Internationalising Higher Education

Recently, a number of countries and regions have embarked on ambitious education reforms to improve the quality of education
and extend access to higher levels of education. Perhaps most ambitious of all is Hong Kong, where a 15-year programme
of reform has culminated in the launch of a new academic structure. The old equivalents of GCSEs and A-levels will be replaced by a
single diploma, leading to a new four-year undergraduate degree structure from 2012. This session will use the Hong Kong example
to consider the impact of ambitious education reform on international student mobility, recruitment and other aspects of international
education. How will the reforms affect the outlook of Hong Kong students and their demand for overseas education? Will local
solutions erect new barriers for mobility, or provide a bridge for collaboration and two-way student mobility? Hong Kong's reforms are a
fascinating case study for the emergence of Asian models of educational reform and what impact they will have on student mobilit