Voices
The British Council's Kirsty Pelenur explains why international students are good for the UK and why its universities must continue to cultivate the relationships they are building.
Scientific and technical knowledge is vital in tackling development challenges such as poverty and security, but so are the humanities. Meghann Jones explains.
What are the trends in study abroad? Janice Mulholland of the British Council’s US office explains the big issues in US universities’ international education programmes.
Governments invest in their citizens through scholarship programmes for international study, but do the benefits of such investment outweigh the risks?
Universities worldwide are increasingly opening their doors to peer institutions in other countries. But the enthusiasm for internationalisation is also accompanied by reservations.
In the latest Open Doors report about US student mobility, the UK is again the number one destination for US students. The British Council’s Tamsin Thomas reports on this year’s findings.
The Study USA programme gives scholarships to Northern Irish students to study business at US universities for a year. Páraic Rafferty writes about spending a year at Bellarmine University.
Janice Mulholland explores how the phenomenon of massive open online courses,or MOOCs, which offer free, large-scale access to courses via the web, may affect higher education.
The British Council’s Elizabeth Shepherd delves into new research that explains why some students decide to study abroad while others stay at home.
We asked employers in nine countries how they view the role of intercultural skills in the workplace.