Over 4,300 international education professionals from across the globe gathered recently in Dublin to exchange knowledge and make contacts at the annual conference of the European Association for International Education (EAIE). The four-day event in the Dublin Convention Centre took place from September 11 to 14, and focused on the highly relevant theme “Rethinking Education, Reshaping Economies”.

Along with a host of workshops and sessions focussing on all elements of the internationalisation of education, there were inspiring talks from keynote speakers Caroline Casey and – in particular – Indian scholar Sugata Mitra, who had the gumption to tell an auditorium full of third-level educators that the days of universities were numbered.

It was not all work and no play for participants, however: there was time to enjoy what Dublin had to offer, with a dinner/dance at the Guinness Storehouse, whiskey tasting at the Jameson Distillery, and the Literary Pub Crawl all part of the busy social schedule.