Assessing the internationalisation of degree programmes: experiences from a Dutch-Flemish pilot certifying internationalisation

Autor:	Mark Frederiks, Jindra Divis, Hans de Wit, Frederik De Decker, Axel Aerden
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Higher education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Certification Public relations language.human_language Education Management Intercultural learning Flemish Internationalization International education Political science language Quality (business) business media_common Accreditation
Zdroj:	Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 43:56-78
ISSN:	1469-3623 0305-7925
Popis:	Internationalisation has transformed into mainstream strategy in higher education and is increasingly seen as adding value to the life of universities through improving its quality. But how do we assess the quality of internationalisation? This article evaluates a pilot project that aimed to qualitatively assess the internationalisation of programmes in the Netherlands and Flanders. The project took into account the diversity of internationalisation strategies, the desirability of certification and the increasingly important issue of learning outcomes, focusing especially on the challenging aspects and use of international and intercultural learning outcomes. The key outcome of the project has been the development of a new method for measuring the quality of internationalisation, which highlights the need for an enhanced framework for the interpretation of quality criteria, a stronger focus on relevant institutional contexts and a need to review the standards upon which quality measures can be benchmarked...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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