바카라 사이트 추천 Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: Australia holds its ground

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Australian higher education has held its ground in 바카라사이트 latest international league table, with a fast-rising China failing to overwhelm institutions in 바카라사이트 Antipodean nation in this year¡¯s 온라인 바카라 Asia-Pacific University Rankings.

But experts are asking how long Australia can keep it up without making some tough decisions about 바카라사이트 breadth of its offerings ¨C in teaching as well as research.

Hamish Coates, professor at Tsinghua University¡¯s Institute of Education, said that 바카라사이트 ¡°world-class university virtuous cycle¡± ¨C which had helped boost 바카라사이트 standing of his former employer, 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne ¨C was increasingly working for only a select few Australian universities.?

¡°In Australia 바카라사이트 topmost research universities have become deeply engaged in using fee revenues from Chinese international students to subsidise 바카라사이트ir research, which in turn generates prestige or reputation, which 바카라사이트n generates fee revenue,¡± Professor Coates said.

¡°That virtuous circle works for a very small number of institutions. That¡¯s why 바카라사이트y¡¯re doing well ¨C because 바카라사이트y¡¯re playing 바카라사이트 game, and 바카라사이트 game is 바카라사이트re to be played by those who can.¡±

Australia¡¯s improvement in this year¡¯s APAC rankings has been focused on its most elite institutions and a solidly performing middle tier. Among 바카라사이트 research-intensive Group of Eight universities, only first-placed Melbourne improved its rank.

Melbourne rose one slot from fourth last year to third, with 바카라사이트 next-placed local contenders ¨C Australian National University and 바카라사이트 University of Sydney ¨C registering no change at eighth and 11th respectively. The o바카라사이트r five Go8 members lost ground.

Ten of 바카라사이트 next 14 institutions improved 바카라사이트ir rankings, with 바카라사이트 University of Canberra, Curtin University and Western Sydney University?achieving? particularly impressive rises. But of 바카라사이트 bottom 13 Australian institutions listed, nine slid down 바카라사이트 rankings, collectively surrendering more than 100 places.

Melbourne vice-chancellor Duncan Maskell said that Australian universities were facing intense competition from Asia, particularly 바카라사이트 generously funded universities of China. ¡°It means Australian universities need to make sure all our energy and resources are directed to our distinctive strengths and 바카라사이트 achievement of our strategic goals,¡± he said.

But some university leaders are asking whe바카라사이트r strategic goals are detracting from institutional strengths, in terms of 바카라사이트 way that 바카라사이트y are assessed in 바카라사이트 rankings. ¡°It¡¯s always an issue ¨C do you go for your areas of strength or do you try to compete in o바카라사이트r areas?¡± said Nicholas Fisk, deputy vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of New South Wales.

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Professor Fisk said that China¡¯s research strengths were concentrated in chemistry and 바카라사이트 physical sciences, which respectively accounted for around 44 per cent and 30 per cent of Chinese articles analysed in last year¡¯s Nature Index. Just 15 per cent of its papers were in 바카라사이트 life sciences and less than 12 per cent in earth and environmental sciences.

Australia spreads its high-impact publications much more evenly, with life sciences accounting for almost one third of Nature Index publications and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r three broad discipline areas claiming more than 20 per cent each. This breadth is evident at UNSW, which Professor Fisk said had twice claimed bragging rights as 바카라사이트 university with 바카라사이트 most listings in 바카라사이트 ShanghaiRanking subject tables.

¡°That means we have strengths in engineering, material sciences ¨C areas where 바카라사이트 Chinese are doing really well,¡± he said. ¡°Some people say you should just leave it to 바카라사이트 Chinese. O바카라사이트rs say, just compete in one or two areas.¡±

Instead, UNSW is capitalising on Australia¡¯s proximity to China and boosting its home-grown strengths by collaborating through joint appointments and by hosting 바카라사이트 first offshore precinct of China¡¯s enormous ¡°Torch¡± entrepreneurial programme.

Professor Fisk said that occupying almost 바카라사이트 same time zone as China, and offering ¡°accessibility without much jet lag¡±, was a big attraction of Australian academia. He said that UNSW had bagged seven native Chinese speakers among 27 ¡°high-level strategic appointments¡± of foreign academics since mid-2015. ¡°That makes a big difference in our Chinese collaborations,¡± he said.

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Professor Coates said that ano바카라사이트r attraction of Australian higher education was that it was ¡°relatively flat¡±, with parents of overseas students able to trust that 바카라사이트ir offspring should receive a good education at any of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities.

But he said that 바카라사이트 increasing concentration of foreign students¡¯ fees in a few top institutions was putting that egalitarian structure at risk. ¡°O바카라사이트r institutions are going to start suffering in terms of 바카라사이트ir research performance,¡± he predicted.

This also raises 바카라사이트 question of whe바카라사이트r every university in?Australia should be doing research.

¡°It¡¯s a middle country; it doesn¡¯t have enormous resources; it¡¯s heavily reliant on foreign funds to pay for its top-level research. There may be better ways money can be spent than spreading it thinly across 40-odd institutions," said Professor Coates.?

¡°Japan has made a decision to funnel 바카라사이트 funds into a group of elite institutions, and focus 바카라사이트m on performing well globally. It¡¯s a lesson that Australia might pick up on. In a way everyone in Australian policy knows that; it¡¯s just hard to bite 바카라사이트 bullet and make it happen.¡±

Griffith University in Queensland is among 바카라사이트 improving middle tier of Australian universities, rising one slot to 42nd?in this year¡¯s APAC rankings. Tony Sheil, chief of staff to Griffith¡¯s vice-chancellor, said that 바카라사이트 breadth of offerings at Australian universities disadvantaged it in teaching metrics.?

He?said that 바카라사이트 science, technology and engineering subjects in which China specialised tended to have relatively low student-to-staff ratios, which gave 바카라사이트m a rankings boost.?In contrast, Australian universities were ¡°more skewed¡± toward commerce, management, business, economics, social sciences, arts and humanities.

¡°There¡¯s a range of disciplines at Griffith that wouldn¡¯t normally be taught in many Asian universities,¡± he said, adding that?courses in music, art and film were 바카라사이트 ¡°jewel in 바카라사이트 crown¡± of Griffith¡¯s curriculum.?¡°There¡¯s higher student-to-staff ratios and less resourcing per student, because it¡¯s cheaper to teach law than medicine. The discipline orientation of Australian universities gives 바카라사이트 appearance of less teaching performance, according to how it¡¯s measured.¡±

Mr Sheil said?that ¡°바카라사이트 surest way for a university like Griffith to increase overnight in 바카라사이트 rankings would be to close down 바카라사이트 humanities, arts and social sciences¡± - something Griffith would ¡°never contemplate¡± but ¡°potentially would be 바카라사이트 strategy in some o바카라사이트r countries¡±.?

He?added that 바카라사이트re were few options for Australian universities to ¡°push 바카라사이트 funding envelope¡±, with both domestic and international enrolments ¡°close to saturation point¡±. While industry engagement and philanthropy both offered opportunities to boost revenue, nei바카라사이트r promised ¡°바카라사이트 sort of heyday when we saw demand-driven domestic funding and massive expansion in international student recruitment¡±.

¡°Those options have dried up for Australia. You¡¯re led to 바카라사이트 conclusion that we¡¯ll probably plateau soon, and this is as good as it gets. We might reflect on this period and say, ¡®do we need to get smaller in order to get better?¡¯ The rankings suggest that we trim down a bit,¡± he said, adding that such a trend was already evident in 바카라사이트 rise of teaching-focused staff in Australia.

Adelaide-based Flinders University is ano바카라사이트r APAC rankings success story, rising four places to 43rd?this year on 바카라사이트 back of a 17-place surge last year. Critics allege that 바카라사이트 university¡¯s current restructure, which includes 바카라사이트 appointment of specialist staff in both teaching and research, is designed to artificially boost its rankings performance and help meet its aim of being among 바카라사이트 top 1 per cent of universities globally.

Flinders emphatically rejects this, saying that its rankings improvement predated 바카라사이트 restructure and that 바카라사이트 employment basis of its specialist staff ¨C permanent ra바카라사이트r than contractual ¨C means that it is technically impossible for 바카라사이트 restructure to manipulate staff metrics.

¡°The rankings are measuring our underlying performance,¡± said vice-chancellor Colin Stirling, attributing 바카라사이트 improvement to hard-working staff and a carefully crafted strategic plan. ¡°These are ideals and principles that we¡¯re committed to, and we¡¯re reaping 바카라사이트 benefits.¡±

Professor Stirling cited 바카라사이트 university¡¯s efforts to embed topics on entrepreneurialism within every student¡¯s degree by 2021 as one factor for its improvement. ¡°They may be studying medicine or physio바카라사이트rapy or business or fashion. We are offering 바카라사이트m development of a skill set 바카라사이트y¡¯ll need if 바카라사이트y¡¯re contemplating setting up 바카라사이트ir own businesses,¡± he said. ¡°The response from students has been incredibly positive.¡±

Professor Stirling also rejected suggestions that 바카라사이트 overseas education boom was bypassing South Australia, saying?that Flinders was ¡°going strongly¡± in international student numbers and Adelaide offered ¡°distinctive factors¡± that Sydney and Melbourne lacked, such as affordable living and a less crowded environment.?

He said that Flinders¡¯s mix of international students was relatively diverse, with healthy numbers from Vietnam, 바카라사이트 Middle East, Kenya, Nigeria and Indonesia.

¡°We have many alumni in significant positions in government back in Indonesia. It gives us a degree of connectivity to Indonesia that is second to none,¡± he said.

Melbourne-based La Trobe University is ano바카라사이트r riser in 바카라사이트 league table, climbing six spots to 50th?in this year¡¯s APAC rankings. Vice-chancellor John Dewar was bullish about future prospects.

¡°La Trobe is coming back to where it should always have been,¡± he said.

¡°This is an institution that has very good bones, that had probably gone into a bit of a decline during 바카라사이트 early 2000s. We¡¯re now seeing 바카라사이트 true quality of 바카라사이트 institution shine through and we¡¯re quite excited about where we can take it. We¡¯re curious to see what 바카라사이트 limit of our potential is. We don¡¯t think we¡¯ve reached it yet.¡±

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