Professor Stephanie Fahey Deputy Vice Chancellor (International) Monash University

1. Professor Stephanie FaheyDeputy Vice Chancellor (International)Monash University Education Diasporas: A case study of Monash University and Malaysia

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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

8. Establishing Monash in Malaysia Historical development • Education as a commodity • Twinning programs • Establishment of a campus

9. 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)

10. Changes in Higher Education Law Private Higher Education Act (1996) Oversees universities allowed to establish campuses in Malaysia Invitation for Monash University

11. 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

12. Programs and Courses at Sunway Campus

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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)

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Professor Stephanie FaheyDeputy Vice Chancellor (International) Educational Diaspora: Monash University in Malaysia