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Students and Staff Mobility in HE Worldwide Trends, effects and challenges Apiyo Okwiri EMA President 08 February 2017, Brussels

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Page 1: Students and Staff Mobility in HE Worldwide - Europa · 2018-05-15 · Cultural enhancement Foreign language proficiency Personality development. Graduate Impact Survey 2017 The Graduate

Students and Staff Mobility in HE WorldwideTrends, effects and challenges

Apiyo OkwiriEMA President

08 February 2017, Brussels

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Mobility Trends

Over 4.1 million students in 2013 (UNESCO)

8 Million by 2025 (OECD)

Top European hosting countries for inbound 

international students: United Kingdom (10%) France (6%) Germany (5%)

Source of International students:  Asia, with China, 

India and South Korea

Growth in inbound and outbound students in Latin 

America led by Brazil.

South Africa is the main destination in Africa

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Effects of Mobility on HEIs

Joint Degrees

Quality mobility : Admission policies, Student services

Enhanced networking, prepare the ground for networked 

research and sharing of best practices

Diversification of faculty and curriculum

Improving teaching and learning, and research

Stakeholders engagement in national, regional, and global 

issues

Enhance opportunities for faculty

Data management and monitoring

Institutional mobility

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Effects of Mobility on Student/Staff

Enhances employability

International Competences

International networks

Access to programs nationally unavailable

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Effects of Mobility  on Students/Staff

Cultural enhancement 

Foreign language proficiency

Personality development 

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Graduate Impact Survey 2017

The Graduate Impact Survey is an annual survey of EMA since 2009

It evaluates 

effects the program has on students and graduates, 

and evaluates factors contributing to the personal and professional development of the Erasmus Mundus

graduates

2015 demographics

1,595 respondents 

1,332 (83.5%) graduates and 253(16.5%) students

Female (46.9%) and male(53.1%).

EU(22.2%) and Non‐EU (77.8%).

The result are publicly available at Graduate Impact Survey

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GIS results…

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Obstacles and Challenges of Mobility

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Obstacles and Challenges of Mobility

Tighter government restrictions on the 

recruitment of international students:

• visa policies

Security issues

Quality assurance, accreditation and the 

recognition

Financial capabilities

Language policy

Economic and geographical factors

EUA 2015 Trends

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Obstacles and Challenges of Mobility cont’d…

‘Brain drain’ vs ‘brain gain’: human capital flow that is heavily asymmetrical

Bench marking of large countries for internationalization may pose many challenges for small/periphery countries.

Ranking  of institutions influences partnerships sometimes not on real academic interests. 

Effect of dominance on diversity of languages studied or to deliver HE

Large scale international student recruitment vs quality education

courtesy IAU

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Obstacles and Challenges of Mobility cont’d…

Increases information costs to potential students / open for disrepute by dishonest providers 

Foreign institutions may not meet the objectives of the importing country 

May aggravate inequity within domestic tertiary education systems and creates new inequities

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Alternatives to mobility??

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Alternatives to mobility What if mobility isn’t an option?

Internationalization at home • i.e use  of the ‘buddy’ system for students

Institutional expansion ‐ franchising, campuses

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EMA on mobility

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Structural support to mobility

12 Regional Chapters200+ Programme representativesCourse Quality Advisory BoardCountry representatives

North America

Latin America

Europe

Africa

Eurasia

Middle East

South East Asia

China

India

Far East Asia

Oceania

South Asia

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Support to mobility

Pre‐departure orientation (PDOs) activitiesArrival activitiesReintegration activitiesCourse Quality surveys Input on policy   

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THANK [email protected]