INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT FUTURES: "Digitalisation in the days of COVID-19" - EAIE Forum magazine editorial, Spring 2020

21 April 2020

"Digitalisation in the days of COVID-19" - EAIE Forum magazine editorial, Spring 2020

What effect is digitalisation having on your work in international education? And how is it re-shaping the nature of the student experience in international higher education? As campuses across Europe and around the world move temporarily to online delivery in response to the COVID-19 crisis, there could not be a more opportune time to reflect on the benefits and challenges of alternative virtual environments for internationalisation.

In the Spring 2020 edition of the EAIE Forum magazine, we look at a range of ways in which digital solutions are supporting professional and academic staff, as well as students, to re-frame international learning and collaboration.

Dr Douglas Proctor has over twenty years’ experience in international education across the higher education, vocational and ELICOS sectors, both as an academic and senior manager.

Douglas returned to Australia from Ireland in July 2021 to take up the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. Previously he was Director, UCD Global at University College Dublin, Ireland’s Global University.

Douglas holds a PhD in international higher education at the University of Melbourne. In 2018, he co-edited a Routledge book with Dr Laura Rumbley entitled ‘The Future Agenda for Internationalization in Higher Education’, which gave primacy to next generation perspectives as well as focusing on dimensions of internationalisation that are known to be under-researched.

Based on his experience and contributions to the sector, Douglas was recognised as a Senior Fellow of the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) in September 2019.

Further information, and professional profile, available on LinkedIn.