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Charles Sturt University

Successful Academic Collaboration in a Rapidly Changing World Professor Sue Thomas Vice-President (Research). Charles Sturt University . A multi-campus network throughout regional and metropolitan Australia.

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Charles Sturt University

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  1. Successful Academic Collaboration in a Rapidly Changing World Professor Sue ThomasVice-President (Research)

  2. Charles Sturt University • A multi-campus network throughout regional and metropolitan Australia. • CSU is the largest non-metropolitan university in Australia delivering more than 400 programs to over 35,000 students.

  3. History of academic engagement with China • First joint venture cooperation programme approved in 2000 • >5000 successful graduates • 17 formal partnerships with universities in China • ~1800 Chinese students studying CSU courses

  4. Ingredients for cross-border cooperation • Foundation with “like” universities • Clear purpose & vision, with mutual benefit • Mutual respect, get to know each other • Quality and standards • Whole of organisation basis

  5. Types of collaborations with mutual benefit • Staff training and exchange • Student exchange • Joint research programs • Mutual recognition of credit • Curriculum development • Course delivery

  6. National intent • China • “It is essential to reform and develop education by opening it to the outside world, carrying out education exchanges and collaboration at multiple levels and in a broad scope, and raising education’s internationalization level”. • China Education Report Policy(2010-2020) • Australia • Commissioned discussion paper “Australia in the Asian century”

  7. Features of future opportunities:for students • Two way flow of benefits • Mutual recognition of academic credit across national boundaries • Higher level of student mobility

  8. Features of future opportunities:for staff • Sabbatical time abroad • Dedicated periods engaged in collaborative research abroad • Opportunities to internationalise curricula • Growing strength for all partner systems

  9. The future • Nomadic students • Multiple engagements with University education • High expectations of quality and service • Sophisticated use & understanding of technology

  10. The future at CSU • Continued evolution of distance education • Improved technology • Global input into curricula • Opportunities for all students • Provision to small rural communities & those who cannot leave home

  11. And research… • Fundamental need of Universities to inform curricula with the latest in research & scholarship • Broad research needs of society • Opportunities for researchers to look outwards

  12. “The highest result of education is tolerance”. • Helen Keller (1880-1968), Optimism, 1903

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