Qualification recognition needs work in APAC
APAIE has used its recent conference to urge more work be done towards qualification recognition across the Asia Pacific. "We're still nowhere near as cohesive [as Europe]" said Sarah Todd
APAIE has used its recent conference to urge more work be done towards qualification recognition across the Asia Pacific. "We're still nowhere near as cohesive [as Europe]" said Sarah Todd
As technology creates “an increasingly borderless world”, overseas study experiences offer a unique opportunity for students to prepare for the world of work, APAIE delegates were told.
Asia's educational diplomacy amid rising nationalism in the west was a key theme throughout the 2017 APAIE conference where one official said "the centre of gravity in higher education if shifting to Asia".
When striving to cultivate global citizens, HE stakeholders must rethink their responses to issues such as brain drain, the refugee crisis and the extent to which student mobility disproportionately benefits the elites of society, international education leaders urged.
Alumni engagement, substantive partnership building and improving the student experience topped the discussion agenda at APAIE's annual conference in Melbourne, signalling what many in the region say is a phase of professionalisation in the Asia Pacific.
With China’s position as the world's largest economy solidified, the country’s higher education sector is expected to see similar dramatic growth, expanding even further globally, delegates at APAIE’s 10th annual conference and exhibition heard.
The former Vice-President and Founding Director of the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day honours list.
The influence of outbound study on university students is the subject of the latest benchmark tool developed by market insight firm i-graduate. For the first time the company has tried to measure the effectiveness of short-term study abroad experiences on national, regional and inter-regional levels.