Open Discussion, “Education Export in Non-English-Speaking Countries”
Please be aware that this event has been CANCELLED due to the COVID-19 emergency directives.
Open Discussion, “Education Export in Non-English-Speaking Countries”
Venue: HSE Institute of Education, 16/10 Potapovsky Lane, Moscow, Russia
Date: April 9, 2020
Time: 12.00 – 16.30
Working language: English
Program Committee: Isak Froumin (HSE), Ivan Prostakov (HSE), Larisa Taradina (RANEPA), Irina Karelina (HSE)
Key Speaker: Hans De Wit, Director of the Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) at Boston College, USA, and Professor of International Higher Education at the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education of the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College
Moderator: Ekaterina Minaeva, Analyst, Laboratory for University Development, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Participants:
- Hakan Ergin (Istanbul University, Turkey)
- Jo Wang (Boston College, USA)
- Daniel-Hans-Dieter (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Nico Jooste (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
- Adil Ashirbekov (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
- Futao Huang (Hiroshima University, Japan)
- Sabine Sainte-Rose (University of Grenoble, France)
- Christina Fit (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania)
- Doria Abdullah (Universiti Sains Malaysia).
Duration of presentation session: 3 hours + 1 break
Duration of each presentation: 10–15 minutes
Moderated discussion: 1 hour
Agenda:
The meeting aims to spark broader and more critical debate on education export policies and mechanisms in non-English-speaking countries both at national and institutional levels. The participants are members of the research group working on the “Education Export” project initiated by HSE. The speakers will foreground insights from their analysis of particular country cases while focusing on the following facets and dimensions:
- Fundamental strategies and practices to deliver on strategic national goals of education export (financial benefit, soft power, talent attraction, university development)
- Development and diversification of marketing strategies, recruitment policies and mechanisms in the highly competitive global education market
- Overcoming barriers for education export
- Providing opportunities for different actors (industry, regional government, faculty, managerial staff, students)
- Developing comprehensive internationalization on campus
- Pathways to job market for international students
- Harnessing the potential of digital tools and data analytics in education export: lessons from successful cases.
In addition, the discussion will highlight the global trends in education export and recent changes in the field. The event is held in association with the Conference “Internationalization of Russian Higher Education: Aims, Stakeholders, Results” by RANEPA.