partnership with American University, living in Washington D.C., and her policy work at the City of Toronto.   Her best piece of advice to current and future BSIA students is "to explore all areas you are interested in. Don’t feel like you need to become an expert in only one specific field of study."   Discover more about our outstanding graduates and how their experiences at the BSIA have enabled them to make an impact worldwide: https://lnkd.in/eyQHhGxC

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Set your sights on the UK for an education that goes beyond the classroom. Experience top-tier universities, rich cultural diversity, and a pathway to a bright future. 🌍📚 #theias #internationalacademicsolutions #theiasconsultants #studyabroad #theiAS #consultation #iAS #studyinuk #uk