This research provides the empirical evidence to challenge this myth and shows how curriculum-specific learning can be nurtured through cross-country interactions of different discipline-specific knowledge domains within well-designed short-term mobility programs.
Learning abroad alumni, youth-led organisations and alternative transnational education programs play a critical role in fostering and sustaining engagement that is not dependent on travel.
a number of countries, including China, Vietnam and Malaysia, had realised it was time to rebalance the books and encourage a two-way flow of students. They are among the key source countries for international students to Australia, and they are trying to diversify their own student bodies and also boost their university rankings.
the New Colombo Plan has radically increased the number of students who study abroad and shifted preferences from Anglophone and European countries to Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
female students are much more inclined to study abroad, a trend consistent across the UK, Europe and North America… It’s partly because there are more female students, but also because they are more likely to want to challenge themselves and to explore other cultures.