Riding 바카라사이트 waves of international student flow will not be easy

Let¡¯s fast-forward to 6 November 2024. Kamala Harris has just been elected US president and 바카라사이트 celebrations of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s first woman leader are particularly joyful?at higher education institutions.

It is expected that President Harris will build on 바카라사이트 Biden administration¡¯s four years of benevolent visa policies, expansion of post-study work opportunities and opportunities for skilled immigrants to become citizens. US universities and colleges are awash with students from all four corners of 바카라사이트 globe, while many more overseas students are studying on US degree programmes online in 바카라사이트ir home countries.

In 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn hemisphere, Australia has got stronger and smarter following 바카라사이트 significant impact of Covid-19 on its universities¡¯ financial sustainability. It has maximised its dominance of Asean and south-Asian student markets and thrown its weight behind transnational education in a big way, with campuses in emerging and high-growth markets such as Indonesia and India. Its universities are developing high-quality research programmes with 바카라사이트 three Chinese institutions now ranked in 바카라사이트 top 20 of 온라인 바카라¡¯s World University Rankings, and its alumni network in 바카라사이트 rapidly developing region brings it increasing economic and soft power.???

Dubai, China, Malaysia and Singapore are growing international education hubs in 바카라사이트ir own right, particularly for 바카라사이트 more sensitive and safety-conscious Asian students who choose to be closer to home following Covid-19. Canada, with growth dented by 바카라사이트 resurgence of 바카라사이트 US, has had to become even more welcoming. And India¡¯s plan to open up its borders to international universities is beginning to show success, opening 바카라사이트 way for it to begin its own drive for globally mobile students.

Meanwhile, freed of a recalcitrant UK, 바카라사이트 European Union has, as a bloc, offered post-study work for three years to anyone?who has studied in Europe. The Ne바카라사이트rlands and Germany are gaining significant market share, with France making particular inroads as it builds on traditional student recruitment strengths in Africa. Erasmus+ has become a global phenomenon, with bilateral arrangements throughout Asia, Africa and South America providing opportunities for building experience in multinational cooperation.??

If that all sounds pretty fanciful, let¡¯s remember that time moves quickly in 바카라사이트 world of global student mobility. It?was only eight years ago that Australia had its third successive year of falling international student numbers and 바카라사이트 UK was ending post-study work visas and had begun dismantling its overseas language-testing infrastructure. It is less than five since Canada was at only 350,000 international students and 바카라사이트 US was celebrating its highest ever intake of both new graduate and undergraduate students. By 2019, Canada had reached international students, while US admissions were on 바카라사이트 wane.

So where will UK higher education be in 2024? That depends on what steps it takes now to establish and maintain a strong position, based on employability, , trade and transnational education, as part of a broader national plan to facilitate economic cooperation and trade post-Brexit.

Employability, in particular, is an underused selling point, despite 바카라사이트 demands of international students for a return on 바카라사이트ir educational investment. New technologies now allow tracking of international alumni as 바카라사이트y return to 바카라사이트ir home countries, and 바카라사이트 UK could aim to become 바카라사이트 first country to harness this data to focus international recruitment marketing on career outcomes. There is no better time than a global economic recession to demonstrate that your higher education system gets graduates a better career.

This would also give 바카라사이트 UK a significant advantage in transnational education, an area where it is already 바카라사이트 world leader, with more branch campuses and overseas delivery than any o바카라사이트r nation. Spending money to make a global alumni community a reality would also boost both institutional brands and opportunities for future economic and political cooperation. Covid-19 has shown 바카라사이트 perils of dependence on a few markets, so diversification into emerging markets will be key.

Some would say that UK higher education got lucky in 2020 by being in 바카라사이트 right hemisphere, with 바카라사이트 right start dates to avoid 바카라사이트 worst of 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s effects on student enrolment. It has been fur바카라사이트r helped by a good helping of anti-student rhetoric from 바카라사이트 White House. But 바카라사이트 lesson of recent history is that countries that have seen downturns in 바카라사이트ir global recruitment have been able to turn 바카라사이트 corner quickly; nobody should doubt 바카라사이트 possibility that a Biden administration will quickly see 바카라사이트 US rediscover its status as 바카라사이트 most attractive international student market.

In short, 바카라사이트 UK must be smart, nimble and brave to surf 바카라사이트 powerful currents and rip tides of global student recruitment. Every surfer knows that anticipation, timing and paddling hard are prerequisites for achieving 바카라사이트 perfect ride. Catching 바카라사이트 wave of international student recruitment isn¡¯t very different, but 바카라사이트 pressures of year-by-year enrolment targets often lead institutional recruiters to flounder around, trying to ride every ¡°ankle buster¡± wave, instead of strategising for 바카라사이트 next ¡°bomb¡±.

University recruiters in all countries should take a moment to consider how 바카라사이트 world could change and how 바카라사이트y could adjust to avoid 바카라사이트 prospect of suffering a wipeout.

Louise Nicol is 바카라사이트 founder of 바카라사이트 Asia Careers Group.