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Why attend? 

Participants from higher education institutions worldwide will have the opportunity to connect with global experts and stakeholders in TNE, exchange research and practice ideas in international education, explore potential collaborations for future academic partnerships, and engage in discussions on the latest developments, evolving expectations, and necessary adaptations to meet the growing demands of transnational education and internationalisation in higher education.

The conference strands include but are not limited to:

Transnational Education  

• Innovative models in Transnational Education
• Equity, access, and inclusion in Transnational Education  
• Quality Assurance, Accreditation, and regulations in Transnational Education
• Sustainability and Ethics in Transnational and International Education
• Digital Transformation and Technology in Transnational and Global Education 
• Discipline-specific needs, models, and strategies
• International joint and dual degree programmes

Internationalisation strategies in higher education 

• Virtual exchange, COIL, and digitally-supported forms of internationalisation
• Cross-border academic cooperation and joint/double degree programmes
• Internationalisation at home: curriculum, pedagogy, and campus life
• Intercultural communication and global competence development
• Institutional strategies for internationalisation
• Multilingualism and language policies in internationalised settings
• Inclusion, diversity, and equity in internationalisation practices
• Internationalisation and its local/national impact
• Policy studies on internationalisation in higher education
• Digital transformation and technology in global education

Conference Highlights:

• Keynote speeches: Renowned experts will share insights on the strategic role of TNE in higher education internationalisation (see keynote speaker details below)
• Panel Discussions: Exploring the role of TNE in the UK and Turkiye, as well as the experiences from designing and delivering joint degree programmes.  
• Paper and poster presentations: Peer-reviewed presentations on TNE-related research, case studies, and innovative collaborations.

Prof. Dr. Jan Bamford 

Her professional website: https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/staff/jan-bamford-/ 

Jan Bamford is a Professor of International Higher Education and has held management roles such as Deputy Dean, Head of Student Experience and International Coordinator at London Metropolitan University Guildhall School of Business and Law. She has taught Intercultural Communications both in the UK and France and more recently Inclusive Leadership and Citizenship and is a visiting professor at the Universite de Savoie, Chambery, France.  Jan has co-authored numerous journal papers as well Cultural Journeys in Higher Education: Student Voices and Narratives, Emerald Publishing, (2019) and Improving and Understanding the Student Experience: Navigating the Third Space, London: Routledge (2022).  She has also authored Joint Degrees and International Transitions in Higher Education:  The Self, Pedagogy and Culture, Palgrave MacMillan (2020).  She is a leading specialist on students' cultural experiences of higher education and understanding and dealing with difference in higher education spaces. More recently Jan has worked with students as co-designers and co-creators in their learning spaces, as a way of unpacking the rich and dynamic aspects of the students’ cultural journeys through the development of gamified digital learning tools. Jan’s previous work has looked at the cultural experience of international students in France and the UK.  The different country context allowed for an enriched understanding of higher education spaces in a globalised world. Jan has combined her teaching and learning focus with an applied research approach in order to understand and explore in more depth the lived reality of the student experience. Jan is founder and Co-Director of London Metropolitan University’s Higher Education Research Group (HERG).  Through her work with HERG, Jan is able to support colleagues in building their educational research projects and enhance the impact of that research. Jan has been a PFHEA since 2014 and has recently been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship (NTF).  She is a founding member of the Interdisciplinary Research in Assessment Practice Group (INRAP), and Hon. Visiting Prof. for the Communications Institute of Greece.

Prof. Dr. Nazlı Wasti Pamuksuz 
Her professional website: https://ba.metu.edu.tr/en/people/full-time-faculty/nazli-wasti-pamuksuz

Professor Nazlı Wasti is a faculty member and department chair in the Department of Business Administration at Middle East Technical University (METU), with a career that spans scholarship, international collaboration, and academic leadership. She has been engaged in various international experiences, having taught in Japan, Sweden, and the UK as part of Erasmus+ mobility programs and conducting research as a visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo through a Japan Foundation Fellowship. Nazlı has been involved in two Newton-Katip Çelebi grants with the UK and was the local coordinator in an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project with collaborators from Turkey, the UK, and the Netherlands, aimed at developing the case method in management education in Turkish universities. This project was later supplemented by a British Council Connect4Innovation grant, where Nazlı led the METU team.  She served as the national representative of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) between 2017 and 2020, and was the local director of the METU Confucius Institute from 2011 to 2018, where she played an active role in advancing cultural and educational exchange between Turkey and China. In recognition of her contributions, she was honored with the Hanban Individual Personal Excellence Award in 2012.

Her research interests include interorganizational trust, trust repair, innovation management, and management education, with her work appearing in leading journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, and the Journal of Product Innovation Management. She has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Trust Research since 2013.  Her most recent work with international collaborators has focused on the usage of case studies in teaching; she has co-authored a book chapter on building an international community to support participant-centered entrepreneurship education in Turkey as well as two conference papers exploring learner responses to female protagonists in case studies. She holds degrees from METU, the University of Missouri-Rolla, and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and teaches courses in operations management, organization theory, supply chain management, and innovation management at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Important Dates: 

Abstract submission deadline: July 1, 2025

Presenters notified of outcomes: July 30, 2025

Registration opens: August 1, 2025

Registration closes: October 1, 2025

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We look forward to welcoming you to Ankara, Turkiye for insightful discussions on shaping the future of Transnational Education!