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Ana Sofia Hofmeyr – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
In Japan, calls for students to become global human resources (GHR) has placed pressure on universities to internationalise. Traditionally, Japanese universities have relied on student mobility to foster GHR, but a decline in mobility numbers has highlighted the need for educators and administrators to consider how an intercultural mindset can be…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Bronwen Dyson; Gaby Ramia – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Universities in anglophone countries responded to soaring numbers of non-traditional enrolments by expanding student support services. They have done so without being able to guarantee that international students will develop in their English language during a university degree (Humphreys, 2022, The need for English language development in…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Universities, Nontraditional Students
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Kun Dai; Ian Hardy; Yuxiao Jiang – Higher Education Research and Development, 2025
An increasing number of international students pursue doctoral studies in China, a non-traditional learning destination compared with English-dominated Western countries. Despite considerable research on the challenges doctoral students face when writing theses in English in Western countries, relatively few studies have explored comparable issues…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Writing (Composition)
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Groenewald, Emma; le Roux, Adré – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
University campuses are spaces not only for self-reflection and critique but also where asymmetrical power relations create experiences of exclusion and marginalisation for many students. Within the complexity of such spaces, transformative opportunities are opened up for student agency and agentic actions. This qualitative article uses a…
Descriptors: Universities, Personal Autonomy, Transformative Learning, Student Role
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Anikina, Zhanna; Goncharova, Liubov; Evseeva, Arina – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
Currently, Russian academics are facing significant demands because of a new, urgent requirement to pursue their research in accordance with international standards. Until recently, these academics were used to working within a familiar community and communicating their research via the Russian language, but now, they are expected to move beyond…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Russian, Teacher Attitudes
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Okuda, Tomoyo – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
One of the institutional challenges of taking in large numbers of international graduate students is supporting their academic literacy skills. To accommodate a large population of international students, Japanese universities offer various services to support their academic studies and life-related issues, such as hiring international student…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Academic Language, Graduate Students, Universities
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Molla, Tebeje; Harvey, Andrew; Sellar, Sam – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
This article explores factors contributing to unequal patterns of access to languages other than English (LOTE) in Australian universities. A critical analysis of qualitative and quantitative data generated through interviews, surveys and document analysis reveals that underrepresentation in LOTE courses in Australian universities is attributable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Haugh, Michael – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
International students have continued to be the focus of simplistic stereotyping in media discourse where they are frequently identified as one of the forces behind declining academic standards in Australian universities. Their English language skills, in particular, have continued to be the focus of debate both in the mainstream media and in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Universities, Higher Education
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Bai, Li; Millwater, Jan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
Research capacity building has become a prominent theme in higher education institutions in China, as across the world. However, Chinese TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) academics' research capacity has been quite limited. In order to build their research capacity, it is necessary to understand their perceptions about research. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Research Universities, Research Administration