It seems that we are reaching a tipping point where the replica model has reached the end of its life. These days, students, universities and governments are looking to harvest the cross-cultural value and indirect benefits of TNE activities.
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Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has joint programmes with two universities in China: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and Nanchang University (NCU). Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi province in south-east China. Students are taught by a mix of lecturers from their own institution and from QMUL. At each institution there are a few thousand students enrolled on joint programme courses. They need to use QMUL’s virtual learning environment (VLE), which is based on Moodle, as well as QMUL email.
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HEGlobal in partnership with Jisc will be running a half day workshop in March to look at the technological aspects of delivering TNE.
Read how Jisc, working in partnership with ORIENTplus, GÉANT and the Chinese National Research and Education Network (CERNET) sucessfully resolved technological challenges for Queen Mary University of London's TNE partnership with the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, resulting in a better quality and reliable service for students.
In January 2015, Jisc published a report 'An early-warning system for TNE - Understanding the future global network connectivity
and service needs of UK higher education' which was led by the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education during 2014. We are pleased to be able to publish the summary version of the Report, and hope that this will be a useful observation both for International and IT Offices; Jisc will be taking forward the recommendations in the report as a priority in 2015.
BBC Article today (16 December 2014) on universities 'soft power' i.e. overseas activities and the benefits to UK Plc that fits well with TNE activities.
"Universities are now a "crucial" part of the UK's "soft power" in projecting international influence, says former foreign secretary William Hague. Their recruitment of overseas students "enriches and strengthens our universities and our future economy and our influence in the world", he said….
Recent blogs on TNE following the publication of the BIS and HEFCE reports.
http://heglobal.international.ac.uk/join-the-debate/comments/the-scale-and-scope-of-tne.aspx
http://heglobal.international.ac.uk/join-the-debate/comments/valuing-the-value-of-tne.aspx
Yesterday, two substantial pieces of work by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) were published on TNE, reinforcing the government and sector support for international activities.