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What Counts in Study Abroad?

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Presenters

• Gail Armistead, Head of Study Abroad, University of Nottingham

• Mark Gittoes, Analyst, HEFCE • Caroline Whitehand, Manager, Study

Abroad Unit, University of Manchester • Joan-Anton Carbonell, European Office

Manager, Kingston University

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Issues

Why bother counting? Overseas examples:USA -

http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=131555

Australia - http://www.spre.com.hk/download/AUIDFMobility2007AIECPaper.pdf

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Discussion• Types of exchange/study abroad we want to

count• Institutional considerations• National considerations• What is realistic to expect

Planning/International Office/Departments to report?

• Working with the HEFCE/HESA Group to move the debate forward