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Advance Your Expertise Before the Conference Begins

The most valuable conversations often start before the conference officially opens.

As part of the 28th IEASA Annual Conference 2026, delegates have the opportunity to participate in a series of highly specialised, hands-on pre-conference workshops designed to equip professionals with practical skills, strategic insights, and tools that can be applied immediately within their institutions.

📅 Date: Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Choose from six high-impact workshops:

🔹 Internationalisation Fundamentals: A Practical Toolkit for Recently Appointed Higher Education Internationalisation Professionals

🔹 Navigating Immigration Compliance for International Students and Postdoctoral Research Fellows in South African Higher Education

🔹 Qualifications Without Borders: Evaluating and Recognising Credentials for Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Learners in Disrupted Contexts

🔹 Introduction to Generative AI: From Magic to Mastery – A Practical AI Playbook

🔹 The Role of Internationalisation in Science Diplomacy

🔹 Strategic International Student Recruitment & Marketing in Diverse Institutional Contexts – An African Playbook

Why attend?

✅ Gain practical, sector-specific knowledge from leading experts

✅ Develop skills you can immediately apply within your institution

✅ Network with peers facing similar opportunities and challenges

✅ Receive a Certificate of Completion

⚠️ Places are limited to only 30 participants per workshop and demand is expected to be high.

Workshop Fees:

IEASA Members – R1 800

Non-Members – R2 500

Whether you are new to internationalisation, looking to strengthen compliance knowledge, exploring the role of AI, or developing strategic recruitment approaches, these workshops offer an unparalleled professional development opportunity.

Keep an eye on our page over the coming weeks as we spotlight each workshop in more detail, including learning outcomes, facilitators, and who should attend. Alternatively, visit our website to explore the full workshop programme and identify the workshop best suited to your professional interests and development needs.

Secure your place early and be part of shaping the future of international higher education in Africa.

Register today: https://lnkd.in/dist8ygx

⏰ Reminder: Early-Bird Registration for is OPEN!

Time is running out to secure your place at the discounted early-bird rate for the 28th IEASA Annual Conference 2026.

🌍 28th IEASA Annual Conference 2026
📍 KuGompo City, South Africa
📅 25–28 August 2026

Theme:
🎯 "Rewriting the Agenda: Internationalisation through a Global South Lens"

Join higher education leaders, academics, practitioners, policymakers, students, and global partners as we explore new perspectives, challenge conventional approaches, and shape the future of internationalisation through meaningful Global South collaboration.

Expect engaging discussions on:
🤝 Global partnerships and collaboration
🎓 Student mobility and success
🌍 Internationalisation strategies
💡 Innovation in higher education
📚 Collaborative learning and research
🔄 Decolonisation and Global South perspectives

This year's conference promises thought-provoking conversations, valuable networking opportunities, and practical insights for advancing international education across Africa and beyond.

✨ Register today and take advantage of early-bird rates before they close.
🎟️ Register here:

https://lnkd.in/dyBvyauW

The future of international education is not waiting to be written — it’s being rewritten. And this August, the conversation comes to KuGompo City.

⏰ Early-Bird Registration is officially OPEN for the 28th IEASA Annual Conference 2026 — your opportunity to join one of Africa’s most important higher education and internationalisation gatherings at a discounted rate.

📍 KuGompo City, South Africa
📅 25–28 August 2026

Under the theme:
🎯 “Rewriting the Agenda: Internationalisation through a Global South Lens”
will bring together higher education leaders, internationalisation practitioners, academics, policymakers, and global partners to challenge assumptions, exchange ideas, and reimagine the future of global engagement.

Expect:
✨ Critical Global South conversations
🤝 Meaningful cross-sector networking
🎶 Vibrant cultural and musical experiences
🚶 A scenic conference walk along the promenade
💡 Innovative thinking shaping the future of higher education

This is more than a conference.
It’s a space to reflect, collaborate, and rethink what internationalisation can and should look like in today’s world.

🎟️ Register early and secure your discounted rate:
https://lnkd.in/dyBvyauW

🌍 AFRICA DAY 2026 | One Africa. One Future.

Today, we celebrate more than a continent.
We celebrate a legacy of resilience, innovation, knowledge, culture, and possibility.

Africa Day invites us to reflect on who we are, where we come from, and importantly — where we are going.

For too long, Africa has often been positioned at the margins of global conversations around higher education, research, mobility, and knowledge production. Yet across the continent, African institutions, scholars, students, and communities continue to shape solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
At IEASA, we believe the time has come not only to participate in global higher education conversations — but to lead them.

This year’s conference theme,
“REWRITING THE AGENDA: Internationalisation Through a Global South Lens,”
calls on us to critically rethink whose voices shape internationalisation, whose knowledge is valued, and how partnerships can become more equitable, reciprocal, and transformative.

As we celebrate Africa Day, we ask:

What would internationalisation look like if African perspectives, priorities, and lived realities were placed at the centre — rather than the periphery — of global higher education?

The future of international education cannot be built for Africa without being built with Africa.

Today, we honour our heritage while imagining bold, collaborative futures rooted in dignity, inclusion, and shared humanity.

🌍 One Africa. One Future.

🚨 REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE! 🚨

The wait is over — registration for the 28th Annual Conference of the International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) is officially OPEN!

📍 KuGompo City
📅 25–28 August 2026

✨ Theme: “Rewriting the Agenda: Internationalisation through a Global South Lens”

Join higher education leaders, internationalisation practitioners, academics, policymakers, and global partners for four days of bold conversations, meaningful collaboration, and transformative engagement.

This year’s conference promises:
🌍 Critical dialogue on the future of internationalisation
🎶 Vibrant cultural and musical contributions
🚶 A special conference walk along the East London promenade
🤝 Networking and partnership opportunities
💡 Innovative ideas shaped through a Global South perspective

Be part of the movement redefining international education from the South, for the world.

🎟️ Register now and secure your place!
https://lnkd.in/gpgNHG-a

GLOSOUTH Call for Participation - REMINDER

If you are an IEASA member and interested in participating in upcoming GLOSOUTH activities, please remember that the Call for Participation in Virtual Networking Sessions (April and May 2025) and a South African Mission to Colombia (July 2025) closes tomorrow, on 14 March 2025.

Do not miss out on this exciting opportunity!

GLOSOUTH Call for Participation

We are delighted to launch the GLOSOUTH Project Call for Participation in Virtual Networking Sessions (April and May 2025) and a South African Mission to Colombia (July 2025), implemented jointly by IEASA and RCI ASCUN to foster collaboration between higher education institutions in South Africa and Colombia.

Participation is open to IEASA members.

Apply online at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Dv1VOJouzE-VUoeKD-SgXUuaMXfPzE9GscE9zTO5lkpUMjBFQkhYNktXVlNDNVlGU0JMRlYxU0pYOC4u&route=shorturl.

The application deadline is 14 March 2025.

We are looking forward to receiving your submissions!

INVITATION: International Women's Day Webinar - REMINDER

Join us on 26 March 2025 at 3pm SAST for an inspirational webinar, hosted by IEASA in collaboration with HERS-SA (Higher Education Resource Services), to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025.

Our speaker, Dr. Phumzile Mmope, will deliver a talk on “Empowering Change: Accelerating Action for Women and Girls' Rights and Equality”.

Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn and empower!

Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScE9bQ1cx9-eeU0H3peZue1UFt7SJ0yqS3CWwtBAtOYorPh0A/viewform

GLOSOUTH WEBINAR - FINAL REMINDER

If you have not done so already, register for the fifth and final webinar in the GLOSOUTH series, co-hosted by IEASA and RCI ASCUN, and join us tomorrow, 12 March 2025 from 3pm SAST, to discuss "South-South cooperation in higher education: Good practices, challenges and opportunities", sharing perspectives from South Africa and Colombia.

Register via this link: https://renata.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdeigqzIqHdVj66XnnYGs82eCCpL2pbzA #/registration

Once you have completed the registration, you will receive a confirmation email with further details and the link to join the webinar.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

GLOSOUTH Webinar

We are pleased to invite you to the fifth and final webinar in the GLOSOUTH series, co-hosted by IEASA and RCI ASCUN.

Join us on 12 March 2025 from 3pm SAST, as we discuss "South-South cooperation in higher education: Good practices, challenges and opportunities", sharing perspectives from South Africa and Colombia.

Register via this link: https://renata.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdeigqzIqHdVj66XnnYGs82eCCpL2pbzA

Once you have completed the registration, you will receive a confirmation email with further details and the link to join the webinar.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Today we wrapped up the Canada-South Africa Partnership Mission with campus visits to four universities in the Western Cape.

The mission, which brought a delegation representing 15 Canadian universities, colleges and polytechnics to South Africa for one week (3-7 March 2025), was hosted by IEASA in partnership with the CBIE BCEI (Canadian Bureau for International Education) and the Trade Commissioner Service - Global Affairs Canada of Canada in South Africa.

We would like to thank our host institutions - University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), the University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch University - for extending a warm welcome to the Canadian delegation and for their time and commitment to discussing how we can strengthen existing collaborations and explore new partnerships.

We wish our Canadian visitors safe travels home, and we are looking forward to future engagements.