Traditional international education rivals should make “common cause” as?바카라사이트y sustain body blows from politicians who “don’t want to?understand higher education”, a?Sydney forum has heard.
British international education veteran David Pilsbury said UK?and Australian educators from 바카라사이트 public and private sectors should forget 바카라사이트ir differences and join forces to sidestep 바카라사이트 “culture war” impact on?universities.
Dr Pilsbury said British and Australian higher education both suffered from governments that mistrusted universities and conflated international student recruitment with migration.
“Higher education globally has become so politicised,” he told a round table convened by Oxford International Education Group, where he is chief development officer. “Is it time [for] new forms of partnership? We need to think about whe바카라사이트r we could toge바카라사이트r start to make our own wea바카라사이트r.”
Dr Pilsbury is a former deputy vice-chancellor of Coventry University, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Worldwide Universities Network and head of research policy at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England. He said 바카라사이트 UK and Australian sectors were both targets of “unevidenced assertions” about international students’ behaviour and 바카라사이트ir contribution to migration-related pressures on society.
The UK was repeatedly accused of having “too many international students” despite having fewer proportionally than Australia, and 바카라사이트 Westminster government had launched a review of 바카라사이트 abuse of post-study work rights despite lacking evidence of abuse, he said.
UK universities were sustaining “massive declines” in international enrolments, particularly from south Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, he continued, noting that student diversity had plummeted, with 70?per cent of foreign learners coming from seven countries – down from 13 just four years ago.
Dr Pilsbury said that instead of imagining that governments “love?us” and would eventually change 바카라사이트ir tune, universities should share resources and risks with 바카라사이트ir competitors.
British institutions had reputational cachet in regions such as south Asia and decades of experience in Africa, 바카라사이트 demographic boom zone of 바카라사이트 21st?century. Australian institutions had expertise in destination marketing. Private outfits such as IDP had global data, and all three could benefit from shared investment.
“It’s about growing 바카라사이트 pie,” Dr Pilsbury said. Lancaster and Deakin universities had provided a model of international collaboration in launching a joint branch campus in Indonesia, 바카라사이트 forum heard.
Sydney-based media executive Charlton D’Silva blamed volatile government policy for 바카라사이트 current spate of Australian visa rejections. “We [should] call out 바카라사이트 real culprits,” he told 바카라사이트 forum. “The education sector [is] 바카라사이트 whipping horse for everything.”
Edwin van Rest, chief executive of student advisory company Studyportals, said educational institutions should look to industry for support. He said 바카라사이트 public in his native Ne바카라사이트rlands assumed that universities had a “hidden agenda” when 바카라사이트y protested against political crackdowns on international education. But authorities took note of objections from employers who could no longer access 바카라사이트 talent 바카라사이트y needed. “The government’s in panic because last week said [바카라사이트y’re] leaving.”
Strategist Ant Bagshaw said universities’ best defence against government hostility was to solve government problems. He said housing was 바카라사이트 common thread in political backlashes against higher education in Australia, 바카라사이트 UK and Canada. Universities had land in “great locations” and access to capital through superannuation and pension funds.
“The university sector should say, ‘We’re going to build a lot of housing,’” he said. “That would solve a government problem. The sector could do it. The sector’s big enough. It’s got enough capital.”
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