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Date: 
Tuesday, 27 November, 2012 - 09:00 - Wednesday, 28 November, 2012 - 17:00
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Description

In today’s globally integrated economy, universities face common challenges – about the education and skills they offer young people; the networks they must build to be successful in research; the challenge in responding to the needs of local and global communities through transnational provision; and what the changing international landscape means for university leadership.

To address the need for collaboration and shared understanding, the British Council is organising the inaugural Global Education Dialogues: the Asia Series. The series comprises of six provocative and high-level conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing international higher education. The Global Education Dialogues is a unique programme which provides a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas and offering sustainable solutions to today’s higher education challenges.

Introduction

Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Korea are all vying to be major education hubs. They harbour ambitions to attract both institutions and students from across the region and beyond. This dialogue will review the policy developments and trends in overseas delivery in these hubs, including the rise of branch campuses, boutique solutions, new international universities and traditional partnerships. It will examine trends and best practices in ensuring quality of provision and student experience. The dialogue will explore whether this is being helped or hindered by the pressures of the market - getting the balance right may be key to the sustainable future for transnational education.

Themes

  • Trends in modes of delivery
  • Managing quality and the student experience
  • Supply and demand for transnational education: the impact on local capacity as well as on competition

Research

British Council commissioned research will be presented during the event. This will focus on the question: Is what we know about transnational education enough? Revisiting the definitions and analysing trends and evolving practices in cross-border delivery in East Asia.

For more information, please contact:

Michael Yii, Manager, Transnational Education, British Council Malaysia
Tel +603 2723 7964, e-mail Michael.Yii@britishcouncil.org.my

Katherine Forestier, Senior Education Consultant, British Council Hong Kong
Tel +(852) 2913 5150, e-mail katherine.forestier@britishcouncil.org.hk

General enquiries: GED.Support@britishcouncil.org.hk

Participation in this Global Education Dialogue is free of charge.

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Event Programme

Time

Day 1 : 27 November 2012 (Tuesday)

0900

Registration of delegates

 

0930

Welcome Address

  • Gavin Anderson, Director, British Council, Malaysia
  • Dr Halima Begum, Director Education, East Asia, British Council

 

1000

Keynote Address : Future direction of Trans-national Education in East Asia

  • Professor Dame Joan K. Stringer, Principal & Vice Chancellor, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
    Presentation
  • Associate Professor Dr Christopher Ziguras, Deputy Dean, Learning and Teaching, International, RMIT University, Australia
    Presentation

Chair : Dr Halima Begum, Director for Education, East Asia, British Council

1045

Break

 

1130

Session 1 – Workshop

Research: Is what we know about transnational education enough? Revisiting the definitions and analysing trends and evolving practices in cross-border delivery in East Asia.

Preliminary findings of British Council-commissioned research will be presented and discussed.

  • Kevin van Cauter, Higher Education Partnership Advisor, British Council, UK
  • Dr Rozilini M Fernandez-Chung, Vice President and Associate Professor, HELP University, Malaysia

Presentation

1230

Lunch

 

1330

Session 2 – Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session 1 : Supply and demand for Trans-national Education: The Impact on Local Capacity as well as on Competition

  • Professor Graeme Wilkinson, Vice Chancellor, Sunway University, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Professor Les Trustrum, Academic Director, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Pradeep Nair, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Taylor’s University, Malaysia
    Presentation

Chair : Gavin Anderson, Director, British Council, Malaysia

Parallel Session 2 : International Branch Campuses Driving the Future

  • Professor Reg Jordan, Chief Executive Officer, Newcastle Medical University, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Dr Martha-Marie Kleinhans, Vice Provost (Academic), University of Reading, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Professor Neville Wylie, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Nottingham, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Professor Robin Pollard, Pro Vice-Chancellor and President, Monash University, Malaysia
    Presentation

Chair : Satinah Syed Saleh, Advisor and Consultant, Khazanah National Berhad, Malaysia

Parallel Session 3 : Trans-national Education Case Studies

  • Dr Bui Tran Phuong, President, Hoa Sen University, Vietnam
    Presentation
  • Lorne Gibson, Director, International Business and Partnerships and Convenor of the TNE Special Interest Group, International Education Association Australia, Deakin University, Australia
    Presentation
  • Margarita C. Ballesteros, Senior Supervising Education Program Specialist, Office of Programs and Standards, Commission on Higher Education, Philippines
    Presentation
  • Professor Masao Homma, Vice-President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
    Presentation

Chair : Tina Yeung, Associate Director, University of Sheffield, South East Asia

1500

Break

1515

Session 3 – Plenary

Where are we today and where we aim to be tomorrow?

  • Datin Dr Siti Hamisah binti Tapsir, Deputy Director General, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Louise McSorley, Counsellor (Education), Australian Education International, Australian High Commission, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Peter Cheung, Secretary General, Federation for Self-Financed Tertiary Education, Hong Kong
    Presentation

Chair : Professor Dame Joan K. Stringer, Principal & Vice Chancellor, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

1645

Feedback and Summary of Day 1

  • Mark Disney, Chief Operating Officer, LCCI International Qualifications, Asia
  • Dr Halima Begum, Director Education, East Asia, British Council

1700

End of Day 1

Time

Day 2 : 28 November 2012 (Wednesday)

0930

Recap from Day 1

  • Gavin Anderson, Director, British Council, Malaysia

1000

Session 4 – Plenary
Re-defining Trans-national Education: A case study of UK-Malaysia partnerships

  • Dr Christopher Hill, Director, Graduate School, University of Nottingham, Malaysia
  • Dr Rozilini M Fernandez-Chung, Vice President and Associate Professor, HELP University, Malaysia

Chair : Jeffery Soong, Regional Director, Liverpool John Moores University, South East Asia

Presentation

1115

Break

1130

Session 5 – Plenary

The Transnational student experience: How are patterns of mobility and provision are affecting today’s students?

  • Guy Perring, Regional Director, i-Graduate, Asia
    Presentation
  • Elizabeth Shepherd, Education Intelligence Research Director, British Council, Hong Kong
    Presentation
  • Lim Tou Boon, President, Taylor’s College, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Associate Professor Dr Mohd Ismail bin Abd Aziz, Director, Office of International Affairs, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
    Presentation

Chair : Paul M. Marshall, Chief Executive, The Association of Business Schools, UK

1230

Lunch

1400

Session 6 – Plenary

Quality Assurance : Issues and Challenges

  • Carolyn Campbell, Head of Networks and Partnerships, The Quality Assurance Agency, UK
    Presentation
  • Professor Zita Mohd Fahmi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Qualifications Agency, Malaysia
    Presentation
  • Peter Cheung, Secretary General, Federation for Self-Financed Tertiary Education, Hong Kong
    Presentation
  • Professor Robert Craik, Provost and Chief Executive Officer, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
    Presentation

Chair : Professor Carl Lygo, Group Chief Executive Officer and Principal, BPP University College, UK

1500

Break

1515

Feedback and Summary 

  • Mark Disney, Managing Director, LCCI Pearson, Asia Pacific
  • Dr Halima Begum, Director Education, East Asia, British Council

1530

Conclusion

1600

Dialogue ends

 

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