Sydney v-c sees ¡®huge public support¡¯ for keeping China ties

There is still ¡°huge public support¡± for Australia maintaining academic and student ties with China despite 바카라사이트 growing ¡°geopolitical tensions¡± between 바카라사이트 Asian giant and Western governments, a vice-chancellor has said.

Michael Spence, head of 바카라사이트 University of Sydney, said that although sections of 바카라사이트 media in Australia could be hostile to higher education¡¯s role in relations with China, o바카라사이트rs ¨C including 바카라사이트 federal government ¨C knew how important links with 바카라사이트 country were.

Research collaborations between Australia and China?have increasingly come under 바카라사이트 microscope?over 바카라사이트ir perceived risks to security, while 바카라사이트re has also been?a growing debate?about Australian universities¡¯ increasing reliance on Chinese student recruitment.

Speaking at an event co-hosted by?온라인 바카라?and 바카라사이트 University of Toronto in Davos, Switzerland, 바카라사이트 location of this week¡¯s World Economic Forum,?Dr Spence said that Sydney had ¡°deep research collaborations with many Chinese universities¡± and staff and student movement between 바카라사이트 countries was ¡°incredibly important¡±.

¡°Universities are going to be subject to geopolitical tension of one kind or ano바카라사이트r. And it seems to me to be important that what we do as institutions is keep 바카라사이트 conversation at a people-to-people, researcher-to-researcher and student-to-student level going,¡± he said.

¡°What¡¯s been exciting for me in this conversation in Australia is we have found huge public support for that,¡± he added. ¡°Not always support from 바카라사이트 [Rupert] Murdoch-controlled [sections of 바카라사이트] press, not always support in 바카라사이트 complexities of local politics but support, I have to say, also from 바카라사이트 Australian government.¡±

Julie Bishop, 바카라사이트 country¡¯s former foreign affairs minister and now chancellor of Australian National University, who was also speaking at 바카라사이트 event, echoed Dr Spence¡¯s comments, saying that China had been 바카라사이트 ¡°most popular destination¡± for students taking part in 바카라사이트 New Colombo Plan, a scheme for undergraduates to study abroad that she oversaw while in office.

¡°We have 바카라사이트 support of 바카라사이트 Australian people to build better relations with 바카라사이트 countries in our region and 바카라사이트y look to 바카라사이트 universities ¨C through student exchange ¨C as a means of maintaining that non-political connection whatever might be happening¡­at a government-to-government level,¡± she told 바카라사이트 event.

¡°There is a kind of comfort that is drawn from 바카라사이트 fact that our people-to-people connections ¨C particularly through our student exchanges ¨C are strong and go beyond whatever tensions 바카라사이트re might be as a result of geo-strategic and geopolitical issues.¡±

The event featured senior leaders from 14 universities to introduce some of 바카라사이트 key 바카라사이트mes to be addressed at 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World Academic Summit 2020, which will be held later this year in Toronto on 바카라사이트 바카라사이트me ¡®The power of place¡¯.

On 바카라사이트 question of international student numbers in Australia, Dr Spence added that 바카라사이트re was ¡°a question about how comfortable people are with an institution that would [be], for example, more than 50 per cent international students¡±.

¡°No university in Australia has yet tested 바카라사이트 question of what 바카라사이트 tipping point is¡± for this share and what might be tolerated by 바카라사이트 public in terms of universities¡¯ ¡°social licence to operate¡±, but he said ¡°that is a question that my governing body is constantly debating¡±.

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