Internationalisation
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Introduction
• Old - 1980s:
– overseas student recruitment
– off-shore campuses & programs
– twinning schemes
– exchange agreements
• New - 21st Century:
– Profound transformation
– Volatile market, UG decline & narrowing P/G
– Old definitions outmoded
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Evolution
• Past - international operated in isolation
and limited to overseas student
recruitment
• Today - international activities are
‘mainstreamed’
• DVC International role created in 2006;
Overall international strategic framework
in education and research
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ODVCI Organisational Matrix
Country/Regional
specialists
Director,
International
Education
Director,
International
Research
Director, ODVCI
China
Sample activities:
Sample activities:
Sample activities:
Europe & USA
academic
collaboration
research
collaboration,
manage HR
Middle East &
AGCC
transnational
education policies
and procedures and
QA
HDR scholarships,
marketing and
recruitment
manage budget
India
study abroad and
students exchange.
international research
funding
manage interface
with university
(insurance, planning
etc)
Africa
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Statement of Internationalisation
Monash University is a research-intensive
and internationally-focused university which
delivers high quality education to students
from many countries and performs globallyrelevant research. Monash will engage with
the world through its international network
of campuses and centres; through
collaborative arrangements with leading
international universities; by giving students
and staff opportunities for international
experience and exposure; and by engaging
with the communities it serves.
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Collaboration:
forging new and sustainable partnership based on
collaboration and mutual respect to create win-win
outcomes
Mechanisms:
• Joint research projects and joint research academies
• Dual badged PhDs – co-supervision across borders
• Global UG degrees – semesters offered by universities in
different countries for one degree either via student mobility or
virtually
• Greater collaboration with industry in R&D, curriculum design
and delivery, internships and scholarships
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Options within the Monash Network
• Degrees taught across the Monash Network
> eg science in Malaysia with local content
• Degrees taught across faculties
> eg double degrees
• Short and long term programs at centres
> Eg Law Prato Program
• Degree based options- Global degrees
> eg BA (Global), Masters of Education
(Global), Double Degrees
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Options with Key Partners
• Selected relationships
• Research- led teaching
• Opportunities with Partners
transnational education collaborations
- Joint Degrees
- Articulations
- Twinning Programs (2+2)
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Mobility
creating opportunities for staff and student mobility
Mechanisms:
• Joint academic appointments between partner
universities
• Standardised degree structures
• Mutual recognition of degrees and units within degrees
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Mobility opportunities
• Key partners
• Mobility partners
– Monash Abroad
• Examine options deployed for
Technology in transnational education
– Use of webct and other platforms (eg Masters of
Education (Global))
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Contribution
More than equipping next generation of leaders with
global skills and values – education for purposes
beyond monetary gain
Making a contribution to global well-being
- Climate change
- International security
- Economic inequality
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Opportunities
• Provide opportunities for students to
contribute to society;
>Remedi (pharmacy)
>Ignite (medicine)
>engineers without borders
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