Experiences of International Education

Simon Margison, Emeritus Professor and former Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, and Honorary Professor at Tsinghua University, tells us of how he started his international education journey with a teaching position in International Education at Monash University straight after obtaining his PhD. Simon...

Professor Hans de Wit, founding director of the Centre for International Higher Education at Boston College, and the Centre for HE Internationalisation at University Cattolica of Sacro Cuore, and founding member and past president of the European Association of International Education shares with us the development of his interest in international education and the main turns in his professional j...

Horia Onița, Head of the European Higher Education Area and former president of the European Students'​ Union (ESU) tells us how he started to be involved in international education through student activitism, which led him to cover the role of President of the national student union in Romania and subsequently President of the European Student Union. Horia shares with us insights of his involveme...

Roger Jr. Chao Assistant Director and Head of Education Youth & Sports at the ASEAN Secretariat tells us how his international education journey started when studying, on an Erasmus Mundus scholarship, a European Master in lifelong learning policy and management at Aarhus University, Denmark. This experience played a critical role in helping him understand and appreciate the value and signific...

Prof Graham Kendall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Quality Assurance) MILA University, and former CEO/Provost at the University of Nottingham Malaysia tells us how he decided to go to university at age 34 after a career in the IT industry . Having been offered a PhD at the University of Nottingham he decided to stay on in academia, eventually going to Malaysia as Vice-Provost and then CEO/P...

Ellen Rose, Executive Director at Texas Tech Costa Rica, tells us how she first went to Costa Rica for six months as she needed to demonstrate proficiency in a second language to undertake her doctoral research, and how eventually she transferred there starting an education consulting business that took her to Africa to support a range of widening access projects. Ellen tells us about the establis...

Mike Winter, OBE, Director International Affairs at the University of London, and former Director of IOE International, tells us of his international education journey which has taken him to cover different roles at the British Council, including eventually Director of Education Japan. Mike emphaises the critical importance for the education sector, internationally, to move beyond competition, and...

Rebecca Hall, Assistant Director-General Policy, External Relations and International at Queensland Department of Education, shares her journey in international education starting with her undergraduate studies in International Business, which took her doing an internship in Malaysia., and how the importance of  internationalization crystallised for her when she went to Japan on the JET program. R...

Prof. Simon Guy, PVC Global at Lancaster University shares his international education journey from the early stages of his academic career in urban architecture to these days leading the University of Lancaster's strategy to extend its global reach. We talk about the innovative approach adopted in establishing the new joint campus with Deakin University in Bandung, Indonesia, and the example...

Nigel Healey, Professor of International Higher Education and Vice-President Global and Community Relations at the University of Limerick, tells us how his connection with international education started as an academic in business schools, which in the 1990s were in the vanguard of internationalisation. From there he started to be increasingly involved in international student mobility and partner...

Dr. Anthony Manning, Dean for Global and Lifelong Learning at the University of Kent, and Chair of the Internationalisation at Home working group of Universities UK International, tells us about his initial connection with international education through a passion for languages that brought him in different teaching capacities in a Germany, France, China and Japan.  Anthony stresses the transforma...

Dr. Aneta Hayes, Reader in Education and Dean of Internationalisation and Partnerships at Keele University, shares with us her international education journey starting with an interest in applied linguistics that took her to Bahrain to teach in an international school and then at a TNE operation. She tells us of her specific interest in the internationalisation of the curriculum and the campus, an...

Dr. James Keevy, CEO of JET Education Services in South Africa, and former Director International Liaison at the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), tells us of his first involvement with international education as South Africa was opening up, exploring connections to Africa, Europe and North America. James reflects on the potential role of South Africa as an education hub for the regio...

Beka Tavartkiladze, Senior Director Global Education and Knowledge at World Education Services (WES), tells us how he seized the opportunities that opened up with the collapse of the Soviet Union. From Georgia he travelled to the United States to pursue his studies, first as a High School student and then in higher education. He shares with us what her refers to as 'a calling', his commitm...

Dr. Vicky Lewis, tells us about her path into international education and consultancy, starting from a life-changing year abroad in Germany as an A-level student. Vicky tells about her experiences working in HE providers across the UK nations including setting up international offices at a time when international student recruitment was booming. She shares how through her DBA in Higher Education M...

Cheryl Yu shares her international education journey with us, starting with progressing from being a student at a TNE collaborative partner of a UK university to join the international partnership team of that UK institution, through moving into independent consultancy helping set up TNE partnerships and articulation arrangements with Chinese institutions. Cheryl gives an overview of the evolving...

Mary Stiasny, OBE, Professor Emerita and former Pro Vice Chancellor (International, Teaching and Learning) at the University of London, takes us through her international education journey, from her initial involvement with international education at Goldsmith University in the early days of international students recrutiment in the UK, then as Director of Education and Training at the British Cou...

Vangelis Tsiligkiris, Professor of International Education at Nottingham Trent University, and founder of the TNE Hub, shares with us his international education journey as an international student in the UK first, then as a lecturer and director of a UK TNE partner in Greece, then back to the UK as an academic and TNE expert and commentator. He stresses the critical function that TNE plays in wid...

Prof Dhanjay Jhurry, Managing Director of Uniciti International Education Hub and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius, offers us a deep dive into the making of Mauritius an international education hub, and the critical role played in this effort by the Medine group in establishing Uniciti International Education Hub. Prof. Jhurry stresses the vital role of partnerships in interna...

Sara Todd, Vice-President (Global) at Griffith University and former President of the Asia Pacific Association for International Education, tells us how her passion for international education started at a very early age from a keen interest in languages and cultures. Sarah shares her considerations about some of the key challenges facing the Australian higher education sector, in particular conce...

Dr. Douglas Proctor, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, shares with us his insights and thoughts on intled developments in Australia, with significant parallels to current developments in other traditional receiving countries of international students and sending countries of TNE, such as the UK. He also shares his experience of h...

Amy Baker, CEO and co-founder of the Pie News, shares with us the origins of her interest and involvement in intled, going back to an initial work experience for a magazine aimed at education agents placing students into language schools. She tells us about the main milestones in the growth of the Pie News as one of the most trusted and leading voices in international education, starting from the...

Professor Judith Lamie, Pro Vice-Chancellor for International Engagement at Swansea University in Wales, reminds us of the importance of diversity and cooperation for finding the needed solutions of today’s challenges, and hence the importance of engaging internationally. Sharing her pathway into and through international education, from the early days of international student recruitment to today...

Prof. Varghese, former Vice Chancellor of the National University of Educational Planning and Administration in New Delhi takes us through the key steps and achievements of his professional career, whilst sharing insights and considerations about the challenges associated with internationalisation in India, and beyond. He introduces the key concept of 'high cost, high return pathway' in st...

Jazreel Goh, Director British Council Malaysia, (and former  Director of Education British Council China), shares her passion about international education as a life changing opportunity, starting from when she met an international education advisor as an international student preparing to go to Australia. She reminds us of the importance of not loosing sight of the very unique experience of very...