Our research and reports offer new evidence and analysis of the ways in which cultural and educational co-operation and exchange can help tackle some of today’s major global and domestic issues.
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Higher education in Ireland and UK are closely linked: high levels of mobility, facilitated through the Common Travel Agreement, as well as broadly similar education systems and traditions, have supported this close connection. However, Ireland’s proximity to the UK means that mobility is nuanced and the individual nations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have different and distinct inward mobility flows from Ireland. In addition, higher education mobility has risen in importance within the international education strategies of Ireland, the UK and the four individual devolved administrations of the UK.
In January 2020 the Royal Irish Academy and the British Council in Ireland brought together leading thinkers and practitioners for a discussion on ethnicity race, and inclusion in higher education in Ireland and the UK. In September we have published a discussion paper on Race, Ethnicity and Change in Higher Education which is the product of the voices, perspectives and data presented at the event.
The findings of this report were announced at the 2017 Going Global conference. The research examines the internationalisation activities of cities and universities and how the two can work effectively together in the face of growing international competition. Interviews were conducted with university staff and city officials in Amsterdam, Dublin, Glasgow and Hanover.
The report generates greater knowledge and understanding of the policy environment for international higher education, and supports policy makers and higher education professionals in comparing and benchmarking the level of national support for international engagement in higher education. In this volume, we have extended the analysis to look not only at the policy environment for higher education, but changes in student flows, collaborative research output, and national investment in higher education promotion.
The report is about how universities can help solve the challenges faced by cities and towns. In doing so, it puts people first and technology second. It is written for university leaders, city leaders and officials looking to form stronger partnerships with their universities. Examples are given of universities working with city hall in eight cities across Europe: Bucharest (Romania), Darmstadt (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), Lille (France), Milan (Italy), Nottingham (UK), Warsaw (Poland) and Zaragoza (Spain). Each city has different needs and opportunities, and each has a different history of partnership working between universities and city hall.