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Taking action towards ecosystem restoration - Blog | EAIE
Home Blog & podcast Taking action towards ecosystem restoration Strategic networks, Policy & Strategy By Paola Lupi, Venetia Galanaki Exchange 2021 Of all today’s challenges that demand bold, brave action, climate change may be the most daunting. In the lead up to the 2021 EAIE Community Exchange, the Conversation Starter series asks us to contemplate how international higher education can respond to the pressing issues of our time. Today’s essay looks at the urgent need for restoring Earth’s ai...
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Universities and the global sustainability agenda: a view from Bologna - Blog | EAIE
Home Blog & podcast Universities and the global sustainability agenda: a view from Bologna Policy & Strategy By Angelo Paletta, Khatereh Ghasemzadeh, Camilla Valentini, Giancarlo Gentiluomo Exchange 2021 The second essay in the 2021 Conversation Starter series zooms in on the holistic approach adopted by the University of Bologna to address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in its strategy. What makes their approach unique? What can higher education institutions do to actively take bold act...
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Fiona Hunter: Cultivating our way forward - Blog | EAIE
Home Blog & podcast Fiona Hunter: Cultivating our way forward Podcasts, Management By EAIE Podcast It’s March 2021 and Spring is in the air in Europe. So, what does this season of new growth and new potential mean to those of us working in international higher education? As governments all over the world work to roll out vaccination programmes that will hopefully take us all out of lockdown, this may be a key moment to step back from the frontline of crisis management and consider a measured app...
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Bold aspirations for post-Brexit mobility schemes - Blog | EAIE
Home Blog & podcast Bold aspirations for post-Brexit mobility schemes Mobility, Policy & Strategy By Rudolf K. Allemann, Eevi Laukkanen Exchange 2021 The annual EAIE Conversation Starter comprises a series of in-depth, thought-provoking essays exploring different facets of the theme of our annual gathering. As we count down to the 2021 Community Exchange, this summer’s essays will engage with various aspects of how we can go braver and bolder in the face of daunting global and regional challenge...
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What is mainstreaming internationalisation? - Blog | EAIE
Home Blog & podcast What is mainstreaming internationalisation? Policy & Strategy By Leasa Weimer When discussing international education in Europe, you will likely hear the concept ‘mainstreaming internationalisation’. Is this just another buzzword? At times it’s referred to as an undesirable force that may lead to internationalisation being reduced to yet another higher education activity. Other times, it’s seen in a positive light as it leads to integrated approaches where people at all level...
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Digitising Erasmus: no more paperwork - Blog | EAIE
Home Blog & podcast Digitising Erasmus: no more paperwork Policy & Strategy, Mobility By Virginia van der Ster, João Pinto, Stefan Jahnke In 2017, the Erasmus Programme celebrated its 30th anniversary. With the increase in students interested in international study, there is another increase as well: administrative paperwork. Over 1050 Erasmus+ coordinators were surveyed about tasks associated with the programme. The European University Foundation study found that 89% of respondents indicated th...
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It’s university ranking season again - Blog | EAIE
Home Blog & podcast It’s university ranking season again Management, Policy & Strategy By Leasa Weimer It’s ranking season once again! Yet, somehow every year the hype around the rankings seems to grow quieter and quieter. Perhaps it is because the rankings, or league tables, have reached a point where there are not many extreme changes to the list of ‘best’ universities. University rankings are not new phenomena. In fact, they have actually been around for over 100 years. In 1910, an eminent ps...
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It’s university ranking season again - Blog | EAIE
Home Blog & podcast It’s university ranking season again Management, Policy & Strategy By Leasa Weimer It’s ranking season once again! Yet, somehow every year the hype around the rankings seems to grow quieter and quieter. Perhaps it is because the rankings, or league tables, have reached a point where there are not many extreme changes to the list of ‘best’ universities. University rankings are not new phenomena. In fact, they have actually been around for over 100 years. In 1910, an eminent ps...
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