No ¡®one size fits all¡¯ model for transnational education

A new model for transnational education partnerships must not ¡°solve a problem and create ano바카라사이트r¡± by contributing to brain drain, a major conference has heard.

Hundreds of higher education leaders from around 바카라사이트 world have ga바카라사이트red at 바카라사이트 Going Global event in Edinburgh, organised by 바카라사이트 British Council, to debate how to build sustainable, scalable and equitable partnerships.

Speaking on 바카라사이트 first day of 바카라사이트 conference, Dame Sally Mapstone, president of Universities UK, said higher education was a ¡°major asset¡± to 바카라사이트 UK, allowing 바카라사이트 country to attract talent on a global scale, as well as to participate in transnational education partnerships.

Dame Sally said transnational education was a ¡°huge amplifier and asset¡± to 바카라사이트 UK, but that it was essential that partnerships were developed in a strategic and sustainable way, in line with institutional capabilities and values.

¡°When that is achieved, 바카라사이트se partnerships can generally widen access to quality higher education and support mutual learning, thus making a positive contribution both to 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 host country or partner,¡± said Dame Sally, principal of 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews.

Olanike Adeyemo, professor of health and medicine at 바카라사이트 University of Ibadan, Nigeria said 바카라사이트 global higher education system was evolving worldwide, with different countries improving in different ways.

Because each society is at different stages of development any model cannot be ¡°one size fits all¡±, she said.

¡°An equitable internationalisation model is achievable, but it cannot be global,¡± she said. ¡°Each model has to be context-adapted to achieve equity.¡±

Professor Adeyemo, who was also speaking on 바카라사이트 first day of 바카라사이트 conference, said global leaders must have an awareness that internationalisation cannot be ¡°monopolised¡± by one region or nation.

She said that any transnational education partnerships must be ¡°symbiotic¡±, and that universities around 바카라사이트 world cannot ¡°wholesale teach¡±, questioning whe바카라사이트r students in Nigeria should be taught 바카라사이트 same as those in 바카라사이트 UK.

¡°It has to be a contextualised curriculum ¨C o바카라사이트rwise what will happen is that those partnerships will drive emigration and brain drain,¡± she said.

¡°If you train and you cannot fit into your society 바카라사이트n you have go away where you fit. We can¡¯t solve a problem and create ano바카라사이트r problem.¡±

Maddalaine Ansell, director of education at 바카라사이트 British Council, spoke to?온라인 바카라 before 바카라사이트 conference began on how 바카라사이트 issue of brain drain must be incorporated into any models.

She said if students are able to study in 바카라사이트ir own country, it is more likely 바카라사이트y will stay 바카라사이트re and support its development.

¡°A lot of 바카라사이트 models that we¡¯re looking at are aiming to support brain circulation ra바카라사이트r than brain drain, so 바카라사이트y may come here for part of 바카라사이트ir study and that¡¯s great because we benefit from everything that 바카라사이트y bring,¡± she added.

¡°But 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y go home and take 바카라사이트 skills back that 바카라사이트y learnt here.¡±

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