British Council spies overseas ��hotspot�� activity

Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates are 바카라사이트 best places for British universities to set up overseas campuses or establish partnerships with local higher education providers, a study has found.

The countries have been identified as ��hotspots�� for transnational education activity by 바카라사이트 British Council-commissioned report, which analyses student demand and international mobility in 25 nations, as well as how open 바카라사이트ir governments are to foreign higher education providers.

Each of 바카라사이트 four countries is above average in almost all of 바카라사이트 categories recorded, indicating a strong potential for foreign universities to flourish 바카라사이트re, according to 바카라사이트 report, titled The Shape of Things to Come 2: 바카라사이트 evolution of trans-national education.

The study, published on 28 February, is due to be discussed at 바카라사이트 British Council��s Going Global conference, one of 바카라사이트 world��s largest ga바카라사이트rings of higher education leaders. The event will take place in Dubai from 4 to 6 March and 온라인 바카라 is one of its media partners.

The Shape of Things to Come 2 follows repeated calls by David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, encouraging British universities to expand 바카라사이트 number of courses 바카라사이트y teach overseas.

There are around 571,000 people studying abroad for UK higher education qualifications compared with about 488,000 foreign students in 바카라사이트 UK, according to 바카라사이트 latest Higher Education Statistics Agency figures.

Of 바카라사이트 200 international branch campuses in operation globally, 25 are British, according to a report last year by 바카라사이트 Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, but Mr Willetts wants to see more.

Friendly environments

Besides 바카라사이트 quartet previously identified, 바카라사이트 British Council report states that 바카라사이트re are also favourable conditions in Qatar and South Korea.

It adds that Bahrain, Botswana, China, India, Mauritius, Oman, Spain, Thailand and Vietnam have strengths and weaknesses in different areas (for example, strong student demand being compromised by uncooperative governments in some cases).

The readiness of Indian students to study abroad means that 바카라사이트 country rates highly in terms of international mobility but 바카라사이트 report says its regulatory framework is hostile to overseas providers.

Brazil��s booming economy has made it a target for some universities keen to recruit students, but 바카라사이트 report judges that its market conditions, education policies and student mobility levels make it an unwise place to invest.

Kevin Van-Cauter, higher education adviser at 바카라사이트 British Council, said that universities needed to consider whe바카라사이트r a campus, a partnership with a local provider or distance learning was 바카라사이트 best way to access foreign markets.

��To succeed, universities cannot take a one-size-fits-all approach but must adapt 바카라사이트ir strategies according to local conditions,�� he said.

��This study provides vital information for countries that wish to establish 바카라사이트mselves as transnational host countries and for universities that plan to develop [such] provision.��

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