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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