develop its hi-tech workforce; the number of institutions doubled from 2,000 to 4,000 in the three years to 2005, and the top universities (like Hong Kong, Peking and Tsinghua) are looking to compete with the very best worldwide. Various leading Chinese universities are now teaching courses in English, often with staff recruited from abroad, and actively seeking to recruit non-Chinese students to come to study. What’s more, the Chinese government has encouraged a number of Western universities – for example, Nottingham and Liverpool – to establish campuses or partnerships in China. These aim to provide a Western-standard education without as high fees, and represent less of a distance to travel for students from countries like India. Likewise, Singapore and Malaysia have both been working to attract Western universities to establish branch campuses, or partnerships with their own leading institutions (such as the National University of Singapore); while South Korea and Japan, which have traditionally been very focused on their own students, are also starting to seek to attract more international students to their already excellent national education systems.
In the next edition Ruaidhri Donnelly looks into other considerations when choosing where to study abroad, including: course and subject choice, type of institution, length of study and fees and costs.
About the author
“Ruaidhri Donnelly has an MBA in Higher Education Management and a BSc in Physics & Philosophy. Originally from Ireland, he took his degrees in the UK and currently works as Quality Manager for a
leading postgraduate medical school in London.”
References
Facts and background information in this article have been drawn from sources including the following –
• Altbach, P. G., Reisberg, E., and Rumbley, E. (2009), ‘Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution (A Report Prepared for the UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education)’. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
• Becker, R. (2009), ‘International Branch Campuses: Markets and Strategies’. London: Observatory on Borderless Higher Education.
• Knight, J. (2008), ‘Higher Education in Turmoil: The Changing World of Internationalization’. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
• Lasanowski, V. (2009), ‘International student mobility: status report’. London: Observatory on Borderless Higher Education.
• Maringe, F. and Foskett, N. (2010), ‘Globalization and Internationalization in Higher Education’. London: Continuum.
• Universities UK (2010), ‘The Global Picture’. London: Universities UK.
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