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Leaving children behind for cross‐border education: Unveiling the emotional agency of international post‐graduate student mothers

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education, the experiences of international student parents, particularly international student mothers, remain largely marginalised in research and policy. This paper examines the emotional agency of international student mothers who leave their children behind in their home ...
Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan, Ha Ngan Ngo, Chloe Le   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making the university more international: An exploration of higher education internationalisation strategies in Africa from a continental perspective

Tuning Journal for Higher Education
Internationalisation is one of the contemporary issues in the higher education (HE) academic and policy discourses. Since the 1990s, scholarship on the internationalisation of HE has burgeoned.
Lazarus Nabaho, Wilberforce Turyasingura, Ivan Kiiza Twinomuhwezi, Kenneth Alfred Kiiza, Margaret Nabukenya, Felix Adiburu Andama   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do top-down and bottom-up agents agree on internationalisation? A mixed methods study of Spanish universities

Language Value, 2022
This paper explores the implementation of internationalisation in the Spanish university system and its effects from a mixed methods approach, combining quantitative corpus linguistics techniques and qualitative interview protocols.
Rosana Villares Maldonado
doaj   +1 more source

Internationalisation of Estonian Banking [PDF]

Journal of East European Management Studies, 2003
Internationalisation of Estonian banking sector has mainly been driven by market-seeking argument, but also competition about the strategic advantage of first entry in Latvian and Lithuanian markets played important role. The most successful example is Hansapank, which has developed from a small Estonian bank into a leading commercial bank in the ...
Varblane, Urmas, Sõrg, Mart
openaire   +2 more sources

Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong: An exploration of network dynamics, structural constraints and agentic practices

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
wiley   +1 more source

Internationalisation and modern languages in Scottish Further and Higher Education [PDF]

, 2009
This scoping study investigated the impact of internationalisation strategies on modern language provision in Scottish further and higher education and was commissioned by the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. It follows on from
Doughty, Hannah, Subject Centre Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (Funder)   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

The Speed and Extent of New Venture Internationalisation in the Emerging Economy Context

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2015
Objective: The objective of this paper is to explore to what extent the patterns of the internationalisation process described in the new venture (NV) internationalisation theory, developed on the experience and practice of advanced economy firms, apply
Rūta Kazlauskaitė, Erkko Autio, Tadas Šarapovas, Šarūnas Abramavičius, Modestas Gelbūda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

University strategy in transnational higher education: The strategic approaches of newly established and ‘small’ international branch campuses

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Newly established international branch campuses (IBCs) commence operations without a student body, and even after several years, many institutions fail to grow beyond 500 students. Despite having unique strategic needs, small IBCs are largely overlooked in the higher education literature.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

The doctoral journey as decolonial praxis: Self‐formation of Global South students in UK higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research concerning Global South doctoral students in the United Kingdom has mainly situated their experiences within adaptationist paradigms, emphasising cultural adjustment and assimilation into Western academic norms. Such studies often depict students as passive recipients, overlooking their agency and the transformative potential
Peng Zhang, Hao Wu, Enze Guo, Amanda McCrory   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Internationalisation Process of an E-Commerce Entrepreneurial Firm: The Inward-Outward Internationalisation and the Development of Knowledge

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2018
Objective: The article aims at the description of the internationalisation process of an entrepreneurial e-commerce trading firm, depicting the course and mechanism of the process.
Magdalena Grochal-Brejdak, Maja Szymura-Tyc   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source