Internationalisation of the curriculum and the support of international students: a review of the literature

The aim of this review was to identify existing published literature and current practices of direct relevance to two priority areas for the Higher Education Academy in relation to internationalisation, namely internationalisation of the curriculum and the experiences of international students in UK universities (to include home/international student relations)This Project was commissioned by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in March 2006. It developed from the HEA Internationalisation Forum on 5th December 2005 that focused on ‘Internationalising the Curriculum’ and ‘The Support of International Students’. One outcome from the Forum was the recognition that further research into these areas was required. To usefully build on existing work and support emerging policy and practice a bibliographic search and literature review was a necessary first step.Viv Caruana and Nicola Spurling in the Education Development Unit at the University of Salford were commissioned to conduct this work.