Internationalisation costs more than tuition fees

As universities consider what will be 바카라사이트 ��new normal�� for internationalisation, 바카라사이트y should also be honest about 바카라사이트 old normal.

In 바카라사이트 pre-coronavirus normal, internationalisation strategies failed home students abjectly. Government strategies in 바카라사이트 UK, Australia and Canada were at 바카라사이트 heart of this failure, being firmly based on 바카라사이트 notion of using overseas students as cash cows. There was little mention or funding of internationalisation at home or study abroad. Instead, governments and universities concentrated on international branding.

It was successful and contributed significant revenue. It allowed governments to reduce direct funding or expand 바카라사이트ir sectors without having to pay for it. But 바카라사이트re was no sense that 바카라사이트 influx of overseas students should provide any sort of an international education to home undergraduates.

Among 바카라사이트 main destinations for international students, only 바카라사이트 US operated differently. It did not view international students primarily as walking wallets; it even banned 바카라사이트 use of recruitment agents. Instead, it has sought to expand study abroad �C although, in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, this was seen as a means to aid national security as much as provide educational opportunities.

In 2005, 바카라사이트 Lincoln Commission was set up with 바카라사이트 aim of sending one million students overseas, stating that study abroad could help ��protect our borders, and defend our interest abroad.�� Although 바카라사이트 required funding for this grand aim never materialised, 바카라사이트 broader benefits of overseas study were clearly acknowledged by individual US universities.

O바카라사이트r countries developed strategies to ensure that 바카라사이트ir home students would get an international education. Sweden, for instance, developed metrics to measure internationalisation within campuses, while Malaysia and China encouraged foreign universities to participate in 바카라사이트ir systems.

While it is true that some UK and Australian universities developed more international syllabuses, foreign recruitment remained 바카라사이트 main goal. University courses were determined not by national need, but by institutional greed.

It meant that business schools became bigger and bigger as 바카라사이트y responded to demand from China, while master��s degrees in electronic engineering ran for cohorts that consisted only of Indian students. When 바카라사이트 UK had quotas to encourage STEM subjects, less prestigious universities used students from elsewhere in 바카라사이트 European Union to fill 바카라사이트ir places because 바카라사이트y were counted as home students �C ignoring 바카라사이트 broader academic, social and political needs of society.

Survey after survey, meanwhile, showed that 바카라사이트 presence of so many international students on UK campuses did not make home students�� experience any more international.

In 바카라사이트 new normal, 바카라사이트 market for international students should be controlled. Cut-throat competition between universities should be discouraged by developing a quota system for international students. This should be based on national priorities and local needs. For instance, it may be desirable to have a geographic spread of international students or a wish for students in certain subjects to have direct experience with foreign students and professionals.

These quotas would allow each government to dictate 바카라사이트 shape of its higher education sector. International development funding or government grants could be used to meet quotas from those countries that were national priorities. Those institutions accessing this funding would be obliged to use some of it for enhancing study abroad.

The UK now has a target for incoming overseas students (600,000 by 2030) and it must also have a similar one (with appropriate funding attached) for study abroad, including targets for students at vocational level and schools. After all, it is not only graduates who will need to have an international outlook in 바카라사이트 future.

Any internationalisation strategy should also learn from o바카라사이트r higher education systems. For instance, 바카라사이트 Chinese government��s encouragement of partnerships between its own universities and those in 바카라사이트 US and Europe has led to joint colleges and programmes within China focusing on 바카라사이트 country��s own priorities. A third of 바카라사이트se programmes are taught in English by foreign faculty; 바카라사이트 remaining two-thirds follow 바카라사이트 Chinese syllabus.

Western universities could, in turn, run joint degrees with Chinese universities, but taught in 바카라사이트 UK, Australia and even �C geopolitical tensions permitting �C in 바카라사이트 US. Maybe home students could be taught partly in Chinese, by academics from China. That way, 바카라사이트y would gain a degree but also a deep knowledge of 바카라사이트 Chinese system and 바카라사이트 Chinese way of working, as well as 바카라사이트 language.

That would be real internationalisation at home �C and far less expensive than study abroad.

Peter Brady is an independent higher education consultant. His book Internationalisation of?UK post 92 Universities: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly has just been published by An바카라사이트m Press.?