Past Events
2013
16 May 2013: Universities UK - Open and online learning: Making the most of Moocs and other models, London, UK
13-15 May 2013: GUNi's 6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education, Barcelona, SPAIN
1-3 May 2013: 15th North American Higher Education Conference, Towards a Sustainable Future: The Role of International Education, Edmonton, CANADA
25 April 2013: CAIE-CAEI Webinar, Informe CBIE: “Análisis de un mundo de conocimientos”, (click here for details and reg)
22-24 April 2013: The Eastern European University Assosication's (EEUA) 2nd Annual International University Conference, Moscow, RUSSIA
17 April 2013: Universities UK's International Higher Education Forum - Competing globally in a crowded market, London, UK
11-13 April 2013: The Third ICLHE conference - 'Integrating content and language in higher education', Maastricht, NETHERLANDS
11-12 April 2013: EUA Annual Conference: European Universities – Global Engagement, Ghent, BELGIUM
3-5 April 2013: Forum on Education Abroad's 9th Annual Conference - 'Moving Beyond 'It Was Great': Student Learning and Development in Education Abroad, Chicago, USA
2-4 April 2013: The Third International Arab Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Amman, JORDAN
22 March 2013: The Institute of International Education (IIE) - Best Practices Conference
"Lead Your Campus to the Top: Best Practices in Internationalizing the Campus", New York, USA
21 March 2013: Westminster Forum Projects' seminar on 'The internationalisation of Higher Education - UK competiveness, student mobility and the development of overseas campuses', London, UK
19-22 March 2013: The 4th International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics: ICETI 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA
19 March 2013: NUFFIC's Russia seminar about institutional cooperation, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
11-14 March 2013: The 8th annual APAIE Conference & Exhibition - An Ascendant Asia-Pacific: International Higher Education in the 21st Century, Hong Kong, SAR
14 March 2013: ACA European Policy Seminar 2013 - Higher Education in India: Recent developments and relations with Europe, Brussels, BELGIUM
11-12 March 2013: The OECD's 'Measuring Learning Outcomes in Higher Education: Lessons Learnt from the AHELO Feasibility Study and Next Steps', OECD Conference Centre, Paris, FRANCE
4-6 March 2013: British Council's Going Global 2013 - Observatory pre-conference seminar The impact of education hubs and international branch campuses: Dubai in comparative context, Dubai, UAE
17-20 February 2013: AIEA 2013 Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
16 February 2013: The ACE/AIEA Internationalization Collaborative Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
8 February 2013: The British Council's seminar - Educational access and new models of higher education, Los Angeles, California, USA
1-5 February 2013: The Indus Foundation's Indo-American Education Summit 2013, Hyderabad, INDIA
5 February 2013: Online and open-access learning in higher education: MOOCs, new pedagogies and business models-PROGRAMME-, Senate House, London, UK
5 February 2013: The British Council's seminar - Building the pipeline: Incentivizing STEM in higher education, San Francisco, California, USA
28-29 January 2013: 11th Washington International Education Conference (WIEC), District of Columbia, USA
9-10 January 2013: International Roundtable for Academic Institutions, Gujarat, INDIA
2012
5-7 December 2012: Forum on Education Abroad -'Reinventing the European Experience: Culture, Politics, and Diversity in US Education Abroad, Dublin, IRELAND
6 December 2012: British Council US Higher Education Series event - The value of entrepreneurship in higher education, Boston, USA
7 December 2012: Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) - Higher Education in China and Hong Kong: Recent developments and relations with Europe, Brussels, BELGIUM
27-30 November 2012: IAU 14th General Conference: Higher Education and the Global Agenda – Alternative Paths to the Future, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
28-29 November 2012: The inaugural ABS Asia Pacific Business and Management Education Leadership Summit, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
22-24 November 2012: European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF): How does Quality Assurance Make a Difference?, Tallinn University, ESTONIA
14-17 November 2012: CIEE Annual Conference - Global Perspectives: Developing strategic initiatives, educating for a world economy, Shanghai, PRC
13-15 November 2012: 2012 WISE Summit, Doha, QATAR
11-14 November 2012: ALFA-PUENTES bi-regional conference ‘Innovative Strategies for Higher Education in Latin America and Europe: International Collaboration and Regional Development’, Sao Paolo, BRAZIL
8-9 November 2012: Teaching & Learning Conference: Towards Transformatiove Education in the 21st Century, SINGAPORE
4-7 November 2012: CBIE 46th Annual Conference: A Fine Balance - Harmonizing International Education Policies and Practices, Montreal, CANADA
5-6 November 2012: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Higher Education Summit 2012, New Delhi, INDIA
18 October 2012: British Council Workshop: Higher Education in the New Economic Order, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 October 2012: ACA European Policy Seminar - Higher education in 2030: A look into the crystal ball, Brussels, BELGIUM
10-11 October 2012: World Performing Universities Conference - Innovation & Internationalisation in a New Asia Era, SINGAPORE
2-5 October 2012: Australian International Education Conference (AIEC 2012), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
17-19 September 2012: Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education, OECD, Paris, FRANCE
11-14 September 2012: 24th Annual EAIE Conference: Rethinking Education, Reshaping Economies, Dublin, IRELAND
29 August-1 September 2012: IEASA Annual Conference - Promoting Higher Education Internationalisation through International Research Collaborations, Partnerships and Innovative Teaching, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
4-5 September 2012: MAUNIMO Project Final Dissemination Conference, Oslo, NORWAY
11-13 July 2012: HEIR 2012 - Unlocking Institutional Research: information and knowledge for enhanced institutional effectiveness, Liverpool, UK
9-10 July 2012: Gadjah Mada University, Fifth International Indonesia Forum: Positioning Indonesia Between the Mountain and the Sea: Positioning Indonesia, Yogyakarta, INDONESIA
27-30 June 2012: IIE Conference In Iraq: Expanding Academic Collaboration and Institutional Linkages between the United States and Iraq, Erbil, IRAQ
25- 26 June 2012: CEAIE and Nuffic's Sino Dutch Higher Education Forum, NETHERLANDS
10-12 June, 2012: ACA Annual Conference 2012: Tying it all together - Internationalisation, excellence, funding and the social dimension in higher education, Helsinki, FINLAND
1 June 2012: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: Education: Human Right or tradable commodity?, Nottingham, ENGLAND
27 May - 1 June 2012: NAFSA Annual Conference: Comprehensive Internationalization: Vision and Practice, Houston, Texas, USA
30 April 2012: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: Developing Solutions 10 years on: Looking back, looking forward, Nottingham, UK
24-26 April 2012: OBHE 2012 Global Forum, New Players and New Directions: The Challenges of International Branch Campus Management, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
24 April 2012: i-graduate and HELP University's Enhancing the Global Student Experience, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
4-6 April 2012: EducationUSA, Asia-Pacific Association for International Education Annual Conference, Bangkok, THAILAND
31 March - 2 April 2012: EducationUSA, East Asia & Pacific Triennial Conference, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
27 March 2012: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: Nourishing your student body: How is the Students’ Union responding to a changing student demographic?, Nottingham, UK
23 March 2012: Academic Cooperation Association's 33rd in the series of 'European Policy Seminars': Internationalisation audits - Assessing and improving institutional strategies, Brussels, BELGIUM
19-20 March 2012: The London International Development Centre (LIDC) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU),Measuring impact of higher education for development, London, UK
13-15 March 2012: British Council's Going Global 2012, London, UK
9 March 2012: Institute of International Education (IIE) 7th Annual IIE Best Practices Conference: "Lead your Campus to the Top:
Best Practices in Internationalizing the Campus", New York City, USA
23 February 2012: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: Annual Dearing Higher Education Conference, Nottingham, UK
16 February 2012: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: Can Corporations be Socialised? Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development, Nottingham, UK
30-31 January 2012: MODERN - European platform on higher education management, ‘Engaging in the Modernisation Agenda for European Higher Education’, Brussels, BELGIUM
30 January 2012: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: Encountering Globalisation in Education: Preparing Global Workers or Global Citizens?, Nottingham, UK
23-24 January 2012: The University of California Washington's 10th Washington International Education Conference, Washington DC, USA
15-16 December, 2011: The Strategic Management of Internationalisation in Higher Education, Lund, SWEDEN
12 December 2011: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: International Partnership Development Forum, Nottingham, ENGLAND
2011
8-10 December 2011: 23rd CEMS Annual Events, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
5-6 December , 2011: Within the context of the IMHE What Works in Higher Education series, Managing Quality Teaching in Higher Education, Mexicali, MEXICO
2 December 2011: The British Council's UK-US Higher Education Partnerships Forum, London, UK
1 December 2011: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: International Campus Forum, Nottingham, UK
29-30 November 2011: The British Council's Education UK Partnership Conference, Edinburgh, UK
30 November 2011: The University of Nottingham's 'Knowledge without borders' lecture series: The Internationalisation story: to TNE and beyond, Nottingham, UK
21-24 November, 2011: University of Nottingham's International Leadership Conference: Managing Global Universities, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA - Click here for programmeand here for biographies
21 November 2011: APD Conference : "Students at the Heart of the System: how to fulfil their learning needs?”, London, UK
20-23 November 2011: Canadian Bureau for International Education’s (CBIE) 45th annual Conference on International Education: Great Expectations - Achieving our Ambitions in International Education, Ottawa, CANADA
16-18 November 2011: 7th QS - APPLE, Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Conference and Exhibition, Manila, PHILIPPINES
15-16 November 2011: British Council - 'Excellence in TNE: Partnerships for the future', Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
3 November 2011: ‘Adapting to Disruptive Times: Emerging Models for HE Provision’, The Observatory and University of London International Programmes, London, UK
17 October 2011: UK-Vietnam Education Conference: "Employable Graduates", Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
11-14 October 2011: Australian International Education Conference, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
5-7 October 2011: The 38th Annual PIM Conference - The Responsible Business School- Business Schools in a World of Global Challenges, Bergen, NORWAY
13-16 September 2011: 23rd Annual EAIE Conference: Cooperate, Innovate, Participate, Copenhagen, DENMARK
8-9 September 2011: Conference 2011: Global Vision, Local Action, Bournemouth, UK
1-2 September 2011: 12th European Conference on Knowledge Management - ECKM 2011, Passau, GERMANY
16-17 June, 2011: Scanning the Horizons: Institutional Research in a Borderless World, Higher Education Institutional Research Conference, London, UK
29 May-3 June 2011: Innovation and Sustainability in International Education, NAFSA 2011 Annual Conference, Vancouver, CANADA
25-27 May 2011: Leveling the International Playing Field, 2011 Global Forum on Cross Border Higher Education. Vancouver, CANADA
23 March 2011: International partnerships in Higher Education Conference - Academic growth, fair global society. London, ENGLAND
10-12 March 2011: World Education: The New Powerhouse? Going Global 2011, HONG KONG
2010
8-12 November 2010: International Leadership Conference: Managing Universities, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, CHINA
24-26 June 2010: Ethics and Values in Higher Education in the Era of Globalisation: What Role for the Disciplines? International Association of Universities 2010 Annual Conference, Vilnius, LITHUANIA
7 June, 2010: Innovating from a Crisis: Shared Challenges and Future Directions, The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, London, ENGLAND
2-5 May 2010: Distance Learning: Diverse, Innovative, Efficient and Sustainable, 2010 United States Distance Learning Association 4th Annual Conference, St Louis, USA
7-10 April 2010: Leading Innovation in Higher Education, UCEA 95th Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA
24-26 March 2010: Going Global 4 - The UK's International Education Conference, London, ENGLAND
11 February 2010: Higher Education Leadership Summit, London, ENGLAND
4 February 2010: The Impact of a Rise in International Students: International Student Conference,London, ENGLAND
21 January 2010: Meeting International Student Expectations, London, ENGLAND
2009
27-29 November 2009: 5th International Conference on Open and Distance Learning, Athens, GREECE
13-16 October 2009: Australian International Education Conference, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
5-8 July 2009: 'The New Dynamics of Higher Education and Research for Societal Change and Development', UNESCO's 2009 World Conference on Higher Education, Paris, FRANCE
18 June 2009: 'The launch of the first World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE' by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, London, ENGLAND
10-13 June 2009: 2009 Annual Conference of the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN), Gdansk, POLAND
3-4 June 2009: Annual Subscribers' Meeting of the Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND
1-2 June 2009: 'International/Transnational Spaces of Education', ESRC Seminar, University of Liverpool, ENGLAND
28 April 2009: 'International Student Experience in Higher Education Conference: Offering a Unique International Experience', London, ENGLAND
27 April 2009: 'Current Issues in Transnational and Borderless Higher Education', Lecturing in the MBA in Higher Education Management programme organised by the Institute of Education University of London at the University of Warwick, Coventry, ENGLAND
22-29 April 2009: 'Distance Education: Becoming Faster, Stronger and Better', Annual Conference of the United States Distance Learning Association, St Louis, MO, USA
31 March 2009: 'UK Universities and Europe: Competition and Internationalisation', the launch of a consultancy report authored by The Observatory and a team from Kingston University (written for the UK Higher Education Europe Unit and International Unit) at the House of Commons, London, ENGLAND
18-21 March 2009: 'Facing Global Challenges: European strategies for Europe's universities', 5th European University Association (EUA) Convention of European Higher Education Institutions, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
5-7 March 2009: 'Universities: Securing the Future', a conference organised by the Ditchley Foundation, Oxford, ENGLAND
4 March 2009: 'Perspectives: Law and Policy in Higher Education', a conference organised by Mills & Reeve, London, ENGLAND
9 February 2009: 'Research in Distance Education: from present findings to future agendas', CDE (Centre for Distance Education, University of London) Conference, London, ENGLAND
27 January 2009: International Higher Education Partnerships: Strategies, Markets and Structures, London, ENGLAND