Bobby Mehta PVC Global Engagement, University of Portsmouth, tells us how his international education journey started on the clearing hotlines, an experience that eventually led him to support the international office in packing and sending boxes to British Council's fairs around the world.

Bobby shares his views on how the work of international offices has changed over the years with the advancement if technology, and reflects on both current challenges for in-bound and out-bound student mobility associated with today’s unstable policy environment, and the growing opportunities for TNE as a broader range of developing countries are facing capacity shortages and are looking at ways to strengthen the quality and internationalise their HE sector. Bobby also shares the memorable experience of being given the opportunity to give back to the sector as Chair of the British Universities' International Liaison Association (BUILA).