This is a new exchange partnership between University of Hertfordshire (UH) and Al Akhawayn University (AUI). The project objective was to advance internationalisation at both partners through student and staff international learning opportunities. For UH this was its first partnership in north Africa and for AUI it represented an opportunity to increase cooperation with the UK. Both partners saw staff mobility as being integral to internationalisation and to the project.Student and staff mobility has been completed, but not to the extent planned. In qualitative terms, the project has been highly successful with all participants recording a very high level of overall satisfaction. In student mobility, eight AUI students exchanged at UH, but disappointingly no UH students exchanged to AUI. In staff terms, mobility has taken place in both directions which has led to a sharing of good practice in learning and teaching, quality assurance and student recruitment, as well as study abroad administration. The project has also led to the setting up of a successor exchange agreement and the potential for research collaboration.