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Welcome to Webinar 2025!
Exploring Internationalisation in African Higher Education: Policies, Practices & Future Directions
Webinar 2025 returns as a series of 4 sessions that aim to highlight the African higher education context.
The webinar series will bring together experts, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the multifaceted aspects of internationalisation in higher education. The ultimate aim is to provide a platform for knowledge exchange, policy development, and the fostering of strategic partnerships that support the internationalisation agenda of higher education in Africa.
Webinar 2025 Series Schedule:
Session 1: Internationalisation within the African Higher Education Context
Date: 4th March 2025
Time: 12:00 GMT
Aim: Discuss how internationalisation is interpreted and approached within African HEIs, touch on aspects of policy and practice, and identify priorities for further study and collaboration.
Session 2: Internationalisation Policy in African Higher Education
Date: 6th May 2025
Time: 12:00 GMT
Aim: Explore issues related to policy and practice, identify challenges and gaps, and propose policy briefs and recommendations.
Session 3: Internationalisation and Sustainability Policy and Practice in African Higher Education
Date: 1st September 2025
Time: 12:00 GMT
Aim: Discuss how internationalisation strategies address sustainability and global citizenship, identify gaps, and suggest recommendations.
Session 4: Internationalisation within the African Higher Education Context – Looking Ahead
Date: 5th November 2025
Time: 12:00 GMT
Aim: Explore a vision for the future of internationalisation in African HEIs within a global context and identify future research, teaching, policy, and practice directions.
For more information, contact: Dr. Joanna AlYoussef
Register for session 1 via this link.
This event is organised in collaboration with the Association of African Universities’ (AAU) European Regional office hosted at the University of Nottingham, the University of Nottingham’s UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development, and STAR Scholars Network, with support from the Centre for International Education Research (CIER) at the School of Education, University of Nottingham.