Representations of internationalisation at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution: From institutional discourse to stakeholders’ voices

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dc.creator	Lourenço, Mónica
dc.creator	Andrade, Ana Isabel
dc.creator	Byram, Michael
dc.date	2020-06-23
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-17T17:43:59Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-17T17:43:59Z
dc.identifier	https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/rleducacao/article/view/7132
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/48012
dc.description	Internationalisation has become a major concern of higher education institutions around the world, featuring as a goal in their mission statements and agendas. Yet, the ways it is perceived and addressed vary greatly. In some cases, internationalization is viewed as a service to export, whilst in other cases, the focus falls on the acquisition and development of graduates’ global and intercultural competences. This paper reports on a study that aimed to understand how internationalization is perceived at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution. To achieve this goal institutional policy documents were collected, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with members of governing and coordinating bodies, as well as with academic and non-academic staff. Results from the thematic analysis suggest that internationalization is seen as a priority at the highest strategic level, being associated with a set of activities (student mobility, international research projects, and English-medium instruction) and with a set of desired outcomes (increased revenues and institutional visibility). Moreover, stakeholders consider internationalisation a valuable asset for the development of students’ skills, expressing positive attitudes towards such initiatives as “internationalisation at home”. Based on these findings, recommendations for a more comprehensive and sustainable internationalisation approach applicable to other contexts are put forward. Keywords: internationalisation; Portuguese higher education; social representations	en-US
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Edições Universitárias Lusófonas	pt-PT
dc.relation	https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/rleducacao/article/view/7132/4246
dc.rights	Direitos de Autor (c) 2020 Revista Lusófona de Educação	pt-PT
dc.source	Revista Lusófona de Educação; v. 47 n. 47 (2020): REVISTA LUSÓFONA DE EDUCAÇÃO	pt-PT
dc.source	1646-401X
dc.source	1645-7250
dc.title	Representations of internationalisation at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution: From institutional discourse to stakeholders’ voices	en-US
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