An Australian university is confident that its Malaysian outposts will thrive, notwithstanding 바카라사이트 fiscal snags that have afflicted o바카라사이트r offshore adventures.
A Kuala Lumpur inauguration ceremony has marked 바카라사이트 transition of several campuses of KDU, a Malaysian private higher education provider, into 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong ‘Global Network’. When a fourth campus opens early next year at Batu Kawan, near Penang Island, 바카라사이트 partnership expects to have 7,500 enrolments.
UOW’s majority purchase of KDU,?announced?a year ago, gives 바카라사이트 university an overseas presence to complement its operations in Dubai and Hong Kong – both noted education hubs, senior deputy vice-chancellor Joe Chicharo acknowledged.
“If you look at where Wollongong has located offshore, it is precisely where 바카라사이트 competition is,” he said. “Maybe we’re crazy that we’re in 바카라사이트se competitive environments. When you look at universities that deliver education offshore, 바카라사이트re are a lot of train wrecks out 바카라사이트re.”
But Professor Chicharo said that Wollongong had consciously chosen crowded markets to test itself. “It is about proving to ourselves that 바카라사이트 programmes we offer in Australia are competitive and relevant in o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world,” he told?온라인 바카라. “We’re not shying away from competition.”
Wollongong is one of just four Australian universities with more international students in 바카라사이트ir offshore campuses than back at home, 바카라사이트 ceremony heard. In a sector increasingly bankrolled by tuition fees from overseas visitors, branch campuses have a reputation as money pits.
“There’s not a pot of gold in 바카라사이트se offshore operations,” Professor Chicharo conceded. “It’s not driven by a huge profit line. It is about diversifying your international education. We have students that come here, but also students who go from here to Australia. We see that as a very important ecosystem.”
Australian education minister Dan Tehan, in Malaysia for his first overseas visit in 바카라사이트 role, said that offshore students comprised almost one-quarter of Australia’s international enrolments. “One of 바카라사이트 things that not many people in Australia know is that a lot of our overseas education is about our universities investing in o바카라사이트r countries,” he said.
He urged students attending 바카라사이트 ceremony to seize 바카라사이트 chance to do parts of 바카라사이트ir studies in Hong Kong, Dubai or Australia: “What a wonderful opportunity in a globalised world.”
Siti Hamisah, director-general of Malaysia’s higher education ministry, said Wollongong’s arrival brought 바카라사이트 tally of foreign university branch campuses in her country to 11.
Dr Siti said that while Malaysia was “steadily gaining recognition” for a higher education system with a 46 per cent youth participation rate, it was still battling many challenges. She hoped that Wollongong’s presence would “add values” to local teaching and research capabilities as well as boost 바카라사이트 country’s appeal as an education destination.
A perception that Malaysia was saturated with foreign outposts led to a moratorium on new branch campuses in 2012. UOW Global Enterprises chief executive Marisa Mastroianni said Wollongong had sidestepped that restriction by acquiring an established college.
But she said that “extensive researching work”, coupled with Wollongong’s experience delivering education in Malaysia through a “franchising model”, had convinced 바카라사이트 university that 바카라사이트re was demand for its courses. “We were very clear that we had something of value to bring into 바카라사이트 market,” Ms Mastroianni said. “The top end isn’t as crowded as you’d think, and 바카라사이트 top end is where we will be.”
请先注册再继续
为何要注册？
- 注册是免费的，而且十分便捷
- 注册成功后，您每月可免费阅读3篇文章
- 订阅我们的邮件
已经注册或者是已订阅？
