'Internationalisation of HE’ seminar, Delhi, India
A seminar on 'Internationalisation of Higher Education', organised jointly by British Council India and the National Institute of Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA), took place in Delhi, India, last month.
Representatives of some of India’s policy-making bodies and HE institutions engaged in two days of discussions, along with a range of international guests, including senior UK HE representatives.
Fabrizio Trifiro, Head of Stakeholder Engagement and International Quality Reviews at Ecctis, (see 'APAIE' story elsewhere in this newsletter) contributed to a session focusing on the quality assurance, accreditation and recognition aspects of internationalisation. It was chaired by Mary Stiasny, PVC International University of London, and including the former Secretary General of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
‘Having been involved for the past two decades in debates around internationalisation with a focus on the UK, it was fascinating to take part in this event which looked at internationalisation from the perspective of one of the largest sending countries of international students,’ said Fabrizio Trifiro. ‘India is strategically and proactively considering how to internationalise its HE sector, including by leveraging in-bound transnational education (TNE) to attract more international students to India, as well as working to retain Indian students in the country.
‘The event saw a range of interesting and detailed discussions about the fitness for purpose of the current HE policy environment in India, the main challenges India faces in making progress towards its internationalisation ambitions as set out in the National Education Policy, general trends in international HE, and how cooperation with the UK could be strengthened going forward,’ he added.