Interlude: The impact of AI on Knowledge Workers and Implications for Higher Ed
Today we are discussing the impact of artificial intelligence, or AIm on knowledge workers, the topic of Trym Berger’s master’s thesis which he completed from the University of Oslo in June, 2024. At the time he was writing his thesis, Trym was also working at UiO’s Faculty of Educational Sciences on innovation initiatives - which is how the THESIS team met him and learned about his work. This gave Trym some perspective on the implications of his thesis findings for higher education. Trym is now a consultant at Ernst and Young in Oslo.
Trym's masters thesis (Norwegian): “Den Generative Kunnskapsarbeideren" - En case-studie av hvordan Generativ AI påvirker læring hos kunnskapsarbeidere i Posten Bring
https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/113005
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The Big Picture of ISM: Trends, Reflections, & Speculation
We are wrapping up our third season on international student mobility today with our guest, Tijmen Weber. Tijmen recently obtained his PhD focused on the movement of international students and how immigration, institutional characteristics, programs, and funding policy influence their migration trajectories. He works at the international business program of HAN University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, where he mostly teaches courses in quantitative research and data science and does (applied) research on sustainability for the Research Center International Business at the HAN.
You can view Tijmen's website for his research here: Global Campuses? Mapping the Influence of Location on International Student Mobility
Check out the related sources below:
de Haas, Hein. (2021). A theory of migration: the apsirations-capabilities framework. (open access)
Charles, Maria & Bradley, Karen. (2009). Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries.
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Remote but Mighty: From Iceland’s ISM Strategy to Advocacy at the Supranational Level
Today we’re talking about Iceland, a small country of almost 400,000 people considered a “remote” location for students studying abroad. We speak with Rúna Gudmarsdottir, Erasmus+ National Agency Director at RANNIS (The Icelandic Centre for Research), about how Iceland both attracts incoming students and works to support students going abroad.
In her role as the Director of the National Agency, Rúna oversees the implementation of the Erasmus+ programme in Iceland, which covers all sectors on education, youth and sport. Rúna also manages projects that support implementation of the Bologna process in Iceland. She is a co-leader of a working group on social inequalities in international student mobility in a COST action and a member of the administrative board of ACA - the Academic Cooperation Association.
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Understanding international student flows between sub-regions in the MENA
Today we’ll be discussing the flows of international students withIN the Middle East and North Africa in the context of security policies with our guests, Dr. Sevgi Kaya-Kasikci and Dr. Chris Glass. Sevgi is a scholar of higher education studies and most recently conducted research as a Hans de Wit Fellow at Boston College’s Center for International Higher Education, where Chris is the Program Director for the Doctorate of Education in Higher Education.
Outline of Episode:
1:30 - General regionalization trends in internationalization
5:40 - Context of MENA: unique aspects, power dynamics
8:00 - Regional security complex theory description
9:30 - Contextual ISM patterns
12:00 - 2011 and 2020 data comparisons
19:45 - Policy implications
Resources:
Kaya-Kasikci, S. & Glass, C. (2024). Analyzing the influence of regional security on international student flows in the MENA region: a social network approach. Higher Education.
Glass, C. & Cruz, N. I. (2023). Metatrends in Mobility: Education Hubs and the New Multipolar Structure of International Student Mobility. Glass, C. & Cruz, N. I. (2023). Moving towards multipolarity: shifts in the core-periphery structure of international student mobility and world rankings (2000–2019). Higher Education.
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Disrupting a Success Story: International Student Enrollment Caps in Australia
Today we are discussing international student enrollment caps in Australia which will be issued through the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024. The bill will be moving through the parliament in mid-August, 2024, and is expected to pass. We will speak with Andrew Norton, a Researcher and Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy at The Australian National University.
Additional Resources:
ANU Migration Hub Insights: "International students: A government changes its mind"
Andrew Norton's Blog
"Do not introduce caps says Norton" - The Koala News, Tracy Harris, 5th August, 2024
"Labor’s international student cap an ‘unprecedented’ overreach and ‘recipe for chaos’, experts warn" - The Guardian, Betsy Reed, 22nd May, 2024
About THESIS: Trends in Higher Education Systems in International Spheres
The THESIS podcast aims to explore higher education across the globe through a range of perspectives, discuss relevant topics in a critical and digestible manner, and contribute to discourse among students, scholars and experts in the higher education field. It is organized and produced by several students in University of Oslo’s Master of Philosophy in Higher Education’s 2021 cohort who come from across the world who have an array of experiences and interests in the Higher Education field.
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