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What we do
- Take a pro-active role in policy-making which affects international education.
- Maintain on-going communication and cooperative relationships with government departments and appropriate statutory and other bodies, with a view to participating in policy-making which affects international education.
- Monitor government policy and procedures on issues affecting international students and academic or administrative visitors from abroad.
- Develop a co-ordinated approach amongst member institutions to disseminating relevant information and providing agreed services to prospective and registered international students and to local students going abroad.
- Create opportunities for South African students to take advantage of exchange agreements and study abroad.
- Liaise with organisations which are involved in promoting international education cooperation.
- Help institutional members to assist their South African students returning from a study period abroad to re-assimilate into South Africa.
- Develop and maintain a world-wide directory of international educators and their associations.
- Develop and maintain a directory and research material on international education.
- Organise regional conferences, workshops and seminars to promote networking among South African institutions.
- Develop linkages with public and private organisations interested in supporting the promotion of international exchange.
- Encourage publications in Southern Africa on issues regarding international education.
- Adapt the practices and develop the expertise of those involved in international education to meet Southern African needs in the following areas :
- cross-cultural communication;
- setting up, marketing and running Study-Abroad Programmes;
- international student recruitment;
- government regulations;
- advising and counseling;and
- obtaining travel and accommodation grants for students and staff to enable participation in exchanges.
- Develop a common ethical code of practice.
- Develop and monitor internationally recognised standards in international education exchange practices in South Africa.
- Assist in training international advisors in the evaluation of credentials.
- Develop awareness of the need for the globalisation of curricula.
- Play a role in outreach to Southern African countries.
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