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Hyperpoliticised internationalisation in a pariah university: An Israeli institution in the occupied West Bank
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, , UCL Institute of Education, United Kingdom ; , , Tel Aviv University, Israel

International Journal of Educational Development Volume 66, Number 1, ISSN 0738-0593 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

Internationalisation in higher education is often portrayed as a value-neutral intervention driven predominantly by economic motives yet advocated and prescribed for humanitarian purposes. In this study we investigate how internationalisation takes shape in an institution which is characterised by political controversy that hinders and shapes its internationalisation efforts; we explore the rationales for and enactment of internationalisation at Ariel University (AU), Israel’s only university located in the West Bank, part of the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). We challenge the dominant framing of internationalisation in higher education and shed light on the nature, purposes and forms of internationalisation.

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Bamberger, A., Morris, P., Weinreb, Y. & Yemini, M. (2019). Hyperpoliticised internationalisation in a pariah university: An Israeli institution in the occupied West Bank. International Journal of Educational Development, 66(1), 119-128. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 12, 2022 from .

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