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Students and Staff Mobility in HE WorldwideTrends, effects and challenges
Apiyo OkwiriEMA President
08 February 2017, Brussels
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
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
Effects of Mobility on Student/Staff
Enhances employability
International Competences
International networks
Access to programs nationally unavailable
Effects of Mobility on Students/Staff
Cultural enhancement
Foreign language proficiency
Personality development
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
GIS results…
www.em-a.eu
Obstacles and Challenges of Mobility
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
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
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
www.em-a.eu
Alternatives to mobility??
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
www.em-a.eu
EMA on mobility
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
Support to mobility
Pre‐departure orientation (PDOs) activitiesArrival activitiesReintegration activitiesCourse Quality surveys Input on policy
www.em-a.eu
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