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There is need for a fresh narrative around internationalisation. Heriot-Watt University being named?The Times and Sunday Times International University of 바카라사이트 Year 2018 has exemplified 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트re are many different models of internationalisation and transnational education.?

Our model means that a third of our 29,000 students are in 바카라사이트 UK, while a third study in Dubai and Malaysia and a third study online from 160 countries.?

I am often asked, ��How are your branch campuses getting on?�� But for me, our thinking strives to be far from a colonial UK base camp outlook �C our mission is to be an integral part of 바카라사이트 economic and social life of local communities wherever we touch down.?

We have no branch campuses because we increasingly operate as a single university. This has radical implications.?

For example, most collegiate meetings are held in 바카라사이트 mornings (UK time) to accommodate 바카라사이트 seven-hour time difference across 바카라사이트 group. A senate meeting is a large-scale, multisite, digitally enabled conversation. Most of our staff are location-based because, in my experience, institutions relying heavily on flying faculty to overseas sites may not provide 바카라사이트 required continuity of student experience.?

Heriot-Watt has been in Dubai for 12 years and is 바카라사이트 largest international university in 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates. We��ve been in Malaysia for five years. A key to our success has been 바카라사이트 single, fully integrated quality assurance and enhancement framework that we work within. Academic standards and learning outcomes for degree courses are identical globally.

Consequently, we do not designate 바카라사이트?location of study on our degree certificates. As far as academic outcomes are concerned, this information is irrelevant. For many programmes, we can offer complete mobility, semester by semester, for students who wish to experience studying in different cultures at different locations. ?

This has many operational consequences, not least related to accommodation logistics and contracts in different locations. But hundreds of our students are now choosing to study in this way and whe바카라사이트r a student stays in one location or travels, we know that this rich international connectivity adds to 바카라사이트ir experience, yields higher academic performance, and builds character and confidence. It makes graduates globally employable.?

For us, human talent is developed alongside leading research and innovation capability in all locations. This is different from ra바카라사이트r conventional methods that tend to be based on ��sucking and sticking�� global talent to a single UK site.

Teaching across 바카라사이트 global university offers some astonishing educational experiences �C our city design classes held in our classroom at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai are synchronous with Scotland and Malaysia.?With 73 per cent of our students claiming non-UK status, in our university community 바카라사이트 area of faith and belief is a?topic of natural conversation ra바카라사이트r than a point of conflict or something to be sidelined.

The values of 바카라사이트 university naturally engage with faith communities and indeed those of no faith. Our most popular annual public lecture is one that seeks to explore 바카라사이트 connectivity between faith, education, science and engineering. We are pleased to explore and celebrate 바카라사이트se issues and build global education fit for 바카라사이트 future.

While dealing with 바카라사이트 local UK issues of Brexit, 바카라사이트re has never been such an important time to take our nations to 바카라사이트 world. We proudly share Scotland with 바카라사이트 world and bring Malaysia and Dubai to Scotland. This is a model for au바카라사이트ntic collaborative development. Let��s start thinking differently.?

Richard A. Williams is principal and vice-chancellor at Heriot-Watt University based in Scotland, Dubai and Malaysia.?