“Indonesia is a territory for those who are doing the hard yards to get on their feet. It is not a flippant environment. It is a long-term play.”
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Monash Latin America strategy recognised at business awards
Monash University has been recognised at the 2014 Australian Latin American Business Council business excellence awards in Brisbane this week. The Council singled out Monash for the depth and breadth of its extensive connections in the Latin America. The council also recognised Monash for the clear and innovative approaches it is taking in cultivating long-term and strategic relations in the region.
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…
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…
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…
Engaging Brazilian science
By Eugene Sebastian A couple of weeks ago the Australia Trade Commission – Austrade – reported dramatic increases in Brazilian Government’s ‘Science without Borders’ (SWB) scholarship students to Australia. The latest scholarship rounds, saw a total of 3231 applications to study in Australia in 2014, a 150 percent increase compared to the last call. Austrade…
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