ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR: Professor Anthony Welch.
Topic: How does the recruitment of international students and the establishment of branch campuses impact on higher education in Australia?
This essay presents a critical review of two issues arising from the phenomenon of Internationalisation of Higher Education (HE); namely the recruitment of international students and the development of off-shore campuses. In recent decades, Australia, in keeping with Higher Education institutions world-wide, has experienced a decrease in public funding and is increasingly adopting a neo-liberal, free-market ideology. An entrepreneurial approach to fund-raising …show more content…
In the last three decades, Australian Universities have identified the recruitment of international students as a primary source of increased revenue. The internationalisation of the student body has been encouraged by a series of government policy changes in the area of education, which have affected the ways in which Australian HEs are funded, and led to a change in the profile of ‘typical’ students at tertiary level. Accordingly, the essay will explore some of the themes relevant to the recruitment of international students such …show more content…
• Challenges presented by internationalisation of HEs. ie. language support; study skills and cultural orientation etc.
• Internationalisation of existing curricula and teaching practices.
• Teaching, learning and support services designed to meet the needs of international students and policies to support the development of intercultural perspectives (Maringe and Fosket, 2010, pp.114-115).
Offshore Campuses
An important dimension of internationalisation of higher education is the spread of overseas campuses. The key markets for offshore campuses include Malaysia, Singapore, China and India. The most active providers of offshore campuses are the USA, Ireland and the UK and Australia (Maringe & Gibbs, 2009, p.99). The second part of the essay will include topics such as concerns regarding offshore campuses as well as associated advantages:
• Profitability (generating additional revenue via tuition and agreements with host countries).
• Quality assurance
• Enhancing inter-country relations and understanding.
• Enhancing the reputation of the university as a global player in key educational markets (Wilkins and Huisman, 2012, p.627).
• Impact of exchange rates
• ESL