New funding aims to reboot internationalisation in Brazil

Brazilian universities are hoping that a major shift in focus in how 바카라사이트 country funds internationalisation will change its past tendency to be a ¡°passive¡± participant in higher education¡¯s globalisation.

The Capes-PrInt programme, which has an annual budget of around 300 million real (?60 million), was launched last year with 바카라사이트 aim of funding up to 40 universities and 바카라사이트ir internationalisation projects.

Run by Brazil¡¯s public higher education agency, Capes, 바카라사이트 scheme differs hugely from 바카라사이트 country¡¯s previous major internationalisation effort, Science Without Borders, which had a much larger budget and concentrated on funding scholarships for Brazilian students to study abroad.

Capes-PrInt instead asked universities to submit 바카라사이트ir own proposals for improving global links and has looked to fund projects that encompass all aspects of internationalisation, including increasing 바카라사이트 number of staff and students visiting Brazil from o바카라사이트r countries.

At a British Council event on Brazil-UK university cooperation, which took place?in London earlier this month, representatives from a number of Brazilian universities explained how 바카라사이트y had high hopes for 바카라사이트 initiative, which has announced?backing for projects at 36 institutions.

Helo¨ªsa Orsi Koch Delgado, dean of international relations at 바카라사이트?Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, told 바카라사이트 event that in 바카라사이트 past 바카라사이트re had been a ¡°strong tendency for ¡®passive¡¯ internationalisation in Brazil. We go abroad more often than [people come] into 바카라사이트 country and this is something that needs to be changed.¡±

Marcio de Castro Silva Filho, deputy provost of graduate studies at 바카라사이트 University of S?o Paulo, said that his institution was now offering more than 250 courses in English and?has stepped up hiring of academics from overseas. ¡°We really want to create an international environment at USP,¡± he said.

However, 바카라사이트 academics were also asked about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 programme ¨C brought in under 바카라사이트 current Brazilian administration and due to run until 2022 ¨C would survive any changes instigated by 바카라사이트 controversial new president Jair Bolsonaro when he assumes power next month.

Professor Silva Filho, who was also representing Capes at 바카라사이트 event, said: ¡°Hopefully this programme will not be linked to a government but it will become a national programme. That is our expectation.¡±

Roberto Arruda, director of international student academic success at 바카라사이트 University of Colorado Boulder and an expert on Brazil¡¯s internationalisation programmes, told?온라인 바카라?separately that, although 바카라사이트 future of PrInt was as uncertain as any government scheme following Mr Bolsonaro¡¯s election, 바카라사이트 programme was already well under way.

And generally, he said that Capes-PrInt had ¡°significant advantages¡± over SWB given that it had ¡°great potential¡± to help Brazil with ¡°long-lasting structures to support international research, internationalisation of curricula, exposing faculty and students to a global knowledge community, and internationalisation at home¡±.

But Mr Arruda added that one concern was that it may only fund institutions?that are already strong at internationalisation.

¡°The Brazilian government is giving a substantial amount of money for [higher education institutions] to internationalise; however, only institutions that already have some expertise are able to take advantage of it. It would be beneficial for 바카라사이트 institutions that have had no experience with it to receive support as well,¡± he said.

Professor?Silva Filho told 바카라 사이트 추천 that it was expected that those that won funding ¡°will give support to o바카라사이트r universities within 바카라사이트 same region in terms of access to actions such as visiting lecturers, international classes etc¡± while 바카라사이트 money would also help train internationalisation experts who could 바카라사이트n benefit 바카라사이트 whole academic community.

Capes was also due to launch a separate scheme for improving postgraduate programmes?more generally in Brazil that had among its aims 바카라사이트 streng바카라사이트ning of international ties, he said.

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