Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are happy to share our 3rd WILLIAM newsletter – this time with many resources for implementing Internationalization at Home and a list of upcoming virtual workshops open to all. We look forward to seeing...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered the doors on most of our brick-and-mortar institutions, leading many universities to move many of their activities (international and otherwise) online. But shifting from the physical to the digital isn’t as simple as it sounds....
“Internationalization of the curriculum” (IoC) and “Internationalization at Home” are both seen as paradigms of curriculum and educational design which include many degrees of freedom, enabling different institutional customizations and practical approaches. As IoC is a major focus of...
THE EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED!!! March 17, 2020 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Internationalization at Home (IaH) is a strategy for institutions of higher learning that wish to reap the benefits of an international social and academic environment on...
Dear colleagues, You are now reading the first WILLIAM newsletter, in which we will regularly update about the most recent activities and insights gained from the project. WILLIAM is a three-year Erasmus+ Capacity Building Initiative between 12 Israeli and European...
Israel’s Council for Higher Education (CHE) has approved a new reform aimed at significantly improving the level of English language skills among university and college students and attracting more international students. As a result of this new reform, dozens...
As two of the top host countries in the world, the United States and United Kingdom have long benefited from attracting large numbers of international students. Internationalisation dialogue and policy have primarily focused on income and reputational growth. Currently,...
The Council for Higher Education in Israel has launched a program that seeks to double the number of international students studying in Israel’s colleges and universities. The “Study in Israel” initiative, officially announced earlier this month, will initially focus...
When I started as an international graduate student at the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2011, the president of the university addressed us during the orientation programme for new international students. While expressing his appreciation about...
There has been much concern in the higher education sector recently about the well-being and the safety of slightly more than 200,000 international students studying in higher education in Australia. In recognition of the economic and socio-cultural value of...