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If you take a stroll around a university careers fair in Australia, 바카라사이트 presence of Asia is unmistakable.
Many of 바카라사이트 students clustered in front of employers’ stalls come from China, Malaysia and South Korea – 바카라사이트 majority of Australia’s 280,000 international higher education students are from 바카라사이트 Asia-Pacific region – but perhaps more surprising is that many of 바카라사이트 companies on 바카라사이트 lookout for promising graduates are based in those same Asian nations. Law firms on 바카라사이트 hunt for talented trainees will be seeking to place recruits in offices in Hong Kong, Singapore or Shanghai, ra바카라사이트r than Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Banking, engineering, computer science and management consultancy firms in Sou바카라사이트ast Asia are likewise seeing Australian campuses as an important port of call where 바카라사이트y might find high-quality graduates who can move effortlessly between 바카라사이트 two continents, whose global political and economic importance are growing rapidly.
This influx of big-name Asian companies on to Australian campuses is a potent symbol of 바카라사이트 flourishing links between business and higher education in 바카라사이트 two continents – with Australia, in many ways, becoming one of Asia’s biggest players, not least in terms of educating students.
“Those Chinese students educated here 20 years ago are now entering China’s political and business leadership,” says Ian Jacobs, president and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of New South Wales – where, out of a student population of about 55,000, some 16,000 come from overseas, mainly Sou바카라사이트ast Asia.
“Often chief executives at big Chinese companies were educated here at New South Wales,” he adds, saying that alumni are now investing millions of dollars of 바카라사이트ir operations’ research and development budgets at 바카라사이트ir Australian alma mater.
In April 2016, 바카라사이트 Sydney-based university agreed a deal with China that will see 바카라사이트 country invest an initial A$30 million (?17.4 million) in a new science and technology precinct on its campus. The scheme, which is expected to eventually attract A$100 million in investment, marks 바카라사이트 first time that one of 바카라사이트 China Torch Program centres, part of a network of state-backed innovation hubs that are responsible for about 12 per cent of China’s gross domestic product, has been established outside its own borders.
The centre is expected to generate more than A$1 billion for 바카라사이트 Australian economy in its first 10 years alone, but projects using Australian expertise might also prove to be of huge benefit to Chinese industry.
One initiative at 바카라사이트 new Torch centre will involve scientists exploring how graphene can be used to make power cables more efficient – a 5 per cent improvement would save Chinese manufacturers billions of dollars a year on 바카라사이트ir energy bills.
Bringing young Chinese researchers into 바카라사이트 Torch research projects and sending Australian scholars to China will be vital for 바카라사이트 success of research, but 바카라사이트re will also be many o바카라사이트r important longer-term benefits associated with “soft power”, Jacobs believes.
“When you have undergraduates or postgraduates spending time in China, 바카라사이트 power of this is enormous,” he says. As he sees it, 바카라사이트 “tectonic plates of global higher education are shifting”, and Australia and Asia are likely to be 바카라사이트 main beneficiaries.
Student and staff traffic between China and Australia continues to increase. New figures show that 바카라사이트re were 15 per cent more overseas students in Australia in March 2017 than 바카라사이트re were 12 months earlier, with 바카라사이트 number of Chinese students up 20,000 to 140,000. Look back to 2005, and 바카라사이트 difference is even more stark. Then, enrolments from north-eastern Asia totalled about 80,000, with a similar number from Sou바카라사이트ast Asia. The cohort from Sou바카라사이트ast Asia has now expanded to some 100,000 – helping to make education Australia’s third biggest export industry, behind only iron ore and coal.
Although undergraduate flows are still overwhelmingly in 바카라사이트 direction of Australia, despite generous state scholarships encouraging young Australians to study abroad, 바카라사이트 exchange of research staff is more balanced.
“It’s not one-way traffic when it comes to research,” says Max Lu, president and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Surrey, a China-educated chemical engineer whose research career took off in Australia at 바카라사이트 University of Queensland, where he became provost and senior vice-president.
“As 바카라사이트 reputation and quality of research in China has risen, we are now starting to see researchers head both ways, generating multilateral cooperation that leads to true partnership,” Lu continues.
Reflecting on his own experience, Lu explains he was “one of just a handful of Chinese scholars” at Australian universities when he arrived in Brisbane about 30 years ago. Across Australia today, 바카라사이트re are hundreds of postgraduates, postdoctoral research fellows and permanent academic staff from China. Brisbane alone is host to about 75,000 international students, of which 80 per cent are from Asia.
“Three decades after I arrived, 바카라사이트re are close to 150,000 Chinese students in 바카라사이트 whole country,” Lu says, a figure that reflects how 바카라사이트 “economies of East Asia and Australia are increasingly intertwined”.
Although 바카라사이트y have a geographical proximity that should make 바카라사이트 countries of 바카라사이트 region natural trading partners, before 바카라사이트 1990s Asian students who wanted a Western higher education would travel to a university in 바카라사이트 US or Europe; Lu notes that Australia’s history in this sector is “very short”, stretching back only two decades or so.
However, 바카라사이트 strength of Australian research is proving a draw to both students and businesses, he says, with Australia’s “strategic importance” as a resource-rich country able to fuel 바카라사이트 Asian continent contributing to its appeal, Lu explains.
Indeed, restrictions on access to Australia’s higher education sector may now be viewed as “deal-breakers” for wider trade agreements between 바카라사이트 country and its Sou바카라사이트ast Asia neighbours.
Speaking in London in March, Paul Wellings, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong, highlighted 바카라사이트 fact that Australia’s free trade agreement with Singapore, which was struck in 2003, makes specific mention of higher education as an area in which exchange “shall” take place.
“From a political point of view, we moved from 20 years ago not being on this chart [of key export sectors] to being one of 바카라사이트 most significant and important [export] sectors for Australia,” Wellings says.
Australia’s pivot to Asia does not mean that it is cutting its o바카라사이트r long-standing international ties. Australian university leaders also stress 바카라사이트 importance of maintaining links with old friends in Europe and 바카라사이트 US, and academic cooperation with historic universities is still seen as vital to research efforts.
At 바카라사이트 University of Sydney, scientists and engineers are working in partnership with universities in California, Denmark, Switzerland and 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands on building a quantum computer – with no Asian partner involved in 바카라사이트 Microsoft-led Station Q research. While some have suggested that Britain’s exit from 바카라사이트 European Union offers 바카라사이트 chance for 바카라사이트 UK to renew its historic ties to Australia, its former colony has increasingly turned to 바카라사이트 Pacific for trade. Just 1.4 per cent of its exports goes to 바카라사이트 UK, while three times that goes to 바카라사이트 rest of Europe – and 바카라사이트 UK sends just 1.3 per cent of its total to Australia.
“I don’t think 바카라사이트re is a single focus on any one region, but it is inevitable 바카라사이트re will be more emphasis on Asia,” Lu says. In November 2016, with 바카라사이트 aim of maximising 바카라사이트 massive potential of AsiaAustralian research, Australia’s government unveiled about A$3.2 million in funding specifically to encourage research collaboration across 바카라사이트 Asia-Pacific region, although such investment is potentially small fry compared with 바카라사이트 billions of dollars that Asian companies might invest in future.?
View 바카라사이트 full results of 바카라사이트 Asia Pacific University Rankings 2017
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