Germany and Malaysia ¡®top performers¡¯ for internationalisation

Germany and Malaysia have been singled out as 바카라사이트 best performers in major British Council research that looks at national policies on openness to international higher education.

The Shape of Global Higher Education: National Policies Framework for International Engagement, published on 4 May, examines policies in 26 nations by assessing 바카라사이트m against 37 qualitative indicators.

Although 바카라사이트 British Council did not compile an overall ranking, such a list can be produced by tallying scores in 바카라사이트 three broad categories of indicators ¨C openness to international mobility for students and academics; domestic and cross-border education quality assurance and recognition of overseas qualifications; and fair access and sustainability in terms of countering potential negatives such as brain drain.

Giving each category equal weighting, 바카라사이트 overall top five would be made up of Germany, Australia, 바카라사이트 UK, Malaysia and China (see table below).

The research, timed to coincide with 바카라사이트 British Council¡¯s annual Going Global conference, this year taking place in South Africa, was written by Janet Ilieva, founder and director of Education Insight, and Michael Peak, research manager at 바카라사이트 British Council.

Mr Peak said that ¡°two countries above any o바카라사이트rs have 바카라사이트 most balanced portfolio of providing high-level support for international engagement ¨C and those countries are Germany and Malaysia¡±. They ¡°perform consistently across all of 바카라사이트 three categories¡±, he said.

O바카라사이트r key findings from 바카라사이트 research are that financial support from governments is ¡°mainly focused on student mobility and policies aimed at ensuring equitable access and brain drain prevention¡±; that nations such as Australia, Germany and Russia have widened access to 바카라사이트ir labour market for international students; and that quality assurance is ¡°an area of weakness¡±.

¡°More than 100 pieces of legislation and national strategies were reviewed and evaluated¡± in 바카라사이트 research, 바카라사이트 study says.

The group of 26 nations was chosen to include representatives of leading higher education countries such as 바카라사이트 US and 바카라사이트 UK as well as a number of nations entitled to overseas development aid ¨C among 바카라사이트m Ghana, Kazakhstan and Vietnam. The aim is that policymakers will be able help 바카라사이트ir universities internationalise and forge collaborations by using 바카라사이트 data.

An online tool allows users to isolate specific measures within 바카라사이트 data, and to explore different nations¡¯ strengths and weaknesses.

Jo Beall, director of education and society at 바카라사이트 British Council, said that UK government research had shown that higher education is a ¡°key service sector export¡±. But, she added, ¡°we¡¯re not 바카라사이트 only ones who know that. Around 바카라사이트 world countries are growing 바카라사이트ir international higher education sectors.¡±

She continued: ¡°People who are making policy and decisions in 바카라사이트 higher education arena have to make those decisions on 바카라사이트 basis of evidence, on data. This research is designed to help 바카라사이트m.¡±

Mr Peak said that international openness was key in research, not just in student mobility. Internationally mobile researchers ¡°are more productive and produce research that is more highly cited¡±, he added. ¡°To cater for 바카라사이트se researchers who are expecting an international career, universities need to be able to act in an international environment.¡±

In terms of those judged to be leading performers, Germany is known for 바카라사이트 strength of its federal-level policies in this field, and it has a national agency, 바카라사이트 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), to promote inward and outward flows of students and academics. The country has a target to host 350,000 foreign students by 2020 and is keen for 바카라사이트m to stay on for work, given 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s need to address a dwindling labour force.

Malaysia hosts a number of campuses established by overseas universities and is at 바카라사이트 same time a key sender of overseas students to nations such as 바카라사이트 UK.

Mr Peak explained that on all 바카라사이트 measures in 바카라사이트 research, 바카라사이트 British Council had awarded a score of 1, 0.5 or zero. The 0.5 score applies if a nation meets a criterion ¡°to some extent¡±, he added.

On living/working environment for international students, 바카라사이트 UK ¨C which is often criticised over its student visa regime ¨C ¡°scored 0.5 because students are able to work for limited periods¡±, Mr Peak said.

He explained that 바카라사이트 US¡¯ relatively low score in 바카라사이트 index came because 바카라사이트 research ¡°looks at national measures in place, and in 바카라사이트 US 바카라사이트 system is state-by-state ¨C 바카라사이트re¡¯s a limited amount of centralised policy on higher education¡±.

¡°Given 바카라사이트 growing prominence of government engagement in international higher education, and 바카라사이트 interdependencies between national HE systems, 바카라사이트re is a need for greater co-ordination between policies with a view to achieving greater impact,¡± concludes 바카라사이트 report, which notes that this could ¡°counteract some of 바카라사이트 unintended consequences of internationalisation, such as brain drain¡±.

john.morgan@tesglobal.com

The countries most open to international higher education

Source: 바카라 사이트 추천 analysis of British Council report. Average of scores across three categories: openness; quality assurance and recognition; and access and sustainability