ACU Survey: Virtual Mobility

ACU Virtual Mobility & Exchange Survey

Covid-19 has had a transformative impact on universities globally, precipitating a great ‘pivot’ online. This has accelerated existing trends toward remote working, online delivery and digital collaboration, transforming internationalisation activities, including student exchange and study abroad. 

With public health measures limiting international travel, higher education institutions are experimenting with virtual mobility experiences, as a means of fostering international connections, and agility.

This short survey is intended to explore in greater detail current approaches to virtual mobility and exchange at ACU member institutions, in order to inform priorities for ACU support, exchange and advocacy. Responses will be reported on at aggregate level, and not attributed.

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* 1. Please provide your name

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* 2. Please provide your job title and institution

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* 3. Please provide your contact details

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* 4. Please tick the option which best describes the approach to virtual mobility/exchange at your institution

We are not currently offering virtual mobility/exchange opportunities to students, and have no plans to do so in future

We are not currently offering virtual mobility/exchange opportunities to students, but have plans to do so in future

We have developed virtual mobility/exchange opportunities as a response to Covid-19, but do not plan to continue these activities following the pandemic

We have developed virtual mobility/exchange opportunities as a response to Covid-19, and plan to embed this into our internationalisation strategy in future

We offered virtual mobility/exchange opportunities prior to the pandemic, and it is embedded as part of a wider approach to internationalisation

Other (please specify)

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* 5. If you are implementing or planning to implement virtual mobility activities, please provide an overview of the perceived benefits of virtual mobility/exchange below.

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* 6. Please provide an overview of the challenges associated with implementing virtual mobility, from your perspective (e.g. capacity, connectivity, staff/student engagement; support from leadership)

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* 7. Please provide an overview of how you have sought to support virtual mobility activities within your own institution, including any details of your approach to measuring its impact.

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* 8. How can the ACU most effectively support you in developing virtual mobility/exchange activities?

	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Neither helpful nor unhelpful	Unhelpful	Very unhelpful
By providing data and insight on approaches to virtual mobility at other ACU member institutions	By providing data and insight on approaches to virtual mobility at other ACU member institutions Very helpful	By providing data and insight on approaches to virtual mobility at other ACU member institutions Somewhat helpful	By providing data and insight on approaches to virtual mobility at other ACU member institutions Neither helpful nor unhelpful	By providing data and insight on approaches to virtual mobility at other ACU member institutions Unhelpful	By providing data and insight on approaches to virtual mobility at other ACU member institutions Very unhelpful
By providing a forum for exchange on strategy, implementation and evaluation	By providing a forum for exchange on strategy, implementation and evaluation Very helpful	By providing a forum for exchange on strategy, implementation and evaluation Somewhat helpful	By providing a forum for exchange on strategy, implementation and evaluation Neither helpful nor unhelpful	By providing a forum for exchange on strategy, implementation and evaluation Unhelpful	By providing a forum for exchange on strategy, implementation and evaluation Very unhelpful
By providing a forum for international partnership development	By providing a forum for international partnership development Very helpful	By providing a forum for international partnership development Somewhat helpful	By providing a forum for international partnership development Neither helpful nor unhelpful	By providing a forum for international partnership development Unhelpful	By providing a forum for international partnership development Very unhelpful
By acting as a champion for virtual mobility and/or the wider digitalisation agenda among university leaders and policy-makers	By acting as a champion for virtual mobility and/or the wider digitalisation agenda among university leaders and policy-makers Very helpful	By acting as a champion for virtual mobility and/or the wider digitalisation agenda among university leaders and policy-makers Somewhat helpful	By acting as a champion for virtual mobility and/or the wider digitalisation agenda among university leaders and policy-makers Neither helpful nor unhelpful	By acting as a champion for virtual mobility and/or the wider digitalisation agenda among university leaders and policy-makers Unhelpful	By acting as a champion for virtual mobility and/or the wider digitalisation agenda among university leaders and policy-makers Very unhelpful
By working with ACU members to deliver virtual mobility experiences to students	By working with ACU members to deliver virtual mobility experiences to students Very helpful	By working with ACU members to deliver virtual mobility experiences to students Somewhat helpful	By working with ACU members to deliver virtual mobility experiences to students Neither helpful nor unhelpful	By working with ACU members to deliver virtual mobility experiences to students Unhelpful	By working with ACU members to deliver virtual mobility experiences to students Very unhelpful

Other (please specify)