This symposium offers an opportunity to come together and exchange diverse perspectives on common topics of interest. You can engage in professionally relevant networking opportunities, and hear the latest on key activities and developments at both Boston College and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.

The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) is a leading HE institution in internationalization in the Netherlands and beyond. And as a globally significant center for research, education and training in the field of international education for nearly 30 years, CIHE enjoys a network of alumni/ae and affiliates living and working around the world.

Program:

13:45-14:00

Welcome and registration

14:00-14:10

Welcome and introduction to the symposium, The Hague University of Applied Sciences internationalization policy and practice and current initiatives of the Boston College Center for International Higher Education

Jos Beelen
Professor of Global Learning, THUAS

Hans de Wit
Emeritus Professor of the Practice and Distinguished Fellow, CIHE

14:10-14:35

Key issues framing European higher education today

Irina Ferencz
Academic Cooperation Association

14:35-15:15

A 2023 update on the European Parliament’s 2015 report on internationalization

Fiona Hunter
Associate Director, Centre for Higher Education Internationalization (CHEI), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Hans de Wit
Emeritus Professor of the Practice and Distinguished Fellow, CIHE

15:15-15:45

Higher education developments in Russia, Ukraine and Poland

Daniel Kontowski

Head of Studies Social Science, Amsterdam University College

Elena Denisova-Schmidt
Lecturer for Russian Culture and Society, University of St. Gallen

Irina Ferencz
Academic Cooperation Association

Ukrainian student representative, TBC

Moderator: Jeanine Gregersen Hermans, Senior Lecturer and Research, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

15:45-15:50

Comfort break

15:50-16:25

Isolated Internationalization: Operating at the Margins

Daniela Craciun
Assistant Professor and Post-doctoral Researcher, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)

Ariane de Gayardon
Assistant Professor and Post-doctoral Researcher, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)

Moderator: Laura Rumbley, European Association for International Education

16:25-17:00

Critical reflections on what we have seen and heard: next generation perspectives

Georgiana Mihut
Assistant Professor, Department of Education Studies, University of Warwick

Tessa DeLaquil
PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant, CIHE

Courtney Hartzell
Doctoral Student, Centre for Higher Education Governance, Ghent University and Communications Officer, Academic Cooperation Association

Moderator: Jos Beelen, Professor of Global Learning, THUAS

17:00-17:45

Networking reception

 

Registration

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THUAS is located at Johanna Westerdijkplein 75 in The Hague. You can use this route description.