From 29 April to 01 May 2014, the British Council’s Going Global international higher education conference will launch 8 new pieces of research. IIE will also present their campaign to double the number of US students studying abroad by 2020, and a case study will be shared from a UK institution demonstrating the importance of developing approaches to encouraging outward mobility.
Details of the British Council’s studies can be found below:
Title of research: Global survey of English as a medium of instruction
Session: English as a medium of instruction: a global challenge for the 2010s
Title of research: Dangerous demographics: women and leadership in higher education
Session: Dangerous demographics: women and leadership in higher education - trends, challenges and research from Asia
Title of Research: The revolution starts here: higher education trends from South Asia
Session: The revolution starts here: higher education trends from South Asia
Title of Research: The impact of transnational education on host countries
Session: The impact of transnational education on host countries
Title of research: The rationale for sponsoring students to undertake international study: An assessment of national student mobility programmes
Session: Why send students away?
Title of research: Assessment of the role of the Humanities in addressing global challenges
Session: Mobilising the humanities: a global imperative
Title of research: Universities, employability and inclusive development
Session: Graduate employability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title of Research: Broadening Horizons 2014
Session: Outward mobility: student and institution perspectives
Reports will be made available
here.
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