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Ireland's policies for promoting international higher education
A national strategy for internationalization of higher education
Background
The International Education Board Ireland was established by the Irish government in 1993. The International Education Board's remit is to facilitate and support the development of Ireland as an international education centre. The Board has representation from all interested sections of Irish education, including universities, institutes of technology, independent colleges and language schools as well as from other government departments and agencies. IEBI is actively supported by Enterprise Ireland, Embassies and Tourism Ireland.
IEBI's mandate includes the following goals and objectives:
To promote Ireland as a quality destination for students and trainees.
To promote and support the international activities of Irish education institutions.
To act as a national point of contact and referral to and from Irish suppliers of education services and the international market place.
To promote Irish education expertise as a valuable resource for international institutions, development agencies and governments.
To liaise with education interests and government to identify and remove barriers to the development of the international education sector.
The IEBI responds to numerous first line inquiries from overseas students interested in the study options available in Ireland. It promotes Irish education overseas via advertising, developing and circulating generic information and by participating at education fairs, seminars and workshops.
As a result of strong and sustained growth in the numbers of international students coming Ireland over the last five years, the government has developed a new policy on the internationalization of Irish education. A new statutory agency, Education Ireland is in the process of being established. Education Ireland will incorporate IEBI and ACELS, a body currently responsible for regulation within the English language sector, and will be the single agency responsible for the coordination of policy and the promotion of Ireland as a centre of educational excellence.
Source: IEBI
Updated 9.04.06
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