Education export to China Lecture Series I:

Transcript:Education export to China Lecture Series I::
Education export to China Lecture Series I: Opportunities, challenges and successful scenarios Seppo Hölttö, Professor Yuzhuo Cai ,University of Lecuturer, Adjunct Professor Chinese Education Research and Exchange Centre/Higher Education Group School of Management, University of Tampere 5th January 2012, Vapriikki, Tampere Changes of internationalisation of education in Finland China as a prioritised export destination Opportunities Challenges Successful scenarios & potential risks Future topics Main topics Changes of internationalisation of education in Finland 1) traditional individual based mobility, 2) internationalisation based on bilateral institutional agreements, 3) programme based internationalisation 4) internationalisation based on institutional and disciplinary networks 5) market oriented internationalisation. Models of internationalisation of education in Finland Emergence of knowledge based society Growing importance of knowledge in production (as a resource and product) Globalisation National and supra-national policies Internationalisation Importance of HE in other national and regional policies (national competitiveness) Internationalisation of HE and universities Drivers for change Initiated in Higher education sector Amendments to both the Universities Act (1997/645) and the Polytechnics Act (2003/351)—made to order education Universities Act (2009)— tuition fee programmes Selected Master programmes Made to order education Strategy for the Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions (2009-2015) A move towards education export Extend to all sectors of Finnish education Education Export Strategy (2009) Future Learning Finland (2010) Funded by three Ministries Coordinated by Finpro A move towards education export Linked to the University Reform (New legal status of universities) International Master programmes National and European (Erasmus Mundus) Professional continuing education programmes Reforms of international administration (new models of internationalisation) Need for institutional capacity building What we mean by educational markets? Which kinds of markets we want to operate in? Which kinds of products we want to offer to the markets? Which kinds of capacity we need to operate in the selected segments of markets? QUESTIONS China as an prioritised export destination China is considered as an important international actor and as a partner to Finland and EU Outside EU, China is the second largest trader partner of Finland after Russia 8 Billion Euros Finnish investment in China 340 Finnish offices, subsidiaries and joint-venture in China China Action Plan (MOF, 2010) Development of expertise on Asia and co-operation with Asian countries are priorities of internationalisation. Many rapidly developing Asian countries offer great potential and it is important for Finnish higher education institutions, research institutions, the cultural field and other parties to aim to take advantage of this potential