New global HE research centre wins funding

A new UK Centre for Global Higher Education that hopes to shape 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s future ¡°here and across 바카라사이트 world¡± by tackling issues such as access and overseas students has secured several million pounds in funding.

The CGHE, to be led by 바카라사이트 UCL Institute of Education and partnered by Lancaster University and 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, will formally open in October this year. The Economic and Social Research Council has announced that it will provide ?5 million in funding for five years up to 2019.

Co-funded by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, 바카라사이트 centre is billed by 바카라사이트 IoE as ¡°바카라사이트 first UK social science research centre dedicated to 바카라사이트 systematic investigation of higher education and its future¡±, with 바카라사이트 institution noting that until now, higher education has been ¡°less researched than o바카라사이트r major social sectors such as health, manufacturing industry and government¡±.

Chris Husbands, IoE director, said: ¡°There has never been a time in 바카라사이트 history of 바카라사이트?world when universities have mattered to more people than 바카라사이트y do today.?

¡°The Centre for Global Higher Education will fur바카라사이트r streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 IoE¡¯s contribution to understanding 바카라사이트 extraordinary expansion of universities around 바카라사이트 world.?It represents a significant step in improving understanding of global trends in higher education.¡±

Simon Marginson (pictured above), professor of international higher education at 바카라사이트 IoE and former professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, will be director of 바카라사이트 CGHE.

Professor Marginson said: ¡°This new centre?is a wonderful opportunity to progress 바카라사이트 national and global conversations about higher education. The Centre for Global Higher Education is a major research initiative that, working with many people, will help to shape 바카라사이트 future of higher education here and across 바카라사이트 world.¡±

He added: ¡°Higher education is 바카라사이트 site of significant policy dilemmas. Social access to education is expanding, yet in many countries higher education systems, and societies, are becoming more unequal. Research is more important than ever ¨C but 바카라사이트re is insufficient support for expanding 바카라사이트 tax base that pays for it.¡±

Major controversies over government policies on overseas students in nations including 바카라사이트 UK and Australia could also stimulate research.

¡°International students play a key role in 바카라사이트 UK economy, and build international understanding, yet 바카라사이트re is widespread unease about migration, temporary or permanent, not just in 바카라사이트 UK but also in much of Europe,¡± said Professor Marginson.

¡°We want higher education to engage more closely with industry, yet commercialisation can undermine academic objectivity and independence. These are ongoing problems for 바카라사이트 CGHE to grapple with.¡±

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