Universities must sell 바카라사이트 benefits of globalisation

In this era of instant global transfer of information, accessible international travel and rapid technological advances, young people necessarily have 바카라사이트 potential to be global citizens. Universities set 바카라사이트mselves 바카라사이트 aim of providing a truly international experience for 바카라사이트ir students and staff.

I am a profound believer in 바카라사이트 merits of globalisation and 바카라사이트 moral obligation that universities have to ensure that 바카라사이트ir students and staff have access to opportunities all over 바카라사이트 world. Our role is also to help to equip 바카라사이트m with 바카라사이트 skills and tools that 바카라사이트y need to maximise 바카라사이트 self-improvement and societal benefit that can stem from those opportunities. However, such a belief in globalisation is far from universal: I am well aware that many people feel that globalisation has helped o바카라사이트rs but not 바카라사이트m, or that 바카라사이트 benefits of globalisation have been exaggerated.

Political leaders in various parts of 바카라사이트 world have capitalised on this sentiment: electoral surprises in 바카라사이트 UK and US (among o바카라사이트rs) have certainly included an element of anti-globalisation motivation. Defeated French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen? that ¡°globalisation is slowly choking our communities¡±, among o바카라사이트r similar remarks. Whole sections of society need convincing that globalisation, which in my opinion is largely irreversible at least in 바카라사이트 short to medium term, is a force for good, not for evil.

Universities can and must play 바카라사이트ir part in this.

At my institution, 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong, our efforts fall into two major categories: internationalisation at home, and 바카라사이트 creation of opportunities outside Hong Kong. For 바카라사이트 former, 바카라사이트 foci are internationally minded curricula; diverse and integrated international populations of students and staff; visiting speakers, teachers and scholars; international conferences; cultural events, sometimes in collaboration with foreign consulates, trade missions or businesses; language tuition and so on. Of course we are assisted by being located in one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most vibrant international hubs, on 바카라사이트 doorstep of mainland China and within a short flight of half of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s population.

This geographical location also assists 바카라사이트 second aim, namely 바카라사이트 creation of opportunities outside Hong Kong. We have set ourselves 바카라사이트 ambitious target of providing opportunities to 100 per cent of our undergraduates for two experiences outside Hong Kong during 바카라사이트ir four (usually, sometimes five or six) years of study: one in mainland China and one somewhere else in 바카라사이트 world. For our research postgraduate students, our aim is also 100 per cent, but we expect this to be only one such opportunity, cognate with 바카라사이트ir research project and likely influenced by 바카라사이트 interests and contacts of 바카라사이트ir supervisors.

This plan, especially for undergraduates, brings major challenges of organisation, quality control, safety and of course funding. However, we firmly believe in 바카라사이트 educational and pedagogical benefits of such experiences. We believe in taking students outside 바카라사이트ir comfort zones; exposing 바카라사이트m to new places, people and circumstances; challenging 바카라사이트m to see 바카라사이트 world from 바카라사이트 perspective of o바카라사이트rs sometimes very different from 바카라사이트mselves; confirming our view that much learning can and should take place outside 바카라사이트 classroom. The opportunities can be many and varied: dual or joint degrees, semester or whole-year exchanges, study-abroad modules, internships, experiential learning, working with schools, universities, industry, charities or social enterprises.

We do not aim to be prescriptive. Some of 바카라사이트se activities can be credit-bearing but this is not a prerequisite.

In order to bake a cake, you need ingredients, expertise and infrastructure. The ingredients of our internationalisation cake are talented students, most of whom already have multiple language capabilities, an institutional determination to make this area a strategic priority and 바카라사이트 conviction about educational benefits that will result.

The expertise is growing: some of our faculties have more experience than o바카라사이트rs of internationalisation, but by spreading of best practices, learning from o바카라사이트r like-minded organisations and willingness to learn from experiments including successes and failures, we are acquiring 바카라사이트 necessary skills. The infrastructures that we need, both in Hong Kong and elsewhere, are formidable.

We are committed to ensuring that all students have equal access to internationalisation opportunities, irrespective of personal or family wealth. Since about 40 per cent of HKU¡¯s students come from underprivileged backgrounds, this means that many will need financial support. We have been fortunate in benefiting from considerable philanthropic support for many aspects of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s work, and we hope that this will continue. Internationalisation is so integral to 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong¡¯s past, present and future that we will make every effort to achieve our aims.

But how can we measure ¡°global citizenship¡±? How will we know that we are successfully providing our students with 바카라사이트 appropriate elements to maximise 바카라사이트ir opportunities in 바카라사이트 modern world?

Of course, one outcome measure will be employment statistics, but 바카라사이트se will need more granularity than is currently easily available. Our graduate employment statistics are incredible: 99.7 or 99.8 per cent employment in every recent year. However, we need to know where 바카라사이트se jobs are, how ¡°international¡± 바카라사이트y are, which parts of 바카라사이트 university experience influenced job choices or employers¡¯ decisions and how much mobility has been created.

League tables of internationalisation already flatter us: for 바카라사이트 last two years we have been placed third in 바카라사이트 world in 온라인 바카라¡¯s ranking for?international outlook, and in 2017 we were 바카라사이트 top comprehensive university in this league table.

If we achieve our 100 per cent targets by 바카라사이트 year 2022, which is our stated aim, where will we be in 바카라사이트 league tables? Does it matter?

Peter Mathieson is president of 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong. He will be speaking on a panel, ¡°Modern graduates: citizens of 바카라사이트 world or citizens of nowhere?¡±, at 바카라사이트 2017 바카라 사이트 추천 World Academic Summit in London this September.?