The UN locates education at the heart of the process to achieve a more sustainable future and deliver the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) by 2030. Within this context, this paper outlines the experience of designing and delivering an international virtual mobility workshop which brought together university students from the UK and…

The international branch campus is a model of transnational higher education that establishes institutional outposts abroad to expand student access, collaborative research, language proficiency, and recognized degree programs to participants. The growing body of literature on IBCs presents this phenomenon as an exercise in intercultural…

This article explores the context of intercultural relations in the field of international aid and development. Examining the activities of a large UK-based transnational NGO (OxfamGB) through a detailed reading of its own 60-year-long archived story, the article seeks to reimagine the "contact zones" of aid and development as…

This paper reports on the development and preliminary evaluation of "Global Experience", an innovative programme at the University of South Australia designed to broaden students' intercultural engagement through a range of international experiential activities. The paper provides the rationale for the establishment of the programme…

This paper first examines key differences between the traditional approaches of the USA and Italy in relation to innovation and entrepreneurship. The authors then turn to the specific example of southern Italy, which has experienced higher rates of unemployment, lower US investment and fewer educational and cultural exchanges than the rest of the…

The purpose of this article is to describe a joint effort between three European and six Latin American universities to create an international Master's degree program on Sustainable Development and Management. Faculty members from these institutions are working together on this unusual and innovative project, which recognizes the importance of…

International service-learning (ISL) combines academic instruction and community-based service in an international context. Objectives of linking international travel, education, and community service include increasing participants' global awareness, building intercultural understanding, and enhancing civic mindedness and skills. Research on…

The U.S. Dependents Schools in Europe are described. (DB)

Very briefly points out scope of interest and functions of the International/Intercultural Committee of the Association for Childhood Education International. (RH)

A discussion of the availability of radio programming from other parts of the world. (Author)

Advanced technology and economics of scale are the principal determinants in EUROVISION's structure of international cooperation. (Author/STS)

A look at a model for global awareness, which defines the earth as a single system where awareness of other cultures as well as one's own is important. The model deals with the general purposes of global awareness in the traditional school structure and the teacher competencies that must be identified to implement such a model. (HB)

The objective of this study was to increase understanding about the nature and processes of interinstitutional cooperation in higher education, particularly as related to international educational development, and to suggest guidelines for the improvement of cooperative endeavors. The study deals with 10 representative member institutions of the…

Examines the cultural adaptation process experienced by people working in foreign environments. Reviews current organizational gaps in managing cross-cultural challenges; examines the phenomenon of culture shock; and presents a model for applying HPT (human performance technology) strategies to change culture shock to cross-cultural competence.…

Discusses the use of science syllabuses developed in one country that were developed in a second country and the consequences of doing so. (SL)