Promoting the University of Bolton's Ras Al-Khaimah branch campus on the streets of Ajman Banal nationalism and the internationalization of higher education

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Ingrid Piller

The other day I was stuck in traffic in Ajman, one of the smaller of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one that has to do without Abu Dhabi’s and Dubai’s global glitz. Imagine … Continue reading →

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Ernst Reuter, West Berlin's post-war Mayor, was Professor of Urban Studies in Ankara from 1938 to 1946 (Source: turkishpress.de) Internationalization of Higher Education, 1933

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Ingrid Piller

While the internationalization of higher education is a hot topic at the moment and is widely seen as unique to the present, internationalization of higher education is not new. The politics of internationalization at Istanbul University in the early years … Continue reading →

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University rankings drive the Englishization of global academia Internationalization and Englishization in Higher Education

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Ingrid Piller

The Intercultural Communication Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics is hosting a seminar at Newcastle University next week devoted to “Intercultural Communication in Higher Education – principles and practices.” Given that internationalization of higher education is … Continue reading →

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Who profits from an early start in English language learning? Who profits from an early start in English?

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Jackie Chang

不要讓你的孩子輸在起跑點上 (Don’t let your children lose out at the starting point.) is one of the most popular slogans whenever English education in Taiwan is discussed. The notion that, when it comes to English language learning, younger is better, is widely … Continue reading →

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The Omidvar brothers on the road: amazing feats of discovery and language learning? Learning a language the easy way

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Vahid Parvaresh

In his most recent round of interviews with the magazine Særzæmin-e Mæn (“My Country”), Issa Omidvar, one of the two adventurous Iranian brothers who undertook a 10-year motorbike journey across the world (1954-1964), shares details of how he and his … Continue reading →

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