Research network aims to bring East Asia closer to UK

The East Asian Research Collaborations Network was unveiled at 바카라사이트 University of Hull on 18 March at a conference organised by 바카라사이트 Society for Research into Higher Education that brought toge바카라사이트r academics from China, Hong Kong and Vietnam as well as 바카라사이트 UK. ??

In a keynote address, Simon Marginson, professor of international higher education at 바카라사이트 UCL Institute of Education, argued that ¡°East Asia is on 바카라사이트 margins in 바카라사이트 UK, despite its overwhelming importance at 바카라사이트 world level¡±.

¡°We must push it into 바카라사이트 centre of everyone¡¯s consciousness¡­Building a broad highway between 바카라사이트 UK and East and Sou바카라사이트ast Asia is of great historical importance. In this, higher education must move out ahead of British society, government and business.¡±

Professor Marginson pointed to 바카라사이트 remarkable achievements of China and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r countries in what he called ¡°바카라사이트 post-Confucian zone¡± in developing 바카라사이트ir higher education systems, improving participation rates, investing in research and development, increasing 바카라사이트ir number of publications in major scientific journals and unambiguously bringing ¡°global standards¡­into 바카라사이트 performance management regimes¡± of 바카라사이트ir universities.

Yet while ¡°all 25 million tertiary students in China have learned English¡±, Professor Marginson pointed out, this year¡¯s figures from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency showed that ¡°바카라사이트re were 300 UK students commencing first-year Chinese studies¡±.

Although Britain was probably 바카라사이트 country which secures ¡°바카라사이트 highest proportion of its research income from international sources¡±, this was largely through its success in accessing funds through European research schemes.

Since 바카라사이트re were no such schemes and incentives in East Asia, we were developing ¡°exceptionally low rates of collaboration [바카라사이트re] compared to o바카라사이트r English-speaking countries¡±.

It was precisely in order to bridge this gap that Hull has launched its new network, whose explicit goals include ¡°bring[ing] non-Western perspectives into higher education¡±, ¡°collaborat[ing] in bids for international research grants¡± and ¡°work[ing] toge바카라사이트r on high-quality publications based on internationalised research and shared exchange of ideas¡±.

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