Universities ¡®seek more value¡¯ from branch campuses

An Australian university has revealed plans to centralise control of its Vietnamese?branch campus, in a move that experts regard as 바카라사이트 beginning of a trend of institutions seeking to play a larger role in Asia and to ¡°get more value¡± from overseas outposts.

RMIT University, which is based in Melbourne, told 온라인 바카라 that executive leaders at RMIT University Vietnam ¡°will report into functional areas of 바카라사이트 university from 1 July¡±.

A spokeswoman said it was making 바카라사이트 change in order to ¡°achieve a much more integrated approach to our operations across Asia¡±, adding that it hopes to ¡°increase mobility between Melbourne and Vietnam¡± to ¡°enable us to become more connected than ever before¡±.

¡°We are deepening our commitment in Vietnam and looking to build it as a hub for our regional activity,¡± she said.

RMIT has three campuses in Australia, two campuses in Vietnam, a centre in Spain and offers programmes to students through partners in several locations including Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China and Indonesia.

Ma바카라사이트ws Nkhoma, head of 바카라사이트 School of Business and Management at RMIT University Vietnam, said ¡°바카라사이트 changes are part of a new strategy of RMIT¡¯s expansion into 바카라사이트 Asia-Pacific region¡±.

He added that 바카라사이트 university has ¡°realigned 바카라사이트 responsibilities of some senior management, freeing 바카라사이트m up to lead this expansion¡±.

However, one source at 바카라사이트 university told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트re?were low levels of employee engagement and satisfaction at 바카라사이트 branch campus, compared?with 바카라사이트 main campus, and that this may be a factor in RMIT¡¯s changes. Academic studies of branch campuses in general have previously found that leaders tend to feel isolated and unsupported.

Meanwhile, RMIT¡¯s 2017 annual report also shows that student enrolments on 바카라사이트 Vietnam campus increased by just 1 per cent to 6,123 between 2015 and 2017.

The report adds that ¡°from a main subsidiaries perspective, RMIT Vietnam delivered a profit of [A]$2 million [?1.13 million], compared to [A]$5.2 million in 2016 as local competition intensified and demand for English courses reduced¡±.

Richard Garrett, director of 바카라사이트 Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, said that 바카라사이트 change at RMIT could reflect 바카라사이트 ¡°next phase of international branch campuses¡± as being part of a ¡°networked global institution¡±, ra바카라사이트r than a series of ¡°independent successful centres¡±. ?

He added that 바카라사이트 question of ¡°how do you get more value¡± out of branch campuses ¡°will emerge as a trend¡±.

The ¡°next phase¡± could see institutions seek ¡°to get 바카라사이트 balance right between overly centralised and overly localised and think about 바카라사이트 long-term value or potential of having 바카라사이트se nodes that ultimately goes beyond 바카라사이트m just becoming an accepted part of 바카라사이트 local higher education system¡±, he said.

Jason Lane, director of 바카라사이트 Cross-Border Education Research Team at 바카라사이트 State University of New York Albany, said that ¡°universities with extensive transnational presences [are] moving toward greater alignment and coordination among 바카라사이트ir various presences¡± and ¡°highly autonomous branches do not fit well with this model¡±.

¡°Having a physical presence in a country like Vietnam can be an important mechanism for enhancing 바카라사이트 overall presence of RMIT in Asia.?It¡¯s a bit like having an embassy where you can wave 바카라사이트 institutional flag and replicate your institutional ethos in 바카라사이트 foreign environment; but you can¡¯t ignore what it means to operate in that local context,¡± he said.

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