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The University of Bahrain was commissioned by the British Council in 2018 to participate in a global study entitled “The Shape of Global Higher Education”. The main objective of this study is to measure government support for international higher education engagement and to identify the policy areas where collaborations mostly needed worldwide. The study is mainly built upon a National Policies Framework, which consists of three main categories: 1) openness of education systems, 2) quality assurance and degree recognition, and 3) equitable access and sustainable development. The UOB was responsible for running all the phases of the research/study; starting data collection, analysis, interpretation and comparisons across seven studied countries (namely; Mauritius, Uganda, Argentina, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria).Out of the seven studied countries, two countries, namely; South Africa and Mauritius, were having the most supportive international higher education (IHE) policies. Among the other remarkable findings were: 1) general level of expenditure by government on international research collaboration is relatively low across all studied countries, 2) both inbound/outbound mobility of students and academics is a major challenge due to economic conditions, 3) significant improvement is still required in the area of opening up the local labour market for international graduates.
