The role of technicians in internationalisation

Dr Suzanne McGowan Head of School of Geography UNMC

UNUK (est. 1929) UNMC (est. 2000, 2005) UNNC (est. 2004)

Student numbers 2012-13

Home

UK 24766 Malaysia 2969 China 5007

Inter national

9178 1391 250

Total

33944 4360 5257 “Transnational teaching and learning environment hosting the largest number of international students of any British university”

Faculties at UNNC

Faculty of Arts and Education

• Centre for English Language Education • Education • English • International Communications

Faculty of Social Sciences

• Contemporary Chinese Studies • Economics • International Studies • Nottingham University Business School China

Faculty of Science and Engineering

• Civil Engineering • Computer Science • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Geographical Sciences • Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

Faculties at UNMC

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

• Applied Psychology • Business (NUBS) • Economics (NSE) • Education • English • Modern Languages & Cultures • Politics, History & International Relations • Centre for English Language Education • Compulsory Subjects Unit

Faculty of Science

• Biomedical Sciences • Biosciences • Computer Science • Geography • Pharmacy • Psychology

Faculty of Engineering

• Chemical & Environmental Engineering • Civil Engineering • Electrical & Electronic Engineering • Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering

University strategy- teaching “One of our top priorities is to further internationalise our curriculum” Expand and enhance the teaching at the campuses in China and Malaysia and increase their student populations.

• UNNC • Expand mathematics, economics and the sciences • Introduce additional postgraduate taught courses • Increase the proportion of postgraduates to 18% • UNMC • Develop undergraduate courses in the arts and humanities, the sciences and economics • Expand the range of master’s courses offered.

School of Geography at UNMC MSc in

Environmental Monitoring and Management

Started in 2011 and takes elements from two UNUK MSc programmes in

Environmental Management

and

Geographical Information Sciences

Foundations of Environmental Management module (UNUK) Field visit to Attenborough Nature Reserve

Foundations of Environmental Management module (UNMC) Field visit to UNMC campus lakes

School of Pharmacy

“We generally do try and replicate the UK T&L activities but this isn’t always possible. For example, one lab class used codeine which we couldn’t easily obtain and use in Malaysia so that activity had to be replaced with something which covered the same learning outcomes .”

Andrew Morris (Head of School)

School of Pharmacy

“We’ve been through quite an extensive course redesign process over the last couple of years and UNMC staff have contributed in many ways to this process. We are now starting to see more and more UNMC staff producing material which is then delivered by our UK colleagues. It’s still relatively small numbers of lectures at the moment, but I’m hoping that this will increase so that the flow is not so unidirectional .”

Andrew Morris (Head of School)

University strategy- Research Invest strategically in the research infrastructure across all our campuses • Increase the size and proportion of our postgraduate population across all campuses to 25% • Achieve a research profile at our campuses in Asia in key areas comparable to that of the Nottingham campus.

• Expand research capacity at the China and Malaysia campuses in a way that takes advantage of Nottingham’s strengths while responding to their national and regional priorities.

• Enhance the research environments at both campuses in Asia.

Environmental research at UNMC

• Wildlife endocrinology facilities • Geochemistry analytical facilities • Geospatial computing facilities Peatland biogeochemistry and land use alteration Human-wildlife conflict: elephant translocation as a conservation strategy Khao Lak, Thailand ASTER and SRTM Using geospatial technologies to track tsunamis

Research visits UK-UNMC Dr Adam Algar- biogeographer Green anole eating a dronefly. (Photo from Wikipedia)

University strategy- Global reach Expand student and staff mobility • Increase the proportion of outward study abroad participation to 25% • Improve support for staff and student mobility between our campuses Develop and enhance international teaching and research partnerships • Develop new and existing international research and teaching partnerships • Strengthen our Universitas 21 member collaborations

BSc Environmental Sciences (2+2 UNNC-UNUK)

BSc Environmental Sciences (2+2 UNNC-UNUK)

Environmental Science field trip to Tioman Island (Malaysia) UNMC + UNNC

Study Abroad ERASMUS/SOCRATES Grenoble, Seville, Eichstaett UNIVERSITAS 21 - McGill, UBC, Virginia, Queensland, NSW, Melbourne, Auckland, Peking, Fudan, Korea, Shanghai Jiaol Tong, Hong Kong, Singapore, Lund, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Glasgow, Nottingham

Summary

• Teaching & curriculum development • Laboratory facilities • Sourcing materials/ suppliers • Safety & ethics • Pastoral support Communication is key

What does Malaysia have to offer?

Diversity: Shopping & restaurants

KL is 4 th best shopping city in the world

Starhill Gallery shopping mall (luxury shopping) Mid Valley mega mall) Night market, Bangsar Hawker stalls in Chinatown

What does Malaysia have to offer?

Variety of natural environments Rainforest Beaches Mangroves Mountains Gateway to SE Asia (Camboia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos about 1-2 hours away)

What does Malaysia have to offer?

Biodiversity hotspot Photos from the Environmental Science field trip (Tioman Island)