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Johanna L. Waters

@johannawaters.bsky.social
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Professor of Human Geography & Co-Director of MRU @ UCL | Editor of 'Global Networks' | Migration, transnational families, education & (international) students | Likes orienteering, running & vegan food | Views mine, not my employer's

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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Sharing this call for abstracts from Jin Li...(RGS 2026)
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Coming soon: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
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Elgar Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education
‘This encyclopedic volume reimagines the sociology of education through connected sociologies and a methodologically denationalized approach. By addressing myriad issues—from mobility and borders to d...
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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Brexit has changed UK student mobility. 🌍 Erasmus+ ended; Turing & Taith began. Professors Johanna Waters and Rachel Brooks explore the impact and future of study abroad: tinyurl.com/ucl-pb #StudentMobility #Brexit #UCLGeography @ucl.ac.uk
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Post-Brexit Student Mobilities
In this blog, Professors Johanna Waters and Rachel Brooks examine how Brexit has reshaped UK student mobility, from the loss of Erasmus+ to the rise of the Turing and Taith Schemes. They discuss shift...
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Forthcoming in Spring 2026: @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social #internationalstudentmobilities
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Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣 🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation. 🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Very interesting paper. Full article: Reluctant ‘Tiger’ Parents? The (Inconsistent) Parenting Discourse of Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Parents in Singapore www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Our rescue Guinea Pig from @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social called Toto. He has settled in so well and is gentle and gorgeous. A lovely addition to our family and friend to Stripey.
A guinea pig with a black and white face and beige body.
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CGHE @cghe.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The Turing Scheme – created to replace the opportunities for overseas placements offered by the Erasmus+ scheme after the UK left the European Union – enables disadvantaged students to take time out to study abroad, according to a new study. ⬇️Read more www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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Study reveals benefits, drawbacks of Turing mobility scheme
A new study indicates that the Turing Scheme – created to replace the opportunities for overseas placements offered by the Erasmus+ scheme after Bre...
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Article may be of interest -- based on my research with @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @uniworldnews.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto... #internationalstudentmobilities #ISM #turing
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Study reveals benefits, drawbacks of Turing mobility scheme
A new study indicates that the Turing Scheme – created to replace the opportunities for overseas placements offered by the Erasmus+ scheme after Bre...
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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
📣 Global Migration Conference 2025: Creating Spaces of Sanctuary 🕊️ An afternoon of talks and discussion with speakers from @helenbamber.bsky.social, @hackneycouncil.bsky.social and @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social. 📅 Tues 17 June | 1–4pm 🎟 Free + open to all #UCL #RefugeeWeek2025 #GlobalMigration
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Creating Spaces of Sanctuary
Join us to explore how we can build true sanctuary through solidarity, care, and resistance alongside refugees and migrants.
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Conference organised by students on UCL Global Migration MSc. @uclgeography.bsky.social
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/05/2025
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
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Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds Providing every new home with at least one “swift brick” to help endangered cavity-nesting birds has been rejected by Labour at the committee stage of its increasingly controversial planning bill. The amendment to the bill to ask every developer to provide a £35 hollow brick for swifts, house martins, sparrows and starlings, which was tabled by Labour MP Barry Gardiner, has been rejected by the Labour-dominated committee. Continue reading...
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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Social & Cultural Geography is seeking a new Editor. We hope that you might be keen to join our lovely team! 🙏 ⏰ Closing date for applications is Friday 20 June 2025 📬 Applications should be sent to the journal’s editorial office at scg-jrnl@unimelb.edu.au 📄 Full details: go.unimelb.edu.au/uy8p
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Peter Hemming @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Invitation for applications to join the editorial board of the British Journal of Sociology of Education - expertise in quantitative methods and/or digital technologies - deadline Friday 13 June 2025 - see attached image for full details!
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU theconversation.com/even-a-cappe...
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Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU
More than 60 Labour MPs have signed a letter calling on the government to support a youth mobility agreement with the EU.
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP Deadline: 9 June Please repost- thanks! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
In the run-up to the Uk-EU summit on 19 May, @johannawaters.bsky.social has written a great piece about the value of even a time-limited youth mobility scheme. There’s also brief mention of our forthcoming book! #ISM #Turing #HE #Europe theconversation.com/even-a-cappe...
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Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU
More than 60 Labour MPs have signed a letter calling on the government to support a youth mobility agreement with the EU.
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU theconversation.com/even-a-cappe...
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Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU
More than 60 Labour MPs have signed a letter calling on the government to support a youth mobility agreement with the EU.
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This may be of interest (please share - thank you): @uclgeography.bsky.social #ISM #youngpeople #mobilities theconversation.com/even-a-cappe...
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Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU
At the moment, young Britons are treated no differently from any other potential immigrants to Europe.
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Enjoying the warm evening 😊
Guinea pigs eating grassGuinea pigs in gardenGuinea pig
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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🌍 Housing booms in global cities: Learn how surplus demand is reshaping markets in London, Sydney, & Singapore with Professor David Ley. 📅 Date: May 21, 2025 🕛 Time: 12 -1 PM 📍 Location: @ucl.ac.uk Bentham House 🔗 tinyurl.com/ucl-boom #UrbanDevelopment #HousingBooms
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Housing Booms in Gateway Cities: The Role of Surplus Demand
Explore how global capital and surplus demand are driving housing booms in gateway cities like London, Sydney and Singapore.
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Luna Vives @lunavives.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Exciting news! 🤩 🚢🌊 My book on migration and maritime search and rescue #SAR in the #EU/ #Spain is available for *preorder*! 📚 Exam copies for educators coming up soon! 🌟 Publication date: Sept 2025 🙌 Thanks @fernpub.bsky.social for making this happen! 🏆 fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/the-gat...
Book cover shows an orange rescue boat at sea, seen from above, with the title "The Gates of the Sea: Migraiton and Rescue at the Edges of Europe" and the name of the author, Luna Vives.
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Painstakingly editing something I've written (or jointly written) is probably my favourite part of writing ✍️
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A reminder to sign up for this seminar! We have a live-stream option too, but in-person includes lunch and a chance to chat afterwards. Please share with anyone you think would be interested. Hope to see you there :-)🌷 @ubcmigration.bsky.social @ubcgeography.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social
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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
UCL Geography has 3 jobs on offer that would be a fit for geospatial and/or health folk. Lecturer in Geographies of Health x 2 (with “spatial analysis") lnkd.in/enH4h2iX Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Geospatial Data Analysis & Cartography (0.5 fte, 12 months) lnkd.in/eKqaG7FW
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This is extremely exciting! David Ley (OC, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and originally from Swansea, Wales) is giving a talk at UCL and there will be lunch afterwards. Please do sign up using the link, below. Hope to see you there!
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It was such a stimulating day yesterday! I'm grateful to everyone I got the chance to speak to. Lovely to spend some time in @kelloggoxford.bsky.social also (looking beautiful). I'm sorry I can't be there today but hope it goes well.
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Fantastic @cghe.bsky.social conference on ‘Global Rupture?’ @oxforddeptofed.bsky.social. Particularly enjoyed being on the international student mobility panel. Thanks to @davidsmills.bsky.social, @leerensimer.bsky.social et al for organising! (And @johannawaters.bsky.social for the photos!)
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What are the geographies of elite schools & how does this vary across different countries? A collaborative paper with Ee-Seul Yoon, Eric Larsson & @johannawaters.bsky.social looking at Canada, Sweden & the UK. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Critical comparative geographies of elite schooling: comparing the UK, Canada, and Sweden
This article aims to chart a new critical geography of elite schooling by comparing the importance of space and place in elite schooling in the UK, Canada, and Sweden. We do so to illuminate the pr...
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Free to access here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/S6HI3...
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Critical comparative geographies of elite schooling: comparing the UK, Canada, and Sweden
This article aims to chart a new critical geography of elite schooling by comparing the importance of space and place in elite schooling in the UK, Canada, and Sweden. We do so to illuminate the pr...
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Wonderful to see this article (on comparative geographies of elite schooling) with Ee-Seul Yoon, @solgamsu.bsky.social and Eric Larsson in print! 🌞🌷😎 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Critical comparative geographies of elite schooling: comparing the UK, Canada, and Sweden
This article aims to chart a new critical geography of elite schooling by comparing the importance of space and place in elite schooling in the UK, Canada, and Sweden. We do so to illuminate the pr...
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I should stress, it will probably be a very 'light' lunch (!!). But some sort of post-seminar refreshments in any case. Have a great weekend, when it comes. I am knackered.
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This is extremely exciting! David Ley (OC, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and originally from Swansea, Wales) is giving a talk at UCL and there will be lunch afterwards. Please do sign up using the link, below. Hope to see you there!
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I fancy a massive pizza 🍅
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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2) www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
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LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️ Longer days. Lighter evenings. Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Golden sunlight bursts through a tangle of budding trees, casting long beams of light across a mossy woodland floor. New green shoots push up through leaf litter and patches of moss, catching the glow of the morning sun. A soft haze fills the air, with a hint of warmth and life returning to the woods.
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Looking forward to being a discussant at the 2025 CGHE Annual Conference in Oxford with @rachelbrooks.bsky.social in a few weeks. It is always lovely to visit Oxford in the (hopefully) sunshine 🌷 www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-...
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CGHE 2025 Conference: Global Rupture? Geopolitics, policy repair and the reimagining of higher education | Centre for Global Higher Education
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Fascinating paper by former student Kris Hyesoo Lee on China as a destination for international students #ISM #internationaleducation www.tandfonline.com/doi/epub/10....
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Desire and the making of the mobile subject: China as destination for international students from the west: Globalisation, Societies and Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The boys are finally soaking up some sun 🌞
Two guinea pigs eating grass in an outside run
Two guinea pigs eating grass outside Spring primroses
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Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📢PhD Vacancy in my new ERC project ‘WELL-ASIA’ @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social on the wellness industry in Southeast Asia! The PhD will work ethnographically on transnational labour mobilities in Singapore’s wellness sector 🌏Applications due April 16! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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PhD candidate in Transnational Labour Mobilities in Southeast Asia
PhD candidate in Transnational Labour Mobilities in Southeast Asia
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
When I woke up this morning it was light outside 🥲
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Call for papers on ‘Access and Geopolitics’ in higher education - for hybrid conference in Oxford on 3 June, jointly organised by @cghe.bsky.social #equity #HE #geopolitics #wideningparticipation www.researchcghe.org/news/access-...
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Access and geopolitics: Next steps in tackling the equity crisis in global Higher Education | Centre for Global Higher Education
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Sarah Kunz @sarahkunz.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
‘Expatriate: Following a migration category’ is now out in paperback 🎉 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182579/
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Manchester University Press - Expatriate
Expatriate - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Expatriate by Sarah Kunz
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Last night I received the second email in a week about a project I completed 25 years ago. Found it strangely moving.
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Just published in 'Discourse': 'Global Britain and cosmopolitan nationalism' @johannawaters.bsky.social & I explore whether the concept of 'Global Britain', as deployed in UK education policy, can be considered a form of ‘cosmopolitan nationalism’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I am despairing at the potential impact of AI on the value of the student essay going forward. I am worried that one consequence will be depriving students of the joy of essay writing all together (reading, having ideas, synthesising, writing...). 😢
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
How and why educational mobilities (and migration more broadly) may be better understood as an existential pursuit... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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A Life's Work? Unpacking the Existential Meaning of Educational Mobilities for Migrant Families
It is axiomatic that middle-class Asian migrant families invest heavily—practically and emotionally—in their children's education. Scholarship has linked this investment to strategies of capital accu...
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Call for papers from Forum for short pieces on education and mental health. Contributions are 1500-2000 words - deadline is April 7th. Contributions from early career researchers, teachers, parents all welcome! lwbooks.co.uk/call-for-pap...
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Call for papers: Summer 25 - Lawrence Wishart
Contributions are invited for FORUM 67(2), the Summer 2025 number, for which the copy date is Monday 7 April 2025 The mental health of children and young people in the UK is a growing concern. Figures...
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Taina Saarinen @tainamsaarinen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This article was so much fun to work on! We analysed each others' universities' strategies and tried to get behind the weird link between "quality" and "internationalisation". Thanks @hkadriansen.bsky.social Lene Møller Madsen and @johannawaters.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Exploring the peculiar relationship between higher education quality and internationalization: a discourse analytical and spatial reading of four European university strategies
Internationalization is often regarded as a tool for enhancing the quality of education and research, but the question is how are they related? This paper aims to address this by analysing the way ...
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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Check out my new paper with @tainamsaarinen.bsky.social @hkadriansen.bsky.social & Lene Moller Madsen🌷😊 Exploring the peculiar relationship between HE quality & internationalization: a discourse analytical & spatial reading of four European university strategies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Exploring the peculiar relationship between higher education quality and internationalization: a discourse analytical and spatial reading of four European university strategies
Internationalization is often regarded as a tool for enhancing the quality of education and research, but the question is how are they related? This paper aims to address this by analysing the way ...
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