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The report (Jongbloed, Lepori et al. 2006) has a one time character: it is not planned to repeat the
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exercise. The study may be an important input to assess the pitfalls and potentials of analyzing the
data sources used in the CHINC project.
Dimension 7: International orientation: teaching and staff
Again, the international databases do not provide information at the institution-level.
World of Learning does not provide information on international students.
There are data available on participants in EU programmes (Kelo, Teichler et al. 2006) but these
students refl ect only part of the international orientation of a higher education institution. Data on
other exchange activities may be found through the NARIC network.
Indicator 7a: the number of degree seeking students with a foreign nationality, as % of total
enrolment
The general remarks made above apply.
Indicator 7b: the number of incoming students in European exchange programmes, as % of
total enrolment
The general remarks made above apply.
Indicator 7c: the number of students sent out in European exchange programmes
The general remarks made above apply.
Indicator 7d: International staff members as % of total staff
The question of what international means applies here as well. Are staff members with foreign
nationality international or only if they have obtained their degree abroad?
The indicator is formulated in terms of staff, whereas it is more interesting to look at academic
staff.
It is highly unlikely that this information can be found in international databases. Even in national
databases it is questionable whether this information is available at the institutional level.
Indicator 7e: number of programmes offered abroad
We have not come across international or national databases comprising information broken down
along this dimension. There maybe some research reports on this issue.
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Dimension 8: International orientation: research
Indicator 8a: Revenues from EU research programmes as % of total research revenues
We could not identify any international database comprising this information on the institutionlevel.
In EU research programmes higher education institutions are in most cases part of consortia.
Identifi cation of the turnover realized by an individual institution is therefore rather tedious. This is
probably the reason why there is no international database found on this indicator.
Dimension 9: Size
Indicator 9a: number of students enrolled (headcount)
Whether data on enrolment are available in international databases depends on the required
breakdown of the data. If no further breakdown is needed, data are available in sources like the