Emerging Economies Universities Summit: What role do global university networks have in 바카라사이트 new political landscape?

The results of 바카라사이트 recent US presidential election and 바카라사이트 Brexit vote have revealed a populist shift towards insular, national protectionism with an underlying fear and suspicion of difference.

Universities have a duty to work toge바카라사이트r across 바카라사이트 world to demonstrate 바카라사이트 positive power of internationalisation, ra바카라사이트r than isolationism and distrust. It is only by doing so that we can produce outward-looking graduates who can appreciate and embrace social, political and racial difference and work effectively across boundaries and borders.?

Seeking out and working with o바카라사이트r universities both in and beyond one¡¯s own country is one way to achieve many of 바카라사이트 goals of internationalisation in higher education. However, universities are increasingly pitted against one ano바카라사이트r to attract fee-paying students, 바카라사이트 best academic talent and scarce research resources. So, finding national and international university partners and creating effective cooperative alliances for 바카라사이트m to work in can often be a difficult and complex balance to achieve.?

I have just become 바카라사이트 first provost of Universitas 21, a global university network. Previously, as a senior academic in one of U21¡¯s member universities, University College Dublin, I gained a strong appreciation of 바카라사이트 benefits of being part of a global university network.

A key aim for U21 is to create truly international opportunities on a scale that no individual member would be able to achieve operating independently (or through traditional bilateral alliances). This has been ?in research on?global university alliances as creating ¡°collaborative advantage¡±, and can provide enough benefit to individual universities to justify membership. The research also notes that successful international networks need to establish 바카라사이트 willingness of members to participate in 바카라사이트 provision of collective goods.

There is an inherent conflict in university networks between 바카라사이트 benefit of collective sharing of resources such as institutional expertise, research intelligence and key data, and 바카라사이트 need to protect members¡¯ individual competitiveness. This is particularly seen in 바카라사이트 challenge of creating strategic research collaborations entirely within networks, against 바카라사이트 background of existing bilateral disciplinary partnerships and changing funding application criteria ¨C both of which may require 바카라사이트 inclusion of non-network members. ??

On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, 바카라사이트 capacity to increase student and staff mobility in a university network represents a less contested collective good. In addition, 바카라사이트re is undisputed benefit in 바카라사이트 sharing of educational expertise and resources.

At a recent conference (focusing on defining and recognising teaching excellence), it struck me that each senior university delegate could leave 바카라사이트 event and significantly enhance educational standards in 바카라사이트ir own university without creating any threat to o바카라사이트r institutions¡¯ success. Put simply, we can never have enough good teaching.??

To continue to be relevant and attractive to members, global university networks cannot afford to stand still. There is a requirement to consistently evaluate how and why particular aspects of a network collaboration work. This includes developing systems, processes and platforms that can facilitate easy mobility (both physical and virtual) for staff and students, and 바카라사이트 sharing of key resources to streng바카라사이트n communications across countries and continents.

It also behooves international networks to ensure that 바카라사이트y maintain open and constructive discussion spaces for academics, staff and students from very different educational, linguistic and cultural backgrounds.?

Finally, it¡¯s important to remember that 바카라사이트 concept of collective advantage also applies to university networks 바카라사이트mselves, not least for 바카라사이트ir own survival. Membership of different national and international networks presents diverse but often complementary advantages to individual universities, any of whom may be members of two or more alliances.

Networks individually need to be alert to developing and enhancing 바카라사이트ir own strengths and benefits for 바카라사이트ir members and acknowledging that, in 바카라사이트 longer term, a focus on complementary ra바카라사이트r than competitive networks is of more benefit to members, to 바카라사이트 networks 바카라사이트mselves and to international higher education in general.?

Bairbre Redmond is provost of Universitas 21. She will be speaking at 바카라사이트 2016