Professor Judith Lamie, Pro Vice-Chancellor for International Engagement at Swansea University in Wales, reminds us of the importance of diversity and cooperation for finding the needed solutions of today’s challenges, and hence the importance of engaging internationally.
Sharing her pathway into and through international education, from the early days of international student recruitment to today’s attention to TNE as a means to widening access, she reflects on some of the key challenges facing the UK sector today, without losing sight of the important role that international education plays in opening up life-changing opportunities to people, and the enriching experiences of meeting so many different people with different cultures and perspectives… and the memorable experience of a stranger in Japan walking her and her mother to their destination without speaking English and then bowing goodbye.