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Cross-Border Institutional Partnership and Collaboration for Promoting International Student Mobility

Table 1: Types of cross-border education activities

Type Main Forms Examples Size
People
Students/trainees Student mobility - Full study abroad for a foreign degree orqualification- Part of academic partnership for home degree orjoint degree- Exchange programmes Probably the largestshare of cross-bordereducation
Professors/trainers Academic/trainermobility - For professional development- As part of an academic partnership- Employment in a foreign university- To teach in a branch institution abroad An old tradition in theeducation sector, whichshould grow given theemphasis on mobility ofprofessionals andinternationalisation ofeducation more generally
Programs
Educationalprogrammes AcademicpartnershipsE-learning - Joint course or programme with a foreign institution- E-learning programmes- Selling/franchising a course to a foreign institution Academic partnershipsrepresent the largestshare of these activitiesE-learning andfranchising are small butrapidly growing activities
Institutions
UniversitiesTraining centresCompanies Foreign campuses Foreign investments - Opening of a foreign campus - Buying (part of) a foreign educational institution - Creation of an educational provider abroad A trend increasing very quickly from a modest starting point
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