International symposium higher education “CURRENT TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT: QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND GL

1. International symposiumhigher education“CURRENT TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT: QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND GLOBAL CONTEXT” 30-31 May2013 Transnational education as a way to enhance the competitiveness of the national education in Kazakhstan G. Sarsenbayeva Kazakh National Technical University after K.I.Satpayev

2. Speech by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan NursultanNazarbayev at the 26th Meeting of the Foreign Investors, 22 May 2013 effective technology transfer - • - corporate research centers • Within the framework of innovation clusters it is important to create research centers in the field of geology, metallurgy, energy and building technology, composite materials • provide orders for the research and development from foreign investors and local companies

3. Higher education in Kazakhstan: global dimension Internationalization / globalization: increased competition, growing global market for higher education, entry into the world educational space / market Bologna Process: priorities - 3-cycle training, quality assurance, recognition of qualifications and duration of training 

4. Internationalization of Higher Education: What is in? • International Education • Transnational education • Globalizationof higher education • “Europeanization of education”: academic mobility, international exchange, study abroad • Education: intercultural, cross-cultural, international, transnational • Competencies: global, transnational

5. Internationalization:transnational education • Students in one country at the university in another country • Education programs cross the border and become transnational. • Crossing borders physically: by teachers, teaching materials • Virtually: distance learning using telecommunications and Internet-technologies.

6. Forms of transnational education Franchising Programme articulations Branch campus Off-shore institution/campus Corporateinstitutions/Large corporations Distance Learning

7. Transnational education: reasons for the development • Globalization • Development of information technologies Transformation of best practices (quality education, dual/international diploma, job prospects) • Continuing Education • Quality Recognition

8. Transnational education: status quo • Western providers (USA, Europe) from 18 universities of 10 countries • Courses vs Students' mobility • Mobility within DAAD (in 2003): 1.6% of the total number of students globally • U.S. hosted (in 2000): 465 000 students • From China: 107,000 students for mobility programs • Specialties: Business MBA, IT, Law

9. Transnational education: benefits and perspectives • expanding opportunities for continuing education • creates a competitive environment for the national system of higher education • national institution cooperates with leading foreign universities • best practices are transferred • strengths and weaknesses of national systems are analyzed • effective exchange of experiences • education through various forms of strategic partnership

10. Recommendations • Transformation of the system of training quality control into the system of quality development • Modern system for monitoring recommendations for further improvement • Educational programs Quality Assessment (opinions of employers, students; market research) • Contemporary Modern Model of the teacher (improvement of teaching, definition of innovation value and the real value of knowledge) • Evaluation system of training vs. self-control and self-evaluation • Creating the Model of Specialist

11. Thank you for attention! GulnaraSarsenbayeva Kazakh National Technical University after K.I.Satpayev guliesars@gmail.com