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Comparative and International Education as a Way to Strengthen Internationalisation in Teacher Education Programmes at Universities in Africa  

Teacher Education through Flexible Learning in Africa
One lacuna in teacher education programmes at universities in Africa is a lack of internationalisation. This is a position paper, using the method of comparative and international education.
Charl Wolhuter
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Firm-level internationalisation and the home bias puzzle [PDF]

Journal of Economics and Business, 2010
Abstract The extent to which internationalising MNEs create value, and the extent to which investors can reap the benefits of firm-level internationalisation remain controversial issues. Using a multi-country dataset with over 3 million observations, we classify 1143 firms listed on the exchanges of the G7 countries according to the geographical ...
KEARNEY, COLM, BERRILL, JENNY
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Internationalisation at Home

International Journal of African Higher Education
This article presents a comparative analysis of internationalisation efforts at Makerere University in Uganda and the University of Nairobi in Kenya, with a focus on internationalisation at home (IaH). It examines various aspects of IaH, including institutional commitment, policies, leadership, curriculum, funding, student enrolment and collaborative ...
Opeto, Bonny, Onen, David
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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
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Narratives of home-making on a Colombian intercultural campus

London Review of Education, 2023
In an increasingly globalised society, the internationalisation of higher education has become a prime goal for many universities, which seek to promote the development of intercultural competencies and insert their actors in dynamics of academic ...
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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

Climate Movements virtual exchange as an internationalisation at home initiative in France

Journal of Virtual Exchange
Virtual exchange has widened internationalisation to more inclusive internationalisation at home initiatives. This study is set in a higher education context where 122 students from a public university in southwestern France took part in Sharing ...
Alexandra Reynolds
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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

‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source