Introducing critical perspectives on internationalising the curriculum

Abstract

The idea for this book was conceived one fine spring day in a meeting room at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. An eager and very international group of policy makers, researchers and teaching academics from a range of disciplines had gathered at the University’s Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation to discuss the topic ‘Internationalisation at Home: 10 years on’. Mindful that the first conference on ‘Internationalisation at Home’ had taken place in Malmö exactly 10 years earlier a retrospective discussion about its impact seemed particularly timely. We all agreed that in recognising the untapped potential for learning at home on multicultural campuses, ‘internationalisation at home’ had heralded a radical departure in the conceptualisation and practice of international education.