Internationalisation of Higher Education in Japan and the UK — Similarities and Contrasts

  • Tricia Coverdale-Jones
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Abstract

Nowadays it would be very difficult to find a Higher Education (HE) institution in Western Europe or North America where there was no commitment to internationalisation, and the same is true to varying degrees in Oceania and much of East Asia, as in the examples of Japanese universities given later in this chapter. The Japanese government and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) have also provided real support for the internationalisation of HE. This research considers the processes involved in the internationalisation of HE. Many other authors have already considered this process, for example Jones & Brown (2007), Huisman (2007), Caruana & Hanstock (2003) and Knight & De Wit (1995).

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Faculty Member International Student Japanese Government Japanese Language Domestic Student 
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