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Below is the proposed 2012 programme of tracks and
topics which provides a glimpse of what to expect in the
Conference.
Track 1
Internationalising the Student Body: International Student Recruitment, Support and Exchange
Illustrative topics which might be covered
- The role of international offices
- Strategies for marketing and recruiting international students
- The role of educational agents
- Preparing international students for study
- Counselling and pastoral care of international students
- Supporting international students in times of crisis
- The role of immigration policy in students' destination country choice
- Vocational education for international students
- Not-for-fee student exchange
- Short-term study-abroad programmes
- Intra- and inter-regional student exchanges
- Case studies
- Best practice
- Panels of international students prepared to share their experience
Target audiences: international directors, officers and staff, associate deans, academic staff, educational agents.
Track 2
Internationalising the Curriculum: Educating Global Citizens
Illustrative topics which might be covered:
- Internationalising the content of the curriculum
- Adapting the curriculum for international students
- Internationalising the content of the curriculum
- Innovation in the international curriculum
- The role of language of instruction in internationalisation
- Teaching foreign languages
- Preparing students for the global labour market
- Teaching inter-cultural communication
- International internships
- The needs of multinational employers – panel discussions with employers sharing their views of what competencies and skills students need to succeed
- The role of vocational education
- Innovation in the classroom
- Panels of alumni willing to share the benefits they have gained from study abroad
Target audiences: academic staff, internship directors, curriculum designers, associate deans, deans, international recruitment agencies or institutions, multinational industry (end users), chambers of commerce (industrial associations).
Track 3
Building World-Class Universities in the Asia- Pacific: Strategies for Institutional Capacity Building
Illustrative topics which might be covered:
- Quality enhancement
- International benchmarking in higher education
- International accreditation and mutual recognition of standards
- Role of national quality assurance agencies in cross-border education
- Quality assurance and private sector providers
- International league tables
- Special features and challenges of higher education in the Asia-Pacific
- Case studies of successful internationalisation in Asian countries
Target audiences: university presidents, public policy makers, ministries of education, quality assurance agencies, industrial associations, development agencies. Track 4
Transnational Education and International Partnerships
Illustrative topics which might be covered:
- Borderless higher education
- The role of technology in cross-border education
- Distance learning
- Joint ventures
- Strategic alliances
- Offshore campuses
- Rural campuses
- Case studies
- Special projects focusing on technology implementation in special cases (if any)
Target audiences: university presidents and planners, international director and officers, deans, representatives of ministries of education or education policymakers. Track 5
The Global Higher Education : Market Trends, Policies and Key Developments
Illustrative topics which might be covered:
- Global trends in staff and student mobility
- Forecasting student demand for international higher education
- Public policy developments in higher education
- GATS and the global market for higher education
- Higher education and economic development in the Asia-Pacific
- Social justice and access to higher education
- Access to higher education for the poor
- The role of the private sector in providing higher education
- The role of the church in providing higher education
- Globalisation and participation in higher education
- Financing higher education
- Country studies and reports
Target audiences: university presidents, international directors, public policymakers, ministries of education.
Track 6
Higher Education for Environmental Sustainability
Illustrative topics which might be covered:
- The role of universities in promoting food and energy security
- Embedding corporate social responsibility in the curriculum
- Triple bottom line accounting in universities
- The carbon-neutral university
- Adapting to climate change
- Designing an environmentally sustainable internationalisation strategy
- Case studies
Target audiences: university presidents, public policymakers, ministries of education, not-for-profit organisations
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