China-Finland education Cooperation, Potentials
and Challenges
2014 Finn-Sino Education Forum
April 25, 2014
University of Tampere
Seppo Hölttä
Higher Education Group / School of Management
University of Tampere
seppo.holtta@uta.fi
Why We Want to Cooperate With Chinese Educational Institutions?
• Government
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Promotion of multicultural society
Global responsibility
Future Learning Finland – Competitiveness of Finland
Global visibility of Finland – Reputation
From centralised control towards a role of a facilitator
• Higher Education Institutions (HEI)
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Internationalisation – Academic cooperation
Financial Returns – Export of Education
International visibility and Institutional reputation
From a traditional model towards a market based mode
Look for opportunities
• Academic Units and Academics
• Academic interest/knowlede (research and academic programmes)
• Training of academic experts
• Academic prestige
• Companies
• Financial returns
• Non-Financial benefits of owners (HEIs and others)
• Municipalities/Schools
• Internationalisation
• Regional development
Why Chinese Want to Cooperate with Us?
Opportunities
• China would use Finland as one of the main models/benchmark in its 2020 educational
reform
• China would use Finland’s academic expertise in the strategic fields supporting
transformation and economic growth
• Finland’s strengths
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Reputation created mainly by PISA
Experiences of decentralisation of the educational system and Government in general
Smooth transition to market driven society
Deep integration of Innovation policy and education and research policies
Reputation of high technology
Experiences in solving environmental problems
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• We need to understand better the Chinese view and strategies to be successful in
educational cooperation
Challenges in Finland’s education coopeartion with China (Cai’s
presentation)
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Little knowledge about Chinese higher education
Ineffective approaches to promoting Finnish higher education
Lack of trust building with Chinese partners
Lack of successful experiences of developing joint degree programmes with
Chinese partners and particularly education export
Lack of coordination between Finnish higher education institutions
Insufficient motivation and commitment (especially on education export)
Unclear vision on international cooperation and education export
Lack of national cooperation
Lessons learned from the yesterday’s Team Finland Seminar
(TEKES)
• If you offer something, you need to have the product
• You need to invest (time and money) first before trying to go to the
markets
• China cooperation needs active presence in China
• Importance of cultural understanding
• Heavy investments and economic growth in inland China offer new
opportunities
Capacity Needed for Cooperation
• Human capacity
• Training Finnish and Chinese experts in PhD and Master programmes
• Tailored capacity by professional training
• Mutual mobility
• Technical and pedagogical capacity
• ICT based teaching and learning
• Pedagogy
• Understanding of the educational systems and policies
• (Joint) research on Chinese and Finnish educational systems
• (Balanced) mobility
• Cultural understanding and sensitivity
• Communication and interaction
• Institutional/organisational capacity
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Organisational structures
Curricula (joint programmes, export programmes)
Agreements and contracts
Funding (for development)
Inter-institutional interactive platforms
Resources/Instruments – Expected Outcomes –
Processes
in Educational Cooperation
Outcomes
e
Resour
ces/
Instrum
ents
Academic
(Basic
and
Applied)
Research
PhD
Programmes/
Training
MA & BA
Program
mes
Professional
Training
Programmes
School
Programmes
Outcomes
Policy
Dialogue
Between
Governme
nts (MoE’s)
Joint
Academic
Program
mes
Exported
&
Imported
Educatio
nal
Program
mes
Advisory
&
Consulting
Services
Networks
(HEIs,
Schools,
Compani
es, Public
Organisat
ions)
Comparative Research
ed
Resour
ces/
Instrum
ents
Academic
(Basic
and
Applied)
Research
PhD
Programmes/
Training
MA & BA
Program
mes
Professional
Training
Programmes
School
Programmes
Outcomes
Policy
Dialogue
Between
Governme
nts (MoE’s)
Joint
Academic
Program
mes
Exported
&
Imported
Educatio
nal
Program
mes
Advisory
&
Consulting
Services
Networks
(HEIs,
Schools,
Compani
es, Public
Organisat
ions)
Comparative Research
Information Delivery/Exchange
Joint Research Agendas
Linking the Actors (HEIs, Schools, Companies, Public Organisations)
ed
Curriculum Development Principles
Principles of Degree Structures
Quality Assurance Principles
Resour
ces/
Instrum
ents
Academic
(Basic
and
Applied)
Research
PhD
Programmes/
Training
MA & BA
Program
mes
Professional
Training
Programmes
School
Programmes
Outcomes
Policy
Dialogue
Between
Governme
nts (MoE’s)
Joint
Academic
Program
mes
Exported
&
Imported
Educatio
nal
Program
mes
Advisory
&
Consulting
Services
Networks
(HEIs,
Schools,
Compani
es, Public
Organisat
ions)
Comparative Research
Information Delivery/Exchange
Marketing Educational Systems and Opportunities
Joint Research Agendas
ed Companies, Public Organisations)
Linking the Actors (HEIs, Schools,
Curriculum Development Principles
Principles of Degree Structures
Quality Assurance Principles
Resour
ces/
Instrum
ents
Academic
(Basic
and
Applied)
Research
PhD
Programmes/
Training
MA & BA
Program
mes
Professional
Training
Programmes
School
Programmes
Who Will Take
Care of These
Supporting
Functions?
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HEIs
Governments
Companies
FERC-CEREC