Hello everyone! Busy busy time for me as I’m helping organize a program for 16 Fulbright-Hays high school teachers who’ll be visiting Thailand for 3 weeks ka.
In any case, thanks to Ajarn Piniti, former SG of Higher Education Commission for sending to me the 6th IAU Global Survey Report on Internationalization of Higher Education: Current Trends and Future Scenarios by Giorgio Marinoni and Siro Bartolome Pina Cardona, 2024 ka.
I’ve read the summary and conclusion only to come up with the following:
- Out of the 722 HEIs from 110 countries and territories surveyed, I’m kind of disappointed to see that our Asia & Pacific higher education institutions are underrepresented.
I feel this could mean a lower priority on IZN as I haven’t heard universities discuss this topic as much as before ka.
- The survey shows the widespread nature of IZN as a strategic process….it’s time kaaa!
- It also reveals that the main IZN drivers are institutional leadership and the international office though unfortunately in Thailand, I think our international offices aren’t regarded that important and serious reviews about the proper role of international offices must be made to gain the real benefits of IZN ka.
- “Enhanced international cooperation and capacity building” remains the most important, followed by “Increased global, international and intercultural knowledge, skills and competences for both students and staff” as IZN benefits globally in all regions except North America.
My concern is that we’ve seen too many MOU signing ceremonies again ….so scary even after having straightened understanding of the importance of MOUs three decades ago kaa!
- In terms of the risks of IZN, they include Increased workload for academic and administrative staff.
I think this needs understanding of senior leaders for their necessary support and involvement as well ka.
- Some positive news ka:
- 77% of HEIs have elaborated an IZN strategy, Europe as the highest relating to policy/strategy while most have revised or issued or been undergoing revision of their IZN policy/strategy.
- 74% of HEIs have a monitoring and evaluation framework to assess progress.
- 75% of respondents acknowledged a noticeable increase in the importance of internationalizing the curriculum at home within their institution over the past five years.
- “International research collaboration and outputs (e.g. international co-publications)”, “Outgoing mobility opportunities/learning experiences for students (study abroad, international internships and placements, etc.)”, and “International development and capacity building projects” have grown increasingly important.
- In North America the majority of HEIs indicated that the increase in online collaboration has led to the inclusion of a new online component to existing joint degree programs with international partners.
- The regional results confirm the overall positive IZN impact on promoting intercultural understanding and reducing racism and xenophobia in all regions of the world.
- Asia & Pacific is clearly the region where the link between IZN and sustainable development is more advanced, as 52% of institutions in that region indicated that they have a policy or strategy in place to use IZN as a means to support sustainable development.
Some good progress on IZN and hope there'll be more development plus related info in our country and region in the next survey ka.
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