1. Defining the challenges of international education
Esther Wilkinson
Transnational Education lead, NA3 Task 1, GÉANT
Head of International, Jisc
Internet2 Global Summit
25 April 2017

2. Context and session objectives
GÉANT funded area of work – importance of supporting transnational education and mobility with technology requiring global infrastructure and services
Past sessions at APAN 2016, TNC16, Internet2 Global Summit 2016, China America Network Symposium 2015 and 2016, and ASREN e-Age 2015 to share experiences, best practice and case studies
Established GÉANT SIG for TNE led by Steering Committee:
CERNET (Wan Li)
Internet2 (Urszula Chomicka)
Jisc (Esther Wilkinson)
SURFnet (Alexander van den Hil)
Now important to identify key challenges and opportunities for working together to be addressed as a priority by the SIG-TNE

3. Transnational education and mobility
Transnational education (TNE) is the provision of education for students based in a country other than the one in which the awarding institution is located, e.g. students based in country X studying for a degree from a university in country Y
Type of TNE Activity
Overseas branch of UK awarding institution (‘branch campus’)
Overseas partnership
- students registered at UK institution
- students registered at overseas institution
Distance/online learning (may involve in-country support centre)

4. Audiences
Table 1: Home institution NREN (Sending) Tom Fryer Table 2: Host NREN (Receiving) Wan Li Table 3: NREN developing TNE support Alexander van den Hil Table 4: Educational institution (e.g. university) Baoyu Wang

5. Questions for this session
What are the main barriers and challenges for you now? In the future (both in terms of technology and strategic)?
What do you need to know from the other three audiences to help you?
What do you need to know now?
What issues would you like the GÉANT SIG-TNE to address?
What supporting materials would be helpful to you (toolkits, case studies etc)?

6. Next steps GÉANT and Jisc current TNE support activities include:
Developing interactive global connectivity map
Jisc TNE toolkit (for education institutions)
Case studies (inc. China, Malaysia TNE)
Developing online registration form
Developing support for overseas licensing
Get involved with the GÉANT SIG-TNE:
Wiki site being developed for members
Access to past sessions, case studies, blogs and other resources
Jointly developed workplan with progress updates
First meeting of SIG at TNC17 session, 31 May,
Register at

7. Contact: esther.wilkinson@jisc.ac.uk