Internationalisation | Intervention

Academic Xenophobia and Internationalisation Cannot Coexist

Posted By: adminon: September 13, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Academic xenophobia, Achille Mbembe, Decolonisation, Internationalisation, Kelly Chibale, Prof Archie Mafeje, Tebello Nyokong, UCTNo CommentsViews:

By Jonathan Jansen We now know that the attacks on foreigners are not confined to the streets of Diepkloof, a township near Johannesburg, or the vineyards of De Doorns in the Western Cape,... Read more

Xenophobia Controversy Trails King’s College London’s Prof Olonisakin Cancellation of South African Trip

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Internationalisation, Prof Adam Habib, Prof Funmi Olonisakin, University of MpumalangaNo CommentsViews:

Beyond the headline, this story has been reproduced unedited from Times Higher Education bulletin, meaning that Intervention has injected nothing new. By Georgia Luckhurst A leading research... Read more

Africa Needs a Coordinated Approach to Internationalisation

Posted By: adminon: June 03, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Agenda 2063, Ajayi Crowther University, Continental Education Strategy for Africa, DRC, Europe, Internationalisation, North America, Open universities, Tanzania, UNISA, University of Kigali, University of the WitwatersrandNo CommentsViews:

With as much as about USD$17,000 visa deposit requirement by some African countries, the ‘mission impossible’ alarm was bound to be heard sooner than later about internationalis... Read more

‘Shift the Discourse from Decolonisation to Dehegemonisation’

Posted By: adminon: May 27, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: African universities, Decolonisation, Dehegemonisation, Dependency, Geopolitical tension, Innovation, Internationalisation, Knowledge, UncertaintyNo CommentsViews:

By Damtew Teferra For more than half a century African universities have been fully invested in denouncing colonisation and exalting decolonisation. In a piece, ‘From dumb decolonisation to... Read more

Does Decolonisation in the West Do Anything for the Developing World?

Posted By: adminon: April 17, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Asia, Decolonisation, Developing world, diversity and inclusion, Equity, InternationalisationNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Farish A Noor Decolonisation argument continues to generate debates around it, with the author of this – a Historian at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the University of Mal... Read more