Internationalisation Index – Methodology, Results and Reactions
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Internationalisation Index – Methodology, Results and Reactions Hans Pohl (PhD) Programme Director at STINT ECA meeting in Stockholm, October 2019 Outline 1. Introduction: • About STINT • Why an internationalisation index? 2. Methodology 3. Results: • Index results • Use of the index 4. International use of the index? 5. Conclusions Introduction • STINT’s mission is to internationalise Swedish Higher Education and Research • We fund mobility and international collaboration at all levels, from individuals to (groups of) HEIs • We also develop knowledge about internationalisation STINT’s portfolio of programmes 1. Start-up of international projects – Initiation Grants 2. Supporting internationalisation of education • Grants for Double Degree Programs • Teaching Sabbatical • Grants for Teaching Sabbaticals 3. Establishing excellent international collaborations • Mobility Grants for Internationalisation • Chile – Sweden Research Cooperation • Joint Brazilian-Swedish Research Collaboration • Joint China-Sweden Mobility • Joint Japan-Sweden Research Collaboration • Korea-Sweden Research Cooperation • South Africa-Sweden Bilateral Scientific Research Cooperation 4. Supporting the university leadership’s internationalisation efforts - Strategic Grants 5. Scholarships – Capstone Awards Status of the Index • After five years of development the STINT Internationalisation Index was launched in 2016 • It was warmly welcomed(!) • One five-star HEI was awarded • Since then, new results have been presented annually Why an index? • Helps the system of higher education and research to understand and monitor internationalisation • Makes the internationalisation aspects more visible • Increases the involvement in internationalisation • Supports STINT’s strategy and planning: o How does internationalisation develop? o Where are the needs? Challenges • Internationalisation of higher education and research is not clearly defined • Methods to capture similar but different aspects (eg. rankings) are criticized by the HEIs and sometimes based on relatively trivial indicators • The HEI system is tired of delivering data Methodology Methodology – guiding principles • Measure internationalisation only, not quality • Strive for a breadth in the index, cover research, education and staff • Focus on results rather than ambitions • Use data from established actors, avoid questionnaires • Develop indicators using data more efficiently • Give absolute results, not relative • Offer overview through star ratings • Be transparent • HEIs in alphabetical order, no rankingA Limitations / challenges ' Data is available for 2 11 7 2 17 ' 2C Swedish HEIs with substantial research are covered ' There is no given way to combine the dimensions and define star rating thresholds Dimensions of the STINT index ' .esearch ' Student mobility (inDout) ' PhD students (in) ' CoursesDprogrammes in English ' Staff with PhD andDor publications from abroad ' Eeadership with PhD andDor publications from abroad Dimensions of the STINT index ' Research ' Student mobility (inDout) ' PhD students (in) ' CoursesDprogrammes in English ' Staff with PhD andDor publications from abroad ' Eeadership with PhD andDor publications from abroad Research – new indicator ' STINT initiated the development of a new indicator, with the aim to give HEIs focusing on less international disciplines a fair treatment when looking at the share of international co7publications ' STINT and Elsevier developed the indicator 8ointly and it is available in SciFal since 2 11 ' The Field7(eighted Internationalization Score normalises in three dimensions: ' Scientific discipline ' Type of publication ' Gear Pohl H, (arnan G, and Baas J (2 11) Eevel the playing field in scientific international collaboration with the use of a new indicator: Field7(eighted Internationalization Score, Research Trends 39, 37C. Discipline: Share of int’l co-publications Type of publication Share of international co7publications Scientific field All types Articles Conference .eviews proceedings ,edicine 16.CI 1C.CI 17.1I 17.7I Chemistry 19.6I 2 .9I 17.7I 19.3I Social Sciences 12. I 12.6I 12.1I C.3I Global 1C.2I 2 .2I 11,9I 17.2I Year: global trend towards higher shares Elsevier SciFalJ extractedElsevierSciFalJ 3, June2 19 International co-publications (FWIS) Elsevier SciFalJ extractedElsevierSciFalJ 3, June2 19 GLOBAL AVERAGE = 1 Dimensions of the STINT index ' .esearch ' Student mobility (in/out) ' PhD students (in) ' CoursesDprogrammes in English ' Staff with PhD andDor publications from abroad ' Eeadership with PhD andDor publications from abroad Students (S) Indicator for mobile students. S K (Incoming L Outgoing)DTotal Mnumbers of studentsN Data from the Swedish Higher Education Authority (/OP). Dimensions of the STINT index ' .esearch ' Student mobility (inDout) ' PhD students (in) ' CoursesDprogrammes in English ' Staff with PhD andDor publications from abroad ' Eeadership with PhD andDor publications from abroad PhD students (P) Indicator for incoming PhD students. P K ForeignDTotal Mnumbers of PhD studentsN Data from the Swedish Higher Education Authority (/OP) Dimensions of the STINT index ' .esearch ' Student mobility (inDout) ' PhD students (in) ' Courses/programmes in English ' Staff with PhD andDor publications from abroad ' Eeadership with PhD andDor publications from abroad Education (E) Indicator for courses and programmes in other tuition languages than Swedish (typically English). E K Non7Swedish DTotal Mcredits offeredN Data from www.universityadmissions.se (/H.). Dimensions of the STINT index ' .esearch ' Student mobility (inDout) ' PhD students (in) ' CoursesDprogrammes in English ' Staff with PhD and/or publications from abroad ' Eeadership with PhD andDor publications from abroad Staff with research abroad Indicator is the share of researchers with at least one publication with a foreign affiliation among all researchers. Based on active researchers at the HEI: ' Active K at least 1 publication the during last 2 years and at least 1 per three7year period since first publication ' Home HEI is where the ma8ority of affiliations in the publications has been during the last 3 (or 2) years. Data purchased from Elsevier based on Scopus publications from 1996 until and including the year of the index. Staff with PhD from abroad Indicator is the share of staff with PhD from abroad in relation to all staff with PhD. Data purchased from Statistics Sweden (SCB) combining two registers: ' Education register (/.EG) ' Staff at HEI register. International academic experience of staff The shares of ' .esearch with an affiliation abroad ' PhD from abroad are normalised and combined into one indicator using the mean value. Dimensions of the STINT index ' .esearch ' Student mobility (inDout) ' PhD students (in) ' CoursesDprogrammes in English ' Staff with PhD andDor publications from abroad ' Leadership with PhD and/or publications from abroad International academic experience of leadership The HEI leadership is defined as the vice chancellor and the pro7 vice chancellor. Otherwise definition of the indicator as for staff. Data from manual search in CFs and SciFalDScopus. Six dimensions - summary Indicator Description Data source . .esearch Field7weighted share of international co7 ElsevierDScopusD publications SciFal S Students Share of crossborder students inDout Swedish Higher Education Authority P PhD students Share of international PhD students Swedish Higher Education Authority E Education Share of credits given in other languages /nderlying than Swedish (typically English) database for www.universityadmi ssions.se (Sw. Council for HE) F Faculty Share of staff with completed PhD studies SCB for education andDor research at a foreign higher (unique dataset) education institution ElsevierDScopus (unique dataset) E Eeadership As for Faculty but only for the vice7 ,anual chancellor and the provice7chancellor searchDScopus Weights and thresholds ' The weights reflect STINT3s view on the importance of each dimension ' Thresholds use a linear scale and were set to have a spread from 1 to 2 stars in each dimension Dimension Weight International research 1 I ,obile students 2 I International PhD students CI Education in English 12I Staff with international academic experiences 12I Eeadership with international academic experiences 2I Results - data International research (2017) Blekinge Institute of Technology 1,31 ,id Sweden /niversity 1,33 Chalmers /niversity of Technology 1,12 ,Slardalen /niversity 1,33 Dalarna /niversity ,93 Stockholm School of Economics 1,1C Halmstad /niversity 1, 6 Stockholm /niversity 1,11 HQnkQping /niversity 1,2C Swedish /. of Agricultural Sciences 1,12 Oarlstad /niversity 1,12 SQdertQrn /niversity 1,12 Oarolinska Institutet 1,62 /meR /niversity 1,33 Oristianstad /niversity ,71 /niversity of BorRs 1,33 OTH .oyal Institute of Technology 1,27 /niversity of Gothenburg 1,11 EinkQping /niversity 1,33 /niversity of GSvle 1,21 Einneaus /niversity 1,12 /niversity of SkQvde 1,1 EuleR /niversity of Technology 1,66 /niversity (est 1, 1 Eund /niversity 1,12 /ppsala /niversity 1,1 ,almQ /niversity 1,29 Trebro /niversity 1,29 Field7(eighted Internationalization Score All 2C: 1.23 (1.23) Mobile students (2017) Blekinge Institute of Technology 17,CI ,id Sweden /niversity 2,2I Chalmers /niversity of Technology 19,1I ,Slardalen /niversity 2,9I Dalarna /niversity 1 ,2I Stockholm School of Economics 16,2I Halmstad /niversity 9,7I Stockholm /niversity 13,2I HQnkQping /niversity 22,2I Swedish /. of Agricultural Sciences 13,2I Oarlstad