Researchers are testing the efficacy of Collaborative Online International Learning as a means to internationalise curricula and teach intercultural competence.

Whether the rapid expansion of virtual exchange seen during the previous years will be sustained beyond the pandemic is in question, a report has suggested.

The ACU has revealed 50 students from 10 member institutions will take part in the inaugural Commonwealth Virtual Exchange program.

A report has measured the use of virtual exchange over the past year, with 70% of respondents indicating they had increased programming due to Covid-19.

Study tour provider IndoGenius has launched two new virtual courses aiming to prepare Australian graduates for career readiness in the 'Indian century'.

The Stevens Initiative has announced 18 grants for virtual exchange programs to ensure students can develop cross-cultural skills during the pandemic.

Access to education is a foremost priority for the ESU, and is an objective that governments across the continent must focus on while making funding for universities sustainable, the group has said in its 2019 policy document.

US virtual exchange facilitator, the Stevens Initiative, has granted an additional round of funding to nonprofit Soliya, which it says will connect students in the US, Middle East, and North Africa.