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DAY ONE Wednesday 10th November, 2010

 

8:00 Registration opens & morning coffee

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

Douglas Proctor, Associate Director International Relations, The University of Melbourne

OUTLOOK FOR OFFSHORE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

9:10 Vision for Australia’s offshore campuses – Implementing standards across the globe

  • Overview - the historical dynamics and factors that shaped Monash University’s international trajectory and its development as a Global Network University
  • How Monash is rethinking the fundamentals of its international engagement as we seek to respond to challenges that are reshaping the global higher education landscape

Professor Adam Shoemaker, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Monash University

9:50 Trends in Australian transnational education

  • Feedback from AEI's international network on developments in transnational education around the world
  • Addressing the implications of regulatory reform in Australia and around the world for transnational education
  • Developments in Australia's multilateral and bilateral international relations for the development of transnational education

Di Weddell, Branch Manager, International Strategy Branch, Australian Education International

10:20 Morning tea

10:40 International Perspective Critical success factors for off-shore programmes in HK: amidst major transition of Higher Education from 2012

Rob Fearnside, Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ)

11:10 International Perspective Borderless Higher Education – a new perspective for Hong Kong

Peter P. T. Cheung, Secretary General, The Federation of Continuing Education, Hong Kong

11:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Identifying the critical success factors for transnational education

  • Aligning cross-border initiatives with institutional mission, vision and values
  • Strategies for building consensus amongst offshore campuses and host campuses
  • Discussion on cost scenarios for developing and implementing transnational higher education programs
  • Best practices initiatives from successful transnational institutions
  • Steps for developing an international network of professional colleagues
  • Managing internal and external expectations of international students

Leon Lyell, Executive Manager, International Relations, La Trobe International
Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne, Associate Dean, International, University of Melbourne
Dr. Christopher Ziguras, Associate Professor International Studies, RMIT

12:20 Education for all and cross-border provision of higher education in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Vision for 2015
  • Addressing issues of supply and demand in higher education
  • New developments and challenges in international distance education

Dr. Brian D Denman, Senior Lecturer, University of New England

1:00 Lunch

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND AUDITING

2:00 Challenges of quality assurance in the global education market

  • Steps to ensuring quality assurance is achieved offshore
  • Building an academic community inter and intra campuses
  • Fostering in-house teaching and learning support

Professor Ian Macdonald, Director Centre for Innovation in learning and teaching, Victoria University

2: 40 Quality audit and assurance for transnational university campuses

  • Recommendations and commendations from AUQA audits
  • Strategic planning, mission alignment and maintaining brand consistency
  • Quality assurance in human resources planning for transnational campuses
  • Quality assurance framework for transnational campuses

Dr. Jeanette Baird, Audit Director, Australian Universities Quality Agencies


STAFFING ISSUES

3:20 Attracting, retaining and developing quality academic staff

  • Building the attractiveness of staff to work offshore.

Terri Mac Donald, Policy and Research Officer, National Tertiary Education Union

4:00 Closing remarks from the chair

4:10 Close of day one

DAY TWO Thursday 11th NOVEMBER, 2010


TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION CASE STUDIES

8:30 Morning coffee

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

9:10 CASE STUDY - Work integrated learning interdisciplinary projects (Vietnam)

  • Building an international community for the university, its students and project partners
  • The rollercoaster ride of developing real life projects in a developing country
  • Capacity building and sustainability issues for multidisciplinary, cross-cultural projects

Dr. Julie Roberts, Senior Advisor, Strategic Initiatives Learning and Teaching Unit, RMIT

9:50 CASE STUDY - Operational and quality assurance challenges of offshore education programs in Singapore

  • Addressing the growing need and opportunity for offshore programs in Singapore
  • Issues and challenges
  • Growth plans for offshore education at Adelaide University

Professor Iain Reid, Academic Director Singapore Operations, Adelaide University

10:30 CASE STUDY - Vision for offshore VET programs

  • Overview of international VET student numbers
  • Experiences of setting up offshore campuses in Fiji and Singapore
  • Growth plans and vision for offshore programs

Noel Lyons, Vice President International, Boxhill Institute

11:10 Morning refreshments

11:40 CASE STUDY - Foreign institutions in Australian - the implementation of international models

  • Why would a top five global university ever leave home?
  • The UCL strategy for building student numbers
  • UCL’s Australian research strengths and collaborative models

David Travers, CE, University College London, School of Energy and Resources, Australia

12:20 CASE STUDY - University of Wollongong, Dubai Campus

  • Branch campus model
  • Key to partnership success
  • Branch campus success factors

Professor Joe Chicharo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International, University of Wollongong

1:00 Lunch

2:00 CASE STUDY - Curtin University – International pathways in Singapore and Sarawak

  • The internationalisation of Curtin education programs
  • Future outlook
  • Challenges and lessons learned in transnational education

Professor David Wood, Deputy Vice-Chancellor International, Curtin University of Technology

SOCIAL INCLUSION

2:40 Social, cultural and gender challenges for cross-border education

  • Implications of the locus of control in TNE
  • Culture and relationships in TNE assessment and teaching
  • The importance of dialogue between TNE teachers
  • Communication media used by TNE teachers

Associate Professor Carmela Briguglio, Manager Communication Skills CentreCurtin Business School (Academic Development)Curtin University of Technology

3:20 International learning experiences in the context of the branch campus

  • Who are the locals and who are the international students?
  • Internationalisation of the curriculum or learning in context
  • Transnational roles and academic career paths
  • Whose curriculum is it anyway?

Professor Margaret Mazzolini, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching), Swinburne University of Technology

3:55 Closing remarks from the Chair

4:00 Close of conference

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