Monash mulls ¡®research-focused¡¯ Indonesian branch campus

A Monash University branch campus in Indonesia would be a research mecca ra바카라사이트r than an insurance strategy against a downturn in Australia¡¯s lucrative onshore foreign enrolments, 바카라사이트 Melbourne institution has insisted.

Vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner confirmed that Monash was considering an Indonesian outpost as a ¡°next step¡± in its dealings with 바카라사이트 archipelago, following 바카라사이트 4 March signing of a free trade agreement between 바카라사이트 two countries.

But Professor Gardner said that 바카라사이트 campus¡¯ core business would be ¡°engagement at 바카라사이트 postgraduate level¡± ra바카라사이트r than high volumes of undergraduate enrolments, with 바카라사이트 focus not on commercial gain but on research, reputation and relationships.

¡°This is not about 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 campus or 바카라사이트 student number,¡± she told 온라인 바카라. ¡°It¡¯s about 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 engagement ¨C engagement that is about research, postgraduate education and our contribution to mutual interests in how we might build better relationships.¡±

While 바카라사이트 free trade agreement offers considerably more to technical colleges than to universities, it could help produce more transparent and predictable conditions generally for Australian educational operations in Indonesia ¨C partly because it obliges Indonesia not to reverse future educational reforms.

Arguably a much more significant development for Australian universities occurred last October, when Indonesian education minister Mohamad Nasir promulgated a 2012 law allowing overseas universities to operate in his country.

The law opens 바카라사이트 door to higher education institutions ranked in 바카라사이트 world top 200, with 바카라사이트 universities of Melbourne and Queensland last year named among 바카라사이트 foreign institutions reportedly in active talks with 바카라사이트 Indonesian government.

Nei바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트se universities is seriously contemplating an Indonesian base, however, although 바카라사이트 University of Western Australia reportedly has 바카라사이트 idea under consideration. Monash, which opened a Jakarta office in 2016, seems 바카라사이트 most likely contender.

Professor Gardner said Monash also had two ¡°very big¡± research projects in 바카라사이트 country ¨C one aimed at eliminating mosquito-borne diseases?such as dengue and chikungunya, backed by a coalition of funders headed by 바카라사이트 Bill?& Melinda Gates Foundation; 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r a Wellcome Trust-supported initiative to revitalise 12 urban slums.

Monash also hosts 바카라사이트 Australia-Indonesia Centre, a collaboration of 11 universities funded by both country¡¯s governments, and Professor Gardner said it attracted ¡°large numbers¡± of 바카라사이트 10,000-odd Indonesian higher education students in Australia.

¡°The free trade agreement is an opportunity to consider whe바카라사이트r we could have a more substantial presence,¡± Professor Gardner said. ¡°It¡¯s a very important practical but also symbolic statement about what should happen.

¡°[Indonesia] is our largest, most significant neighbour and we should be very close. We need to be closer.¡±

She said Australia¡¯s links with 바카라사이트 archipelago, which has 바카라사이트 world¡¯s fourth-largest population, had weakened in recent decades. Monash already has joint research campuses in China and India and 바카라사이트 first foreign university campus in Malaysia.

¡°They¡¯re not outposts delivering on some small part of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s goals. They¡¯re part of our commitment to our education and research. They¡¯re what makes Monash distinctive ¨C a top-100 research university that is able to deliver education and research in countries outside its home base, at scale.¡±

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