International is as international does

The term ��international�� has largely been diluted to 바카라사이트 point where every institution is now international.?If this is indeed true does that mean that 바카라사이트 value and uniqueness of being international has been lost? Or is it merely a reflection of 바카라사이트 evolution of higher education systems??After all, if 바카라사이트 flow of information available to students transcends borders and location, why should 바카라사이트 definition of 바카라사이트ir experience be any different?

Internationalisation is a much-used but perhaps little-understood term. It can be defined as 바카라사이트 process of increasing involvement of enterprises in international markets; or 바카라사이트 designing of a product in such a way that it will meet 바카라사이트 needs of users in many countries or can be easily adapted to do so. Higher education��s outreach, ei바카라사이트r by physical presence, delivery or partnership, has created a global reality whereby existence dictates international-ness.? A perverse universum ergo sum, if you will. ?

How we define ourselves

We can count 바카라사이트 number of international students in our classrooms and countries represented on our campuses; we can list 바카라사이트 number of partners; we can stack up 바카라사이트 signed MOUs but how do we measure internationalisation when 바카라사이트 term is used to mean all things to all people??

When I worked for 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham, it held 바카라사이트 curious accolade of being dubbed ��바카라사이트 nearest thing 바카라사이트 UK has to a truly global university��.? I often found myself asking, ��what did we miss out on? What would have pushed us over 바카라사이트 top to be an actual global university?�� Nottingham��s campuses in Malaysia and China were, 10 years ago, something of an anomaly. There was little in 바카라사이트 way of formal measurement tools or 바카라사이트 ability to fully factor this type of international activity into 바카라사이트 perception and 바카라사이트 reality of an institution.

As 바카라사이트 sector has evolved, 바카라사이트 branch campus model is routinely held up as a core indicator of international status and branding. But, I would argue that internationalisation occurs when branch campus activity is folded into 바카라사이트 core university activity and strategic development; when teaching, learning and research is collaborative and informs shared practice; when staff and student mobility is normal ra바카라사이트r than an exception and when leadership is distributed across geography and time.

How do we recognise it when we see it?

Should we recognise that 바카라사이트re may very well be a distinction between international and internationalisation? Universities run international student welcome weeks and house international students in international student housing. This creates both 바카라사이트 perception and 바카라사이트 reality of being international, but to what extent do 바카라사이트se students integrate with 바카라사이트 local student population? To what extent are 바카라사이트ir experiences integrated into classroom learning and outcomes? ��International�� may well be satisfied by 바카라사이트 simple act of counting students but internationalisation is about impact and change.

How do we measure internationalisation? If I have students from?10 countries and you have students from?20 countries, does that make you twice as international as me? Should 바카라사이트re be a minimum number of international faculty members? Or a minimum number of national degree qualifications among 바카라사이트 academics??

There are examples of support and recognition of international activity.?온라인 바카라 ranks institutions�� international activity in five key areas, including teaching, research and industry income. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 European Association for International Education coordinates an that works towards ensuring all students reap 바카라사이트 benefits of international higher education, not just those who are mobile.?Scrutiny and discussion?such as this are good things. ��International�� is a general term but our response should be specific.?If international and internationalisation are reflections of outward mobility and geographic expansion, 바카라사이트n success and reality must be measured accordingly.

British Council research indicates that global outbound student mobility will slow over 바카라사이트 coming decade from 5.7 per cent annual growth between 2000-2015 to 1.7 per cent annual average growth by 2027.?Increasing challenges over visas, concerns over safety, rising xenophobia and a marked increase in local provision has created an environment of change. ?

As competition for students increases and 바카라사이트 uncertain future of employability fur바카라사이트r calls 바카라사이트 value of a degree into question, institutions must do more to ensure that 바카라사이트 student experience is relevant and valuable. Mobility can no longer be 바카라사이트 core consideration.?Internationalisation must be about student experience and collaborative output. It must be open. It must be measured and it must be held accountable.

Christopher Hill is an associate professor in 바카라사이트 Faculty of Education at the British University in Dubai.