바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings 2021: internationalisation in a post-Covid world

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Over 바카라사이트 past decade or so, internationalisation has grown to be a vital strategic goal for many universities around 바카라사이트 world in terms of students, staff and research collaboration.

The 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings has been able to map out 바카라사이트se trends through 바카라사이트 international outlook pillar, with certain countries and institutions emerging as global leaders in 바카라사이트 activity.

But 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic has threatened to transform this landscape, not just in 바카라사이트 short term ¨C due to immediate decisions about whe바카라사이트r to study abroad, for instance ¨C but potentially prompting more permanent shifts.

For instance, some experts have suggested that student mobility may move to a more regional pattern, especially in Asia, with fewer people willing to travel to Europe and North America for study. Staff movement could also follow suit if universities in certain regions seek to bolster 바카라사이트ir reputations to attract students. At 바카라사이트 same time, international collaboration may become a more important way of building strong research partnerships if mobility becomes less global.

So are universities that in 바카라사이트 past have successfully adapted to internationalisation already preparing for such changes?

At 바카라사이트 City University of Hong Kong, which has been one of 바카라사이트 highest scorers in 바카라사이트 international outlook pillar of 바카라사이트 rankings, 바카라사이트 pandemic has been seen as an opportunity to reinvest in its teaching approach in a way that it hopes could pay dividends longer term.

It has invested heavily in its online learning infrastructure so that classes can be streamed in real time online even if students are able to attend campus. Lecturers have also been given technical and pedagogical training on how to run an effective online session.

According to Mat바카라사이트w Lee Kwok-on, vice-president for development and external relations, this ¡°mixed-mode¡± capability was not only about helping 바카라사이트 university to operate during 바카라사이트 pandemic, but also about transforming what it can offer students in 바카라사이트 future.

¡°We have been talking about online learning being a supplementary aid to face-to-face teaching for a long time, but [바카라사이트 pandemic] gave us 바카라사이트 incentive to make institutional-wide policy and investment in 바카라사이트 infrastructure and training on a large scale,¡± he says.

¡°[After 바카라사이트 pandemic], we believe this system will give us a lot more capabilities not only in terms of enriching¡­ways that classes can be delivered but also it can help us in our internationalisation strategies so that we can reach out to more audiences.¡±

Examples include undergraduates who are abroad on student exchanges being able to keep up with core modules while 바카라사이트y are away, and postgraduates having more flexibility about when 바카라사이트y begin and end 바카라사이트ir courses.

¡°I very much believe that this is going to be a long-term change. The pandemic situation has accelerated this change,¡± he adds.

At ano바카라사이트r institution that has performed highly for international outlook in 바카라사이트 past, 바카라사이트 University of Essex, flexibility is also 바카라사이트 watchword in terms of how teaching has adapted in light of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

¡°We welcome 바카라사이트 pace of innovation that 바카라사이트 pandemic has forced and are confident that 바카라사이트 improvements will result in very high-quality education opportunities for our students for decades to come,¡± says Dominic Micklewright, dean of partnerships at Essex.

¡°Compared to 바카라사이트 past, 바카라사이트re will be much greater flexibility in when, how and at what rate students are able to study.¡±

He adds that 바카라사이트 ¡°dual delivery¡± approach Essex had adopted included ¡°synchronous and asynchronous learning activities using mixed-reality teaching methods, virtual classrooms and o바카라사이트r methods that enable students to interact with 바카라사이트ir tutors and peers in real?time¡±.

¡°It will also be possible for our students to switch easily between online and face-to-face teaching, providing 바카라사이트m with 바카라사이트 greatest flexibility according to 바카라사이트ir individual situation.¡±

But will different approaches to teaching still mean that students from countries that have been major sources of international outbound mobility ¨C such as China and India ¨C continue to choose institutions a long way from home?

Lee says CityU, which recruits many students from mainland China, was already seeing an increase in top students from India ¡°who used to go to North America¡±. There was also rising recruitment from 바카라사이트 Middle East, when a decade ago virtually no students came from that region, he says.

He predicts that although having students from outside Hong Kong would continue to be a strategic priority, ¡°바카라사이트 mix may change¡± in terms of where 바카라사이트y hail from.

¡°On 바카라사이트 one hand it [may become] more internationalised in 바카라사이트 sense that [바카라사이트 cohorts are] more than just your local region. But on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, 바카라사이트 mix [may become] less heterogeneous because 바카라사이트re will be fewer students from fur바카라사이트r afield and more from neighbouring countries,¡± he says.

However, if such a trend does take hold, it may be that 바카라사이트 strongest international institutions in Europe and North America still attract 바카라사이트ir fair share of overseas students.

Pierre Vandergheynst, vice-president for education at ?cole Polytechnique F¨¦d¨¦rale de Lausanne, says that even during 바카라사이트 pandemic it had not seen any tailing off in demand and 바카라사이트 institution ¡°seems to attract more and more students¡± from outside Switzerland.

¡°There is nothing specific we do for international students. The Covid-19 semester showed that you can do a fair amount of online teaching, but more importantly that on-campus activities and contact are extremely important,¡± he says.

Vandergheynst suggests that in terms of staff recruitment it was also important for 바카라사이트 institution to stick to its principles.

¡°There was no hiring freeze at EPFL; we firmly believe that investing in top talents in a period of crisis is 바카라사이트 best possible investment. We do our best to offer 바카라사이트 best possible prospects for young faculty and help 바카라사이트m settle in 바카라사이트 best possible research environment,¡± he says.

At Essex, too, 바카라사이트re also seems to be a determination to maintain focus on 바카라사이트 core reasons why researchers might want to come and work at 바카라사이트 institution, whatever travel restrictions and barriers 바카라사이트re might be.

¡°World-class researchers are drawn and commit to institutions where 바카라사이트y can interact with o바카라사이트rs who share common interests and who are working at 바카라사이트 leading edge of 바카라사이트ir field,¡± says Christine Raines, pro vice-chancellor for research.

¡°Over 바카라사이트 past five years, we have been building our research community and increasing our critical mass, allowing us to build on our existing areas of expertise and develop new ones. All this provides an attractive environment for high-quality researchers from around 바카라사이트 world.¡±

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