International education Archives

Change by exchange: The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

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A group of smiling young people are standing in a circle with their hands stretched out and all resting one on another in the middle of the circle. Research Outreach spoke to Kai Sicks about the DAAD and the work of the organisation to provide opportunities for change through exchange programmes, funding, and other support.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a large German education agency with global perspectives aimed at spreading the value of ‘exchange’ across borders and cultures through diverse, funded research projects. Research Outreach was privileged to talk with Kai Sicks, Secretary General of the DAAD, on the objectives, achievements, and future goals of the organisation. Many borders exist that prevent […]

A conceptual approach for interpreting the expanding instances of the internationalisation of education

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The internationalisation of education (IE) has accelerated across the past two decades. Although there are now a range of representations and discussions of IE, lacking is a historically-informed framework to connect domains and levels of IE practices. Dr Paul Tarc from Western University argues for a conceptual approach to IE, one that includes theorising past and present enabling conditions of international education […]