APEC, Vladivostok, & HRDWG: But, what does it mean for me? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

APEC, Vladivostok, & HRDWG: But, what does it mean for me?

Professor Kent Anderson, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International), the University of Adelaide

Kuala Lumpur, May 2014

Basics and Ground Rules

• Purpose: Facilitate Student, Researcher,

Institutional, and Virtual Mobility

– Share Best Practice – Identify Barriers for Removal – Brainstorming innovations

• Players: APEC, 21 Governments, our

Government, Universities

• Attitude: Big Ideas and Minor Tweaks
• Outcom es: Specific, Reinforcing, New

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Mobility of Students

A.Degree Mobility B.Credit Mobility

• Leveraging Domestic Schemes (eg AIMS, UMAP, etc)
• Academic Calendar Alignment (eg Thailand-ASEAN

calendar)

• Standardised student visa process
• Short term visa costs

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Mobility of Researchers

• APEC Research Traveller Card
• Sandwich Visa Challenges
• Leveraging and Coordination of Local Research Schemes

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Provider Mobility

• Coordination of accreditation regulators

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Virtual Mobility

• Qualification recognition (eg CIE paper)
• Quality assurance
• Content and delivery

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In the back of the mind…

• Equity of International Education

– Massification of Higher Education – 0.5% international mobility

• Ethics of International Education

– Brain drain, brain gain, brain circulation

• Migration, repatriation, co-publication

– Pulling the best out with scholarships – Pulling the richest out with quality and brand envy

• Future alumni philanthropy

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