1. Internationalisation and Studielink 2016 - 2019
May 5th 2016, Bote Folkertsma IAAO meeting Cavtat, Croatia

3. Goal presentation
Vision on internationalisation in Higher Education in the Netherlands related to the services of Studielink
And how can Studielink act on this topic
Groningen Declaration
Some information and discussion (?)

4. Vision is derived from.. Strategic plans institutes
Topic “Internationalisation” rated nr. 1 for 80% of institutes
Strategic plan Internationalisation from the associations of universities and universities of applied sciences
A joint plan for higher education!
Strategy and vision of ministery of Education
Spring 2015: “strategic agenda higher education”
Importancy of participation of HE in international context
Changing landscape because the world changes
Ambition of Europe!
More and more mobility of students

5. Why is internatonalisation important (in figures)?

6. Mobility Uni / Applied Sc.

7. Mobility from …
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8. Mobility Dutch students

9. Mobility to

10. Importance of internatonalisation (vision of institutes)
Number of Dutch students will drop the next years
Will foreign students compensate this loss in capacity (less money)?
More and more competition (education, facilities) with other countries for the best international students
You need to invest more to bind students: good ecucation, good facilities, good intake processes
Intake within 24 hours in some countries? In the Netherlands?
More institutes get offices abroad
Complexity of adminisirative organisation increases
What role can Studielink play according to the institutes?

11. Analysis of present Studielink related tot international stud.
Communication, communication, communication in the process of admission is important
Can Studielink facilitate this? Wie is aan zet, overzicht van stappen,
Studielink is not known in other countries
Some foreign student hesitate: what is Studielink….
Is branding of Studielink important? Or?
Person tot person communication is important (the so called warm attention….)
Communication focused personally, contact with the same officer, good coordination internally
ICT has to be supportive, can Studielink offer this?
More exchange students in future
Complicated paperwork at this moment
Studielink does not support exchange students only bachelor/master students

12. Conclusion role Studielink
Need for better support of foreign students in Studielink
Development of better functionalities commissioned by institutes
Participate in international projects related tot support (reliable) cross border exchange of student data: developments in Europe!
Networking, focus on international developments
IAAO
Groningen Declaration

13. Present activities Studielink
Project IND
Collaboration Studielink <-> IND (Immigration and Naturalisation Service)
Creating a digital process in obtaining a residence permit for foreign students (non EU/EEA) to enter the Netherlands
Studielink acts as a broker between IND and institutes
Provides standardisation in exchange of data
No great effort of institutes to participate

14. Project IND To get a residence permit as a student:
You need to start a study for more than 90 days
The institute is the actor and not the student
Institute is responsible!
Institute is a “recognised sponsorship” for IND
Is “trusted” by IND and is allowed to operate as such
Studielink has a convenant with IND for delevering services .
human-machine
Studielink
Uni
machine-machine

15. Europe and digital borders
European eGovernment Action plan
Modernise public administration
Archieve a digital internal market
Better services tot citizens and businesses
Cross-border solutions are currently running/developed
STORK 2.0: provides a single European electronic Id and Authentication area
eIDAS regulation: use of national eID systems in whole Europe
e-SENS (Electronic Simple European Networked Services)
Use of national services abroad

16. Abandon digital borders in 2018.. 2019 .. 2020?
Goedele from Flanders
Wants to study in the Netherlands
Goedele
STORK 2.0 1 2
Studielink 12
Institute 3 11 4
AHOVOKS 7
NAP 6
NAP 5
DUO 8 9 10
e-SENS
NAP: National Access Point
AHOVOKS, DUO: Governmental organisations: diplom register

17. Collaboration with Flanders
2 running projects
E-SENS project sponsored by EU
Can we deliver digital diplomresult across the border
Technical project: aim is to test all infrastructure
Investigate the information landscape
What information is available
Definition of a “Flanders” student
What steps have to be made to use the national eID system over our borders

18. Conclusion on Internationalisation in HE
A lot of ambition
in the Netherlands
In Europe
A lot of attention
At institutes
At Studielink
Activities in Studielink with challenges
Do we have an architecture that can support all desires of the institutes?
Are we ready in 2019 to support cross border functionality?

19. Groningen Declaration
Seeking common ground in best serving professional and academic mobility, by bringing together key stakeholders in the Digital Student Data Ecosystem
Citizens world wide should be able to consult and share their authentic educational data with whomever they want, whenever they want, wherever

20. Goal of the declaration
“To make Digital Student Data Portability happen. Citizens world wide should be able to consult and share their authentic educational data with whomever they want, whenever they want, wherever.”
> accent on the (re-) usability of data in depositories (mostly at governemental organisations)
> 38 members worldwide

21. Activities Annual Network meeting Best practices: think big, act small
Next week in Cape Town
Ca. 150 participants
Best practices: think big, act small
Projects to explore possibilities to exchange data
Project with Flanders – the Netherlands
How can we exchange diplom data
Project with China – 3 Universities in the Netherlands
Exchange of diplom results from China in .pdf format to universities
Task forces
Dissemination
Empowering cross border enrolment
Verification policies and best practices