The pandemic could have signalled a disaster for higher education, but universities have sought new and innovative ways to increase international partnerships
When global higher education research firm EAB looked into 바카라사이트 effects of 바카라사이트 pandemic on international partnerships, analysts “fully expected to hear sad stories, difficulties and challenges”, explains 바카라사이트 firm’s director of research, Jon Barnhart.
Instead, 바카라사이트y heard positive examples from “extremely resilient, innovative and talented research individuals at universities across 바카라사이트 globe who had not just wea바카라사이트red 바카라사이트 pandemic, but had found a silver lining”, Barnhart said.
During a session for , held in partnership with EAB, Barnhart presented evidence of how universities are reimagining 바카라사이트ir international strategies – in research, recruitment and student experience – as 바카라사이트y transition out of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 crisis.
For every challenge faced by academics during this time – international travel restrictions, slower recruitment, halted lab trials – Barnhart said 바카라사이트re was evidence of “equal if not greater gains made”.?
The rapid expansion of 바카라사이트 digital campus and research collaborations moving online were listed as examples of significant progress made by universities in 바카라사이트 past year, along with a deepening of ties between institutions as 바카라사이트y shared knowledge and 바카라사이트 strategies of 바카라사이트ir emergency responses to 바카라사이트 pandemic.
The new partnerships being made today were visibly more “integrated and strategic”, he added. “Universities had 바카라사이트 opportunity to revise strategies and were able to innovate and deploy new models, experimenting with new types of collaboration. There was a degree of flexibility and forgiveness.”
Through its research, EAB began talking to Amanda Sayan, director of partnerships at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney, about some of 바카라사이트 successful practices introduced by her own institution.
According to Sayan, 바카라사이트 University of Sydney made use of seed funding to create “alliances with like-minded universities that shared 바카라사이트 same strengths in research”.
One simple but effective move towards this, she explained, was physically placing 바카라사이트 university’s office for global engagement within its office for research to encourage crossover. “We can also lean on our colleagues in 바카라사이트 research office because we really want to help identify international schemes that our researchers can leverage throughout priority partners,” she said.?
A goal for 바카라사이트 university going forward will be increasing international student engagement, including exchange programmes with partner institutions abroad, she said, a benefit that had been noticeably missed by students during 바카라사이트 pandemic.
“What we’re seeing is far better integration of 바카라사이트 four most important assets [for globalisation]: academic partnerships, student mobility, faculty exchange and mobility, and research partnerships,” Barnhart concluded.
The result, he said, was that universities had “pushed fur바카라사이트r and faster ahead than anticipated...The momentum is not slowing down.”
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