Yojana Sharma, 08 November 2013 Issue No:295 Universities from a number of countries have set up branch campuses in China, hoping to tap into the country’s desire for a Western education and a large pool of middle-class students. But China wants new types of university partnerships that tie in closely with its aspiration to drive up…
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The rise of international co-invention
The rapid rise of India and China as innovating nations seems to contradict conventional views of the economic growth and development process. India and China are still at the early stages of development, yet advanced nations are granting rapidly growing numbers of patents to inventors based in these countries. A new research analysis of U.S….
Critical success factors for transnational partnerships
Commentary was recently published in the University World News. By Eugene Sebastian and Abid Khan 25 October 2013 – Issue No:293 Partnership between leading institutions will be absolutely crucial to innovation and success in tackling major issues in a changing world. A small number of critical factors affect the long-term success of collaborations: the depth…
No stampede of foreign universities despite new laws
Ria Nurdiani and Yojana Sharma – 25 October 2013 No foreign university has applied to operate in Indonesia despite laws passed last year that were designed to make it easier for foreign institutions to set up on a non-profit basis in collaboration with local universities. Higher Education Director General Djoko Santoso confirmed that to date…
Critical success factors for transnational partnerships
Eugene Sebastian and Abid Khan 25 October 2013 Partnership between leading institutions will be absolutely crucial to innovation and success in tackling major issues in a changing world. A small number of critical factors affect the long-term success of collaborations: the depth of the alliance; shared aspirations and strategies; unified governance; and the deployment of…
First ranking of universities in BRICS countries
Karen MacGregor25 October 2013 Issue No:293 The Russian government is behind the world’s first university ranking for the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. UK-based QS Quacquarelli Symonds will produce the pilot BRICS ranking in December.Last Wednesday QS announced that it had been appointed by the Interfax Group, a leading information provider…
Innovation: new engine for China’s development
By ZHOU TIANYONG AT a group study session of the central leadership in September, Party leader Xi Jinping stressed that the implementation of the strategy of innovation-driven development will decide the future of the Chinese nation. He urged the Party and society to grasp the trend of global science and technological innovation and seize the…
Editorial: Indonesia Needs to Invest in Research
By Jakarta Globe on 12:48 pm October 25, 2013. As Indonesia’s economy matures and moves higher up the value chain, it will no longer be able to rely on its rich natural resources and robust domestic consumption. If the country wants to realize its ambition of being a top 10 global economy by 2050, it will have…
Singapore’s science and technology sector to get a boost
Singapore’s science and technology sector is set to get a big boost — with three new programmes and funding of some S$330 million. SINGAPORE: Singapore’s science and technology sector is set to get a big boost — with three new programmes and funding of some S$330 million. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is also…
Why China is not an innovation powerhouse?
By Guy de Jonquières, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Guy de Jonquières is a senior fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy. This article is based on his recently published paper, Who’s Afraid of China’s High-Tech Challenge? Some of the sheen may be wearing off China’s miracle growth story as it faces a growing array of economic…
Monash’s new campus in China
Words: Eugene Sebastian New campus will leverage China’s R&D boom and its enormous talent. This week Australia’s Monash University and China’s Southeast University (SEU) will formally launch its new joint campus in the burgeoning Suzhou Industrial Park near Shanghai. Supported by Central and Provincial Governments and located in one of the major innovation precincts in…
Factories of the future
Words: Brad Collis The next industrial revolution is well underway at a new research precinct that draws together advanced manufacturing technologies with the potential to change our world. A three-dimensional rampart of titanium sand rises, mesmerisingly, like a grey beach sculpture on a rotating plinth. The fine grains of alloy are being placed and fused…
University tie-up a leap forward in Indonesia
By Paul Ramadge This year a senior group of Indonesian academics visited Monash University‘s Clayton campus and toured some of the national facilities co-located at the university – the synchrotron, the centre for nano-fabrication, the bio-sciences precinct and the New Horizons zone developing next-generation engineering and manufacturing technologies. Monash had a clear objective. It wanted…
‘India and China to be next hub of Nobel laureates in medicine’
By Times of India STOCKHOLM: India’s rising economic might will soon help produce a Nobel laureate in medicine, predicted the man who chairs the committee that picks Nobel laureates. The secretary general of the Nobel CommitteeGoran K Hannson told the TOI in an exclusive interview that his recent visit to India and China and having seen the backing for…
What will higher education look like in 2020?
By Eugene Sebastian A new study by the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education scans the horizon of higher education to see what the future looks like for higher education. The study is based on interviews with 21 international education professionals. Below are some interesting points from the study: 1. Competition and cooperation Universities will continue…
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