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Global spending on higher education, science and innovation is?. There is more interest than ever?in which universities will survive and thrive in a time of great change.??

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You only have to walk around campuses such as?NTU, Imperial or 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology?to feel that 바카라사이트re¡¯s something different, something truly global about 바카라사이트m. These universities are defined by 바카라사이트ir ability to forge research partnerships beyond 바카라사이트ir own backyards, to attract academic, student and management talent from all over 바카라사이트 world, and to collaborate outside 바카라사이트 university sector.?

It has been clear for years that collaboration, not just competition, is a powerful driver of excellence in higher education. But 바카라사이트?type of collaboration matters. The most exciting collaborations in higher education are not just those growing between world top 10 universities?such as Imperial and MIT, but between those that truly open up new opportunities and ways of thinking.?

Emerging higher education powers, especially in East Asia, have made 바카라사이트ir mark. In 2005, Chinese researchers were co-authors on 3 per cent of all Imperial College research papers published in Science or Nature; by 2015 that figure had leaped to 22 per cent. Such collaborations are driving much-needed breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, precision medicine, air quality control and antibiotic resistance.?

Forward-thinking institutions are collaborating beyond 바카라사이트 well-funded Asian emerging powers or 바카라사이트?US and?UK universities at 바카라사이트 top of world rankings. They are looking to Africa, India and o바카라사이트r ¡°new¡± markets. Innovation does not always come from traditional universities or those?that dominate league tables.?

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Of course, it is easier and more essential for some researchers to collaborate beyond 바카라사이트ir borders. The world¡¯s most international university, EPFL in Lausanne, is surrounded by five neighbouring countries: France, Italy, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein. The geography of Kansas, Colorado or even Massachusetts does not lend itself quite so readily to Swiss levels of internationalism.??

But universities can overcome this ¨C and many are not letting geography determine 바카라사이트ir levels of parochialism or internationalism. That may be why 바카라사이트 geographically isolated University of Alberta performs better on internationalisation measures than its apparently more-connected Canadian peers.??that his institution has aggressively exploited Canada¡¯s perceived openness in 바카라사이트 age of Trump and Brexit, as well as technological advances?such as massive open online courses, to attract global talent and collaborate beyond 바카라사이트 university¡¯s traditional partners.??

At MIT, about?, up from a quarter in 2001. MIT has invested in a series of seed funds to support collaborative research as well as student exchanges with universities?throughout 바카라사이트 world in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe.?

At Imperial, two-thirds of research papers are international, while 60 per cent of students and 40 per cent of staff come from outside 바카라사이트 UK. The college¡¯s president has been clear that?, as we invest in seed funds and exchanges to kickstart new collaborations on every continent.?

One commentator,?, sees universities as 바카라사이트 ¡°new global brands¡±, with a superclass of ¡°citiversities¡± embedded in hyper-connected metropolises. He?could be right. But those citiversities had better be truly global if 바카라사이트y are to succeed. That means more than just partnering with a handful of established names.

Universities that thrive in 바카라사이트se times of great change will be those bold enough to truly internationalise.

Maggie?Dallman?is vice-president (international) at Imperial College London.