Strategic Approaches to internationalisation: the student perspective European Higher Education in the World Vilnius, Lithuania 5.- 6. September 2013 Erin.

Strategic Approaches to internationalisation: the student perspective

European Higher Education in the World Vilnius, Lithuania5.- 6. September 2013Erin Nordal

Key topics:•Mobility

▫Quality▫Financing▫Access: 20% of which students?

•Internationalisation at home▫Third country students

•The digital age▫MOOCs – The global e-university?

Mobility 1: Quality

•Bilateral agreements: quality vs. quantity▫Research cooperation agreements can be

the basis for establishing bilateral student mobility agreements.

•Relevance•Research-based learning•Trust•Recognition

Mobility 2: Financing

•A real commitment to internationalisation = full portability of national loans and grants for students▫Only Croatia, Cyprus, Finland,

Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway and Switzerland report no restrictions on students receiving support abroad

•Erasmus grants alone are not enough. Member states must provide additional grants.

Mobility 3: access and the 20% goal•Diversity strategy along with the EU’s

20% goal of mobile students▫Socio-economic background▫Students with disabilities▫Students with families

•National strategies for access are key!•0,11% of Erasmus participants were

disabled students in 2008/2009 ▫Erasmus charter: who is responsible for

accomodating students’ needs?

Internationalisation at home

•Third country students▫Economic, social and cultural benefits,

strengthening quality in HE; an “added value”

▫True internationalisation at home = diversity Not a source of income

▫Visa procedures and problems Reduce application waiting times Time to find work after studies

The digital age: MOOCs – the global e-university?•Opening doors to the world•Challenges

▫Low completion rates (4-7%)▫Multi-lingualism?

• Increasing access to higher education?•Digital education and MOOCs should not

be used to “save money” on education•Only to be used as a supplement, not a

replacement for learning in the physical classroom

Erin NordalMember – Executive Committee

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