Gives an overview of my research as a visiting scholar at The Boston College Center for International Higher Education. This research classifies these obstacles and enablers in four categories: disciplinary, external, internal and personal.

“So why do we assume our teachers pull at the right end of the rope?” This question was raised during a discussion concerning the intercultural competences of our faculty in comparison to the perceived disappointing level of intercultural competences of our graduates. Intercultural competence development …

Although the data for this study were collected some time ago, the recent publication of the Erasmus Impact Study (European Commission, 2014) has made it worthwhile reflecting on results from this research to add to the body of knowledge on the impact of study abroad on the development of a young individual …

This chapter aims to place the employability related outcomes of this study in the context of other current employability studies. For this purpose, seven recently published employability studies were selected from a range of contexts and with different methodological approaches. Within the literature …

This chapter explores international partnerships as an enabler for internationalisation of home curricula, what these partnerships would look like and what the role of academics and other stakeholders would be. Student activities within an internationalised curriculum at home, such as online international …

De kamer is voor de student weliswaar niet het hoofddoel van de buitenlandstudie, maar het vormt wel het middelpunt van het leven van de student en bepaalt daarmee sterk hoe de buitenlandse student terugkijkt op zijn tijd in Nederland.

Het is tijd voor een nieuwe geïntegreerde visie op internationalisering, vindt Hans de Wit. Lees wat hij hiermee bedoelt in het opiniestuk in Folia Magazine van 10 april 2013. ‘Door te bezuinigen op internationalisering verliest Nederland de aansluiting op de wereldtop’

The Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI) was initiated by UCSC in 2011 to stimulate the enhancement and understanding of the internationalisation process and activities of Università Cattolica. This publication is the result of its first Seminar and by that also its first publication. …