Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki. He also holds other positions in Canada, China, Luxemburg and Malaysia.Regis Machart is Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages at Universiti Putra Malaysia.

• Contents: Fred Dervin/Regis Machart: Introduction: Global Academic Mobility and Migration - Between Reality and Fantasy – Christof Van Mol: Why do Students Move? An Analysis of Mobility Determinants Among Italian Students – Magali Ballatore: The Erasmus Programme: Achievements, Inequalities and Prospects - An Overall Approach – Zhivka Deleva: The Dynamics of Brain-Drain and Brain-Gain: Depreciation of Foreign Diploma – Sarjiit Kaur: The Shifting of Boundaries of the Academic Profession in Malaysia: A Comparative Perspective – Anu Härkönen/Fred Dervin: «Talking Just About Learning Languages and Getting to Know Cultures is Something That’s Mentioned in Very Many Applications»: Student and Staff Imaginaries About Study Abroad – Nadine Normand-Marconnet: Inter-Campus Exchange as Specific Study Abroad in Australia, Malaysia and South Africa – Ain Nadzimah Abdullah/Swee Heng Chang/Suraya Amirrudin: Writing Challenges Faced by International Students in Academic Writing.