A school partnership program between Thailand and Indonesia is part of an agenda for an educational cooperation policy and 21st-century adaptation to the global context. This study examines the conditions and challenges for the program implemented in Thai pilot schools. Documents, policy texts and statements were analysed, 17 in-depth interviews…

In the scope of higher education internationalization, Portuguese universities have been receiving an increasing number of students from Portuguese-speaking countries, namely African countries, at the level of PhD studies. As highlighted in research, pursuing a PhD in an overseas context entails critical challenges for students, supervisors, and…

Recent research suggests that language use outside the classroom is vital for students who want to reach high levels of proficiency and that a balance between classroom and out-of-class learning is important (Lai, 2015). This is all the more so for students of English in Australia, where there is often a strong expectation that students will be…

This article investigates international students' challenges, such as financial, English proficiency, loneliness/homesickness in the United States. In addition, it assesses how these students coped with such difficulties by making use of resources on campus, such as an international center, writing center, counseling center, and the student…