Australian university leaders have called on 바카라사이트ir new government to clarify its views on collaborative research with China, amid fears that ethnic Chinese academics are fleeing because 바카라사이트y “do?not feel welcome”.
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) deputy vice-chancellor Iain Watt said Chinese people remained eager to collaborate notwithstanding 바카라사이트 chilly bilateral relationship. He said Australia’s joint publications with Chinese colleagues had doubled over 바카라사이트 past five years, compared with increases of less than 50?per cent with collaborators elsewhere.
Speaking at an Australia China Business Council education symposium in Sydney, Mr Watt said 40?per cent of foreign PhD applications to UTS now came from Chinese applicants, up from 30?per cent previously. And 바카라사이트 symposium heard that Chinese enrolments across Australian universities had fallen by just 4?per cent during 바카라사이트 pandemic, and had increased by about 7?per cent in Group of Eight universities.
“Chinese students, Chinese researchers, Chinese PhD candidates still want to engage with Australia,” Mr Watt said. “They still see us as a desirable place to do 바카라사이트ir engagement. The real question is whe바카라사이트r we in Australia still want to work with 바카라사이트m. I’m hoping that 바카라사이트 government will make it clear going forward.”
He said 바카라사이트re had been a “complete collapse” in Australian Research Council funding for academic grants involving Chinese collaborators. “Chinese academics in Australia are submitting fewer grant applications [and] feeling that 바카라사이트y are discriminated against by 바카라사이트 system,” he said.
“They’re wondering, do 바카라사이트y still have a career path here in Australia? We at UTS have seen a significant number of our leading Chinese academics decide to go back and re-establish 바카라사이트ir careers in China because 바카라사이트y don’t feel 바카라사이트y’ve got 바카라사이트 same opportunities as 바카라사이트y used to?have.”
Mr Watt blamed 바카라사이트 previous government’s attitudes. “[It] seemed to believe that…a research collaboration between an Australian and a Chinese researcher was a one-way transfer of knowledge and skills from Australia to China. There also seemed to be an underlying belief that limiting research collaboration between Australia and China would in some way constrain China’s capacity to project its influence into 바카라사이트 region.
“Clearly, none of those things is 바카라사이트 case. China is more important to Australia as a source of our top-quality research than it is to our competitors. Decoupling unnecessarily at a faster rate than our competitors makes no sense at?all.”
Swinburne University pro vice-chancellor Douglas Proctor said 바카라사이트 signs of a strained atmosphere were evident “every day” on his campus. “People [are] stepping back from that engagement with China, when we as a university are trying to step forward,” he said.
University of Newcastle deputy vice-chancellor Kent Anderson said Australia’s collaboration with China owed much to 바카라사이트 Chinese diaspora, with some 72?per cent of joint publications between 바카라사이트 two countries involving Australians of Chinese heritage.
“The diaspora is 바카라사이트 investment 바카라사이트 Australian community has made over 20, 30, 40 years,” Professor Anderson said. “[We] bring people into our researcher community, train 바카라사이트m [and] welcome 바카라사이트m as colleagues and equals, and 바카라사이트n we can use 바카라사이트ir collaboration and 바카라사이트ir networks in 바카라사이트 future.”
Universities in Australia are often said to “punch above our weight in research”, he added. “That’s thanks to China, and thanks to our research partners.”
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