ABSTRACT
Internationalisation and globalisation are on everyone’s minds these days and, in
certain respects, have inspired educational renewal in universities. Moreover, the
increasing numbers of international students who move from their familiar cultural
environment to participate in educational programmes abroad, currently over six
million annually (Slethaug 2010, 1), bring with them expectations and experiences
that can benefit the receiving educational institutions despite increased complexity in
administration. Nonetheless, there are important questions that institutions, regulators
and individual lecturers need to bring to the forefront. Values, beliefs and practices
need to be clarified institutionally and even nationally to create a mutually fruitful and
genuine conversation. It would be beneficial and uplifting if the situation could be
turned into an opening for reflection for the parties involved.
