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Egyptian students: Popular international student recruits from the MENA region

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…

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International students from Lusophone countries in Portugal: Building a new relationship on colonial history

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,…

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Supporting forcibly displaced students through IIE programming in Mexico

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…

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Dutch election shake-up: Misplaced blame & the implications for internationalization

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…

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Flows of international students between the African continent and China

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…

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Out of Nowhere: Norway’s Policy Shift on International Student Fees

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…

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Consequences of international student fees in Sweden: Lessons learned 12 years later

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,…

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India’s Intention to Become a “Global Talent House” through Internationalization

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…

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Borders and Bridges: Global trends in international student mobility with Karin Fischer

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….

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Announcing Season 3!

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

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