Transcript Transnational Partnerships

Professor Stephanie Fahey
Deputy Vice Chancellor (International)
Monash University
Education Diasporas: A case
study of Monash University and
Malaysia
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Engaging the world
Outline
Introduction
Definition
Monash-Malaysian relations
- Colombo Plan
- Private full fee paying places
- Malaysians in Australia
Monash University in Malaysia
- Historical
- Establishment of university
Profile of MUSC
Government response to MU
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Educational Diaspora
Introduction
Education diaspora refer to students and their families who have
moved between countries for educational purposes and have
remained in the host country but have maintained links with their
home country.
increased in recent years as global ‘war for talent’ has impacted
immigration programs
intensity of communication increased
Patterns starting to shift
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Definition of Educational Diaspora
• Educational diasporas come about as result of
movements of people seeking education in foreign
countries. Different meaning from alumni
• Shared characteristics:
language
food
customs and dress
social networks in their professional life
share information
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Malaysian students at Monash (early years)
Students under the Colombo Plan at Monash
- Malaysians as the largest single group
- Engineering and Science students
- Social Sciences at
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
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Malaysian students at Monash (early years)
Private full fee paying students
Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (1971):
Enrolment quotas
Privileged Malays
Limited access to local education for Chinese and
Indian Malaysians
Outflow of students from Malaysia
Outflow of US $ 800 million (1995)
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Malaysians at Monash in Australia
• largest single group of overseas enrolments in Monash’s first
decade
• over 10,000 Malaysian Monash alumni
• highly educated and talented group who were able to make
an immediate contribution to the economy
• in 2007, Malaysian students remain the number one source of
Monash’s international students at 4,512 followed by China at
3,088 (excluding Taiwan)
• those who remain in Australia are mainly Chinese and Indian
ancestry
• Increased frequency communication due to affordability of
communication technologies
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Establishing Monash in Malaysia
Historical development
• Education as a commodity
• Twinning programs
• Establishment of a campus
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Establishing Monash in Malaysia
‘to genuinely engage in the region’
to have:
‘a truly international campus that was not geographically bound
to Australia’
to build relationship that:
‘cannot be built on trade alone, and on the cult of ‘short-termism’
that characterizes so much of our thinking. Trust is all important
and it is based on long term relationships’
Professor Mal Logan
Vice Chancellor of Monash University (1987-1996)
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Changes in Higher Education Law
Private Higher Education Act
(1996)
Oversees universities allowed to establish
campuses in Malaysia
Invitation for Monash University
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Contribution of Malaysian Diaspora
Personal connections:
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri (Dr) Jeffrey Cheah studied in
Australia
founder of Sunway Group
K.Y. Chin
Monash University alumnus
links between Monash and Sunway Group
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Programs and Courses at Sunway Campus
Faculties
Schools
Degrees
Art and Design
Education
Law
Science
Arts
Engineering
Medicine Nursing and
Health Sciences
Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Arts and Social Sciences
Business
Engineering
Information Technology
Medicine and Health Sciences
Science
Bachelors
to
PhD
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Research at Sunway Campus
Biotechnology
Medicine and Health
Economic and Business Modelling
Islamic Studies
Banking
Electronic test technology
Agri-business
Brain Research Institute (BRIMS)
Innovation Research Centre
Monash University Accident Research Centre
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Operation at Sunway Campus
• Consistent quality across network
• Some courses imported into Australia – Islamic
banking
• Staff members of Monash faculties in Australia
• high degree of corporate knowledge about
Malaysia
• students from Monash in Australia are travelling to
Malaysia
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The ‘Brain Drain’ for Malaysia
…attempts of foreign universities ‘to lure Malaysian students
were tantamount to poaching’
( Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, PM, 2004)
‘It costs the government a lot of money to send our students
overseas…. [Those countries] should pay [Malaysia] for having taken
away our graduates since, by right, the graduates’ training and
knowledge should be called intellectual property’
(Mahatir Monamad, former PM, 2004)
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Reversing ‘Brain Drain’
Lure expatriate Malaysian Diaspora
‘Brain Gain’ scheme with incentives
Met with little success
Criticised for being discriminatory
Reduce number of outgoing students
Improvement of local higher education capacity
Increase of private institutions (incl. foreign
universities)
No financial support for private universities
Increase number of incoming international
students
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Monash Commitment in Malaysia
Research
Support for Malaysia’s ‘MyBrain 15’ plan
Direct dual-campus and split PhD option
Development of research centres
Mobility
Student exchange
Short study tours and internships
Bachelor of Arts (Global)
Attract best international researchers
Alumni
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Monash Commitment in Malaysia
Alumni
Prof. Shamsul Amri Baharrudin
Director, Institute of Malay World and Civilisation
Lim Guan Eng
Secretary General of the democratic Action
Party
Datuk Dr Michael Yeoh
Chief Executive Officer of Asia Strategy
Leadership Institute
Datuk Dr Kamal Salih
Prof Asma Abdullah
Datuk Jeffrey Ng
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Conclusion
Monash University Sunway Campus
Supports Malaysia’s aspirations
Contributes to reducing the ‘Brain
Drain’
Engages with wider Malaysian
community
Produces future generation of leaders
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Professor Stephanie Fahey
Deputy Vice Chancellor (International)
Educational Diaspora:
Monash University in Malaysia
www.monash.edu
Engaging the world