Going Global, the Conference for Leaders of International Education

 

Going Global is an open forum for global leaders of international education to discuss current issues. Since 2004, it has grown from a biennial event in the UK to an annual event alternating between the UK and major international cities. In addition to the platform for education world leaders to debate international higher and further education issues and challenges, and to discuss collaborative solutions, the event provides an opportunity for networking, and has become a fixture of the global education calendar. The conference consists of a series of collaborative sessions that focus on the year’s chosen themes.

More than 800 leaders from 70 countries attend from across the tertiary (further and higher) education sectors and various other sectors with perspectives on international education attend each year.

The conference provides a unique forum for exploring the latest developments and issues in international post-compulsory education.

 

Going Global 2016

 

Going Global 2016 will take place from 3 -5 May 2016 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa.

This year’s overarching theme is ‘Building nations through connecting cultures’. The diverse range of conference sessions will consider the role of universities and the wider higher education sector in the process of nation-building. For us, nation-building is about growing the skills base for academia and industry, engaging communities, establishing a vibrant national culture and working towards political stability. Rather than development and growth being a consequence of the workings of non-compulsory education institutions, the real challenge and opportunities come from actively repositioning these institutions to be at the heart of the process.

The sessions will consider the theme through three lenses:

• Education policy: local priorities, national systems and global drivers

• Economic development: skills, enterprise, research and innovation

• Social cohesion and engagement: democracy, social justice and international relations

Registration opens on Monday 25 January 2016 here with early bird rates available until Friday 25 March.