This paper explores the concept of homeplace, examining how it serves as a nexus for learning, reproductive labour, and internationalisation while problematising the gendered and depoliticised nature of international distance education. Drawing on 60 interviews with international distance students at a South African university, the research…

Taking the example of educational biographies of alumni of an IB World School in the Lisbon region, the article aims to explore the potential of the concept of transnational educational spaces for biographical research. We focus on the biographical stage of transition to higher education as a crucial phase of students' biographies where we can…

Purpose: In an era of internationalism, higher education and vocational training have been core to Australia's nation-building, regional co-operation and public diplomacy. This essay examines what has become of the people-to-people aspect of Australia's engagements in the Indo-Pacific region, as discussed in the Australian government's influential…

Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is a topic of relevance in current international educational debates, which increasingly focus on the formation of critical citizenship. This makes it necessary to discover from a critical pedagogical perspective the relationships between this pedagogical approach, Critical Thinking (CT), and GCE. Throughout this…

This article is the first installment of a new column in "Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning" which will explore current gaps, challenges, and trends in global higher education, as well as their implications for college and university leaders. In this issue, the author argues for taking into account data about international higher…

Using a bibliographic approach that employs a systematic literature review, this paper analyzes the state of the field for assessing transformative learning (TL). Assessing TL has always been challenging. Using the field of international education (IE) as a case study, this article leverages findings from the assessment of TL in IE to illustrate…

There has been a heightened awareness and intensified discussion of the ethical issue in global higher education among scholars of international education. There are also strong calls for actions from the governmental, organizational, and institutional perspectives. However, there seems to be little discussion on what frontline international…

The identities of Taiwanese-Vietnamese students' academic and social lives are not well-informed in the current body of research on international students in Vietnam, plus identities are often reported to be dynamic. Aiming to bridge this gap and add nuance to understanding dynamism in identities, this study explores the sense-making of these…

Globally, scholarships for international higher education play a critical role in human capital development. While substantial research has documented the benefits such scholarships provide for individuals, their impact on the creation of pathways for social change remains under-researched. This paper bridges this gap by examining the extent to…

Transnational Education (TNE) has been a growing area of university business with a range of models developed to provide high quality educational products to partners across the world. However, given the changing geo-political environment, the continued rationale, efficacy, and legitimacy of current TNE partnership templates must be questioned.…

Despite the importance that international educators place on the health and safety of students, not enough attention is given to the wellness of professionals during crises. This narrative study explored how the response to COVID-19 affected the wellness of six international educators. We found that the changes to professional social…

Outside of a specialist literature, the study of violence occupies a marginal position within comparative and international education scholarship. A key contributing factor is the absence of a holistic conceptual framework that can capture the nature, extent and causes of violence in education. The article proposes such a framework, by updating…

Based on a qualitative study of the motivating factors behind the consumption of international schooling by elite Nigerian parents, this article explores what a group of elite parents perceived as the indicators of high-quality education. The findings suggest that these parents did not consider 'good grades' as an indicator of high-quality…

Higher education institutions aspire to integrate international and intercultural dimensions. Yet, internationalisation is too often confined to policies and rankings, overlooking the actual experiences of students. This study investigates how in-class intercultural relationships influence transcultural competence within a multi-dimensionally…

Internationalisation has moved to the core of universities' mission, emphasising the qualitative elements of internationalisation, which is "inter alia" evident in the implementation of an internationalised curriculum. The latter must be implemented following the constructive alignment model; thus, the framework for a…