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We invite researchers and students to contribute short reflective pieces about different topics related to research with international students. This includes, among other things, discussions about new research, reflections on research methodological approaches, and thoughts about critical considerations for research with international students. Please contact us if you would like to make a pitch for a blog post.

A Love Letter to the Self (Part II)

Written by Alok Das Part II: Remembering the Beginning: Wilting This piece returns to the beginning—but not to origin myths or womb stories. Instead, it asks a hard question: What made departure necessary and possible? By sharing the story behind the story, the author invites a reckoning with motive, conditionalities and survival. Author brings the…

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A Love Letter to the Self (Part I)

Written by Alok Das Forward: RIS is pleased to invite colleagues to engage in Alok’s wisdom through this new blog series, which encourages us to be reflective of mobility’s meanings. Our field is often preoccupied with notions of ‘experience’, but this ultimately limits our ability to think relationally about the human and personal meaning that international students ascribe to mobility…

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2025 in review for Research with International Students

Written by Jenna Mittelmeier (University of Manchester, RIS co-founder) As we approach the end of 2025, I am pleased to reflect on what a great year it has been for Research with International Students (RIS). It has now been two years since we first released our book, which started this organisation as a space to…

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Geographic and cultural differences in the use of digital in higher education

Written by Tabetha Newman (Timmus Research Ltd, UK) and Elizabeth Newall (Jisc, UK) Introduction: why digital experience matters This post summarises key findings from three years of ongoing Jisc research into the digital experiences of international and transnational education (TNE) students on courses affiliated to universities in the United Kingdom (UK). Jisc is the UK’s…

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Does studying abroad really help students develop intercultural capacities?

Written by Kate Naidu (University of Notre Dame Australia) As a former secondary school language teacher, I had long held an interest in how people learn about culture and how they might develop intercultural capacities (sometimes referred to by other names, such as intercultural understanding, cultural competence, cross-cultural awareness etc). It was a research project…

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