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Diane Bell Maurice Cuypers

SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION: THE CASE OF FONTYS UNIVERSITY (NETHERLANDS) AND THE CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (SOUTH AFRICA). Diane Bell Maurice Cuypers. OUTLINE. Introduction Rationale and benefits of Internationalisation Factors promoting success

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Diane Bell Maurice Cuypers

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  1. SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION: THE CASE OF FONTYS UNIVERSITY (NETHERLANDS) AND THE CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (SOUTH AFRICA) Diane Bell Maurice Cuypers

  2. OUTLINE • Introduction • Rationale and benefits of Internationalisation • Factors promoting success • South Africa and Internationalisation • The Netherlands and Internationalisation • Collaboration: Fontys and CPUT • Factors leading to Sustainable Collaboration • Conclusion and Recommendations

  3. “An increasingly internationalised economy, will require larger and larger pools of well-trained, multilingual, internally knowledgeable employees”(Excerpt from a policy on internationalisation at a Canadian University)

  4. INTRODUCTION • Internationalisation is a key theme within higher education • Internationalisation? • Research • Joint projects • Exchanges • Professional development • Curricular development • Double and joint degrees • Study abroad programmes • Institutional partnerships

  5. “the process of integrating an international, intercultural, and global dimension into the purpose, functions (teaching, research and service) and the delivery of higher education”(Knight, 2004:11)

  6. RATIONALE • 2 main reasons for growth in internationalisation • Globalisation • Pace of internationalisation • Opening up of borders • Knowledge economy • Acceleration of amount & flow of knowledge • Growth in knowledge-mediated industries and services

  7. OTHER DRIVERS (Internationalisation) • Advances in information and communication technologies (linked to knowledge production) • Increased demand for international studies to secure future employment & successful career • Efficiency and best practice • Enrichment of teaching, research, quality etc. • New modalities of learning and research • Increase of national competitiveness in HE • Increase of mobility students, staff etc. • Academic alliances enable students to gaining international exposure and credentials

  8. OTHER DRIVERS(Internationalisation) • Transformation and restructuring of higher education • Reduction in funding from the state

  9. BENEFITS(of Internationalisation) • Source of additional funding (due to reduction in state funding) • Building of institutional capacity (exposure to international competition and best practice) • Meeting the market needs of less developed countries • Enrichment of teaching and research programs • Improved quality of higher education • Understanding of foreign cultures with local cultures being preserved...

  10. SOUTH AFRICA & INTERNATIONALISATION • Huge growth in internationalisation • Why? • New education system must be internationally competitive • Free flow of staff and students across borders • SA is a study destination of choice • Pursuit of international competition, norms, standards and best practice • Research, development and knowledge production • Regional integration and development • Direct “economic” rationale ... (3rd stream income)

  11. SOUTH AFRICA & INTERNATIONALISATION • Trends & Recommendations: • Development of a national framework for internationalisation in HE • International co-operation should increase in the areas of research and post-graduate studies to support the development and growth plans of SA (Malaza, 2011) • Increased request for joint and double degree programmes by international partners (Dell, 2012)

  12. SOUTH AFRICA & INTERNATIONALISATION • Challenges? • Absence of national policy/guidelines • Universities seen to be autonomous • Transformation of universities • DHET and prioritisation of internationalisation

  13. THE NETHERLANDS &INTERNATIONALISATION • Internationalisation moved from • Aid (in Africa) to cooperation to a more competitive approach • Internationalisation for: • Quality improvement of education and research • Preparation for intercultural and international society • The effect of the European crisis (criticism) • Trends towards national interests facing internationalisation of HE

  14. COLLABORATION:FONTYS & CPUT • Academic Mobility • Staff and student exchange • Curriculum • Double Degree • Short projects/distance projects • Joint programs / master • Short programs • Applied research • Social entrepreneurship • Individuals Collaborating • Two persons initiative • International academic support group (Project team) on faculty level • Enabling Factor(s) • Flexibility • Transparency • Mutual trust, respect, vision and commitment and creativity

  15. FACTORS PROMOTING SUCCESS • Rudzki (1995): • Favourable staff attitudes, active support of senior management, staff with a specific international brief, staff fluent in foreign languages, the availability of additional funds internally, having good partner institutions, having staff development focused on internationalisation, access to information on good practice etc. • Chan (2004): • Shared identity, strong commitment to same goals, skills being complementary, project champions etc.

  16. ANALYSIS OF COLLABORATION

  17. ANALYSIS OF COLLABORATION

  18. SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATIONMODEL

  19. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS • Two limiting factors : • a lack of a strategic approach to plan, evaluate and ensure quality • the fact that internationalisation attempts are not fully integrated into all the activities and policies of the institution • Project group: • Members are the drivers for a successful collaboration • Broader basis means a stronger collaboration

  20. WAY FORWARD • Expanding the collaboration • Building international academic teams • Working more strategically • More directed way with a monitoring and evaluation component • Qualitative research study on student exchange experience • Ultimately collaboration must be sustainable (use of the model)

  21. QUESTIONS ?

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