ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a discussion of globalisation and internationalisation within the higher education (HE) context. It examines current English language policies and practices in international HE in the context of mobility. The chapter explores international students' experiences and needs in the context of intercultural communication along with responses to the internationalisation of HE by university management, staff, and non-mobile home students. It also explores language policy issues on the one hand in university settings where English is the dominant language, and on the other hand in non-Anglophone settings where English is the medium of instruction but not the dominant/local language. The chapter focuses on face-to-face rather than virtual HE. It examines the kinds of language policies employed both overtly and covertly by universities that present themselves as 'international' or 'global'. The chapter looks ahead to how the tensions, difficulties, and contradictions that have been identified in research into the globalisation of higher education might be resolved.
