Internationalising Higher Education

Dr Judith Lamie introduces 'Promoting internationalisation in higher education: the University of Birmingham's international strategy'. In 2005, the University of Birmingham undertook a review of its international procedures and policies, resulting in the development of an institutional international strategy. The basic premise of the strategy is that internationalisation means far more than international student recruitment or the setting up of campuses overseas. Major elements of the review and strategies will be discussed as well as examples taken from the emerging action plan. The presentation will conclude by considering some of the strategic issues facing educational institutions - not only in the United Kingdom, but worldwide.
Dr David Law introduces 'Building a balanced international strategy'. Dr Law's paper will report on the preliminary results of a project funded by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, of which the author is one of the 2006 Fellows and has been awarded a grant to develop Project ORBIS (Organisational Research: Balanced International Strategy). The presentation will look at the University of Warwick's international strategy statement as a case study and brings together internationalism at home with the more established and familiar elements of international activity: outreach, student recruitment and other reputational development. This research will also incorporate some comparisons with other leading UK universities.