Today we speak with Dalia Elgohary, International Relations Executive at EDUGATE, a company based in Egypt hosting Egypt’s largest University fair. We discuss destinations of interest for Egyptian students and reasons why higher education students from Egypt choose to study in different countries, from her perspective.  EDUGATE Youtube Channel EDUGATE on LinkedIn EDUGATE Facebook Page Arab Ranking for Universities ..read more

Today the conversation focuses on international student flows between Portugal and what is known as the Lusophone sphere, or countries which share a historical past with Portugal and where Portuguese is still an official language. We speak with Dr. Cristina Sin, Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona in Porto, whose research focuses on internationalization in Portugal, and discuss international student flows to Portugal from countries which were former colonies. Sin, C., Tavares, O., Aguiar, J. & Amaral, A. (2022). More students and more diverse: new trends in international mobility ..read more

Today we consider forcibly displaced and refugee students. We take a practical approach and hear about an initiative from the Institute for International Education, IIE,  to help support this group of students. Our guest from IIE Latin America & Caribbean is César Maldonado, a Senior Program Specialist based in Mexico. The IIE Odyssey Scholarship program seeks to deliver assistance to these students who come with a unique set of circumstances. Listen to this episode to hear where IIE focuses the most in student journeys and how they can deliver these services successfully ..read more

The dutch higher education system has been known for its practices of internationalization and large numbers of international students and staff. But last November, the end of 2023, the dutch right-wing party became the largest party in the dutch House of Representatives in a snap election, which will likely lead to some big changes. Today I speak with Thijs van Vugt, Director of the Analytics and Consulting Team at Studyportals, who has worked in international higher education for almost 35 years: 16 of these at universities in the Netherlands and the UK and 18 years as a consultant for hundr ..read more

In this season, we’ve already touched on emerging regional hubs attracting international students from the perspective of India, where policy is pushing for internationalization on campuses. Today, we look at students headed to China from the continent of Africa. With us to discuss these flows is Dr. Benjamin Mulvey, Lecturer in Equitable Education Systems and Policy at the University of Glasgow. Ben's recent book: Mapping International Student Mobility Between Africa and China (2023) Other resources: Mulvey, B. & Li, B. (2023). Social inequality in a ‘hyper-mobile’ society: intra-nation ..read more

In today’s episode we speak with Dr. Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen and Dr. Mari Elken about the new Norwegian policy initiating student fees on full-degree seeking international students from outside the European Economic Area in public higher education institutions. The policy was first heard of in the Fall of 2022 and was quickly implemented. Students beginning their degrees at Norwegian public universities began paying tuition in August, 2023.  Dr. Wiers-Jenssen is Head of Research at NIFU, the Norwegian Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, and Dr. Elken is an Associat ..read more

Today we are talking about the introduction of tuition fees for non-European students in Sweden and the impact of the new policy from 2011. We speak with Per A. Nilsson, an analyst at the Planning Office of Umeå University and former member of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institution’s expert group for internationalisation issues, and Professor Lars Westin, professor in regional economics at Umeå University’s Centre for Regional Science. Nilsson, P. A. & Westin, L. (2023). The Swedish Debate on Tuition Fees for International Students in Higher Education. Nilsson, P. A. &am ..read more

In today’s episode I speak with Dr. Mona Khare about India’s bold policy vision to not only increase the number of international students coming to India, but the country’s broader goals for embedding internationalization into the higher education system.  Dr. Khare has immense knowledge from her research on the context of international student mobility into and out from India.  She was recently appointed to be Director of the University Grants Commission- Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre and is a professor and Head of the Department of Educational Finance at the National Ins ..read more

Today’s episode is the introduction episode to Season 3, where we will discuss international student mobility. I’m excited that our guest today is none other than Karin Fischer, Senior Writer at the Chronicle of Higher Education, well known in the international education space for her journalism on the topic, particularly through her weekly newsletter, Latitudes. In this episode, we set the stage for the remaining discussions of the season, starting with a brief overview of terms used when discussing international student mobility, then discussing trends Karin is noticing in the space.  ..read more

Season 3 will be launching December 7th, 2023, with a fabulous guest and episodes to follow ..read more