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Richard French, TNE business development manager
03/12/2017
support Transnational Education? Richard French, TNE business - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
support Transnational Education? Richard French, TNE business - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Is the Global NREN community ready to 03/12/2017 support Transnational Education? Richard French, TNE business development manager Overview Jisc international Definitions and trends The role of technology NREN collaboration
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Who are Jisc?
Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions Operate shared digital infrastructure and services Provide trusted advice and practical assistance for universities, colleges and learning providers
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Negotiate sector-wide deals with IT vendors and commercial publishers
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Definitions and trends
What is transnational education?
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Source: British Council “Transnational education: a classification framework and data collection guidelines”, May 2017
“Transnational Education is the mobility of higher education programmes and institutions / providers across international borders”*
What is transnational education?
Definitions and trends
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Universities UK International “International Facts and Figures” May 2017
Definitions and trends
Growth
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Technology to support TNE
network connectivity
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Technology to support TNE
network connectivity
VLE e-assessment videoconferencing VPN email system student record system student experience learning analytics digital skills access and identity/authentication eduroam access to e-resources
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Dubai Over 23 HEIs from 10 countries, 24,000 students Abu Dhabi Branch campuses: NYU, Paris-Sorbonne, INSEAD, NYIT, NY Film Academy Saudi Arabia 2,620 UK TNE students Algonquin College - Jazan Egypt 18,000 UK TNE students Regional hub with 70,000 international students Technical University of Berlin – Campus El Gouna Oman 17,495 UK TNE students German University of Technology in Oman Kuwait Branch campuses: Box Hill Institute, Kuwait Maastricht Business School Bahrain Branch campuses: RCSI Bahrain, Ama International University - Bahrain
ASREN region
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NREN collaboration
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Janet historic direct peering link with CERNET in late 1990’s. Link replaced by high-speed London-Beijing ORIENT and ORIENTplus since 2005
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Strategic Alliance’ agreed with CERNET in December 2013, utilising
- ORIENTplus. Currently being extended to cover other areas of
collaboration
CERNET
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NREN collaboration
CERNET »
Direct support by Jisc and CERNET staff on a case by case basis
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Issues addressed including network performance testing, traffic engineering, service upgrades and general troubleshooting
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Advice on negotiation of contracts with partner institution relating to IT infrastructure and support
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Advice on reviewing existing contracts with partner institutions for improving network service
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CERNET ‘VIP’ TNE Service (port monitoring, monthly reporting, routing
- ptimization/backup)
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NREN collaboration
“If we provide teaching materials on the VLE in London, they’ve got access to the same resources in Nanchang or Beijing” Paul Gallagher, Interim Assistant Director of Applications, QMUL
Case study: Queen Mary University of London »
Resolved issues in two China sites with campus-campus connectivity through National Research and Education Network
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Issues accessing VLE from student accommodation and other off campus locations
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Jisc established peering between Janet network and ISPs in China
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VLE log-ins increase from 2,300 to 125,000
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NREN collaboration
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Jisc leading on GÉANT TNE support
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SIG-TNE formed February 2017
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Challenge areas:
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TNE data – regional, national and global
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Global TNE policies
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Technology barriers and TNE service development
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Tools, toolkits and resources
GÉANT SIG-TNE
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NREN collaboration
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SIG-TNE Wiki site - https://wiki.geant.org/display/TNE/SIG- TNE+Home
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Jisc website (TNE Programme)
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Case studies
Resources
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Further information
jisc.ac.uk Email: transnational@jisc.ac.uk