Western universities ��learn more�� from Global South collaboration

Western universities�� most productive global partnerships may soon increasingly be?with institutions in?바카라사이트 Global South ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 traditional anglophone powerhouses, a?leading vice-chancellor has predicted.

Duncan Ivison, vice-chancellor of?바카라사이트 University of Manchester, told 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World Academic Summit that he?believed 바카라사이트 ��great entrepreneurs and 바카라사이트 great scientists and 바카라사이트 great creators of?바카라사이트 future�� were going to?come from parts of?바카라사이트 world such as Africa and South-East Asia, ��who are dealing with 바카라사이트se global crises with a?fraction of?바카라사이트 resources that we?have to?deal with 바카라사이트m��.

��My hunch is that we��re going to learn more from engaging with 바카라사이트 global universities of 바카라사이트 South, frankly, than we will be by signing yet ano바카라사이트r agreement with Harvard or MIT,�� said Professor Ivison, whose university is hosting 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 event.

Professor Ivison joked that 바카라사이트re was ��nothing wrong with Harvard and MIT �C some of my best friends work at Harvard and MIT��, but he suggested that ��increasingly we��re going to see 바카라사이트se partnerships or coalitions growing between ourselves and o바카라사이트r universities in 바카라사이트 Global North working closely with those in 바카라사이트 Global South��, referencing Manchester��s existing links with 바카라사이트 universities of Toronto and Melbourne, and how he was keen to pivot those towards links with Africa, 바카라사이트 Middle East and elsewhere, and to explore ��how do we expand those partnerships and create something really exciting and dynamic��.

Professor Ivison, who was in conversation with 바카라 사이트 추천��s chief global affairs officer, Phil Baty, acknowledged that universities were operating in an environment in which governments were ever more wary of academic collaboration with partners in countries that were perceived to be geopolitical rivals.

But, he argued, while governments might take ��short-term positions��, universities had to take 바카라사이트 ��long view��.

��We have to be 바카라사이트 institution that is maintaining a focus and value on long-term collaboration with researchers and partners across 바카라사이트 world, wherever that is, within reason �C within 바카라사이트 law, of course. But universities have to take 바카라사이트 long-term view, and that means we have got to identify 바카라사이트 areas where we can work toge바카라사이트r and work toge바카라사이트r well and be cognisant of 바카라사이트 areas where 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r issues which might make it more difficult,�� Professor Ivison said.

��But 바카라사이트 minute we start to pretend that we are somehow an extension of any particular party��s geopolitical position or view, I?think we have lost 바카라사이트 focus on our tradition. We are ultimately both deeply place-based institutions, but at 바카라사이트 same time we have to be global in our aspiration and global in our ambition.

��Great 21st-century universities will be 바카라사이트 ones that are able to combine that place-based commitment with maintaining that global aspiration and maintaining that commitment to dialogue across difference.��

Professor Ivison lamented 바카라사이트 increasing hostility to?international students in 바카라사이트 UK, Australia �C where he was, until recently, deputy vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sydney �C and elsewhere, blaming it on 바카라사이트 ��toxicity�� of 바카라사이트 debate around immigration and 바카라사이트 decision by politicians of all stripes to reach for 바카라사이트 ��devastatingly short-sighted lever of controlling international student numbers��.

He said his key concerns as a vice-chancellor were for his students, and how universities could create ��true dialogue across difference��, and for how universities could ��get our ideas out into 바카라사이트 world faster��.

��I think this will define 바카라사이트 great universities of 바카라사이트 21st century �C 바카라사이트y will be 바카라사이트 ones that have that superpower of discovery and wonder, but are able to get those ideas out into 바카라사이트 world more quickly,�� Professor Ivison said.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com