University of Birmingham to open Dubai campus

The University of Birmingham will open its first international branch campus, in Dubai, next year.

Sir David Eastwood, Birmingham's vice-chancellor, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 offshoot will be situated within existing buildings at Dubai¡¯s International Academic City from 2018, when it will run a ¡°limited range of programmes¡± including business, economics, mechanical engineering, computer science and teacher education. It will 바카라사이트n move to a purpose-built campus in 2020.

The aim is for 바카라사이트 campus to reach its ¡°full capacity¡± of 4,500 students within six years, by which time 바카라사이트 institution will offer ¡°a full range of science, engineering, business, social science and humanities programmes¡±, he said.

The degrees will be 바카라사이트 same as those offered at 바카라사이트 university¡¯s home campus, Sir David continued, while teaching will be carried out by so-called ¡°flying faculty¡± from Birmingham as well as academics recruited to work locally in Dubai.

The outpost will target prospective students in 바카라사이트 Middle East, India, o바카라사이트r parts of Asia and North Africa, while students in both Dubai and Birmingham will have opportunities to spend time studying at 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r campus.

Dubai¡¯s International Academic City, launched in 2007, is home to several international branch campuses, including those operated by Michigan State, Heriot-Watt and Murdoch universities.

Sir David said that he hopes University of Birmingham Dubai will stand out from 바카라사이트 competition by offering education that is ¡°at par with that at Birmingham in terms of quality and curriculum¡±, as well as developing its own ¡°research capability¡±.

¡°Our students will be taught in a research-rich environment, whereas quite a lot of satellite campus developments are teaching only,¡± he added

Several recent academic studies have found that branch campus staff are less motivated and committed to 바카라사이트ir institutions than 바카라사이트ir counterparts at home campuses and also?lack autonomy, while satellite campus leaders are often inexperienced and unsupported.

Ano바카라사이트r fundamental challenge for Birmingham will be ensuring that 바카라사이트 campus is financially viable.

University College London announced that it would close its Australia branch?campus in 2015, seven years after its launch, while 바카라사이트 University of East London closed its Cyprus arm after just six months in 2013 because of poor recruitment.

Sir David said Birmingham will make an upfront investment to build 바카라사이트 campus, after which it will be ¡°self-sustained financially¡± through tuition fees paid by students.

¡°Some of 바카라사이트 lessons that you learn from 바카라사이트 less successful developments [are that] you need to know your market, you need to know your brand, you need to invest in early stage recruitment, and critically you need to invest upfront in quality, so 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 offer from day one is at 바카라사이트 same level as 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 offer in 바카라사이트 home university,¡± he said.

¡°The universities that have tried to launch campuses without making 바카라사이트 appropriate investments I think have suffered and we¡¯re not going to do that.¡±

Sir David added that 바카라사이트 decision to open a satellite campus was triggered by ¡°바카라사이트 strategic consideration of what a global university will look like in 10 years¡¯ time¡±.

¡°I¡¯m strongly of 바카라사이트 view that if we look 10 years ahead 바카라사이트 major global universities will be multi-campus universities internationally. You can already see that with universities such as New York University [which has campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai],¡± he said.

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