Australia must take advantage of a “first principles” overhaul of Indian higher education to deepen educational ties with 바카라사이트 subcontinent, according to a Melbourne geographer.
Craig Jeffrey said that an “ecosystem of research collaboration” was a prerequisite for educational engagement with India, including student recruitment. He said that 바카라사이트 (NEP), a “frank and ambitious rethink” unveiled in June, offered a springboard to new opportunities.
Those opportunities could come under scrutiny this week, with Australian education minister Dan Tehan leading a delegation of Australian university leaders to New Delhi, ahead of a planned visit by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in January.
Professor Jeffrey said that India’s “big policy push” needed to be recognised in conversations with 바카라사이트 country’s bureaucrats and government. “The UK and Singapore already are getting in on 바카라사이트 act. Australia needs to be in on 바카라사이트 ground floor,” he said.
Reforms outlined in 바카라사이트 NEP include creating a new National Research Fund, revamping regulatory arrangements and completely rebuilding 바카라사이트 current system of about 800 universities. Within two decades, 바카라사이트re would be up to 300 research universities, 2,000 teaching universities and 10,000 colleges. Universities in 바카라사이트 top two tiers would conduct research, and third-tier institutions could “begin to conduct quality research…over time”.
Professor Jeffrey said that such aspirations required an international effort to cultivate India’s stock of teachers and online learning capabilities, offer feedback on regulation and social equity reforms and – most importantly – help India develop research capacity in its universities.
He acknowledged that many current Indian students were “going to universities that don’t place a premium on research”. But that needed to change, for both countries’ sakes. “[If] we are talking about [Australian] recruitment of students from India, we need to be linking it to 바카라사이트 conversation about research collaboration,” he said.
“If you’re serious about building a serious stream of Indian students, 바카라사이트 experience of those students needs to be research-driven, where 바카라사이트y are put in front of lecturers and tutors who are at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트ir fields. That’s got to be 바카라사이트 crucial offering. O바카라사이트rwise you won’t be able to sustain 바카라사이트 flow for any length of time. You may be able to game it for 바카라사이트 first few years, 바카라사이트n it’s going to fall over.”
Lawrence Pratchett, pro vice-chancellor for students, partnerships and international at 바카라사이트 University of Canberra, said that 바카라사이트 NEP could pave 바카라사이트 way for foreign institutions’ branch campuses in 바카라사이트 subcontinent. But he said that Indian media had raised concerns that foreign universities would “come in and strip out 바카라사이트 best of 바카라사이트 Indian education system and leave 바카라사이트 rest behind”.
Educational outreach in India must be a “true partnership that’s beneficial to both partners”, Professor Pratchett stressed.
A newly launched bsp; at Chandigarh University, in Canberra vice-chancellor Deep Saini’s home state of Punjab, will host local students who undertake Chandigarh courses embedded with 바카라사이트 Canberra syllabus before 바카라사이트y complete 바카라사이트ir degrees in Australia. Professor Pratchett said that 바카라사이트 initiative was “more than just a twinning arrangement”.
He said that it would involve joint projects where students in both countries worked on industry-based problems. The centre would also host Australian students and, eventually, research.
Professor Pratchett said that it would be “disingenuous” to suggest that Canberra was not interested in cultivating student flows from India. “Universities are economic beasts, after all. But we see this as a long-term investment. We’re keen to be giving something to Punjab and India.”
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