Tricampus Team Presents to Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) 2014 in Seoul, Korea.
March 26, 2014
There was another landmark for the University of Nottingham last week with a panel drawn from colleagues based at each of the three main campuses, who collaborated in a presentation at the annual conference, in Seoul, of the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE). The organizers set aside a full session for the group, who …
Branching Out
March 17, 2014
As part of its closing act, the ‘Global Citizen Workshop 2014’ ended with a small(er) round-table discussion before waving adieu to the many delegates that had attended over the past few days. Issues of branch campuses, internationalisation of both the curriculum and the experience were debated including an insight into the difficulties of collaborating research …
It still makes sense to build an overseas campus
February 28, 2014
Students have always travelled in search of the best study opportunities and researchers have always collaborated across borders. But until fairly recently, higher education institutions have been stubbornly national – whether limited by the demands of domestic regulation or by protectionist approaches in potential destinations.With the exception of a small number of private sector initiatives …
Overwhelming Questions: Thoughts on the UNMC Research Priorities Workshop, April 30 2013
May 17, 2013
Our UNMC Research Priorities Workshop brought into focus many elements of the sheer range of research taking place on the campus. It gave colleagues the opportunity to explore concepts and themes which unite our work across the disparate disciplines and faculties. Coming to the process from an Arts/Social Sciences background, I found a surprising level …
Supervising an International Masters project – a UK perspective
May 7, 2013
This is the fourth and final in a series of special blogs about setting up and supervising international and inter-campus projects based on the experiences of staff at the Nottingham University Business School in the UK and Malaysia. In this blog post we look at supervising an international project from a UK perspective based on the experiences …
Transgression
May 3, 2013
The Korean-American graffiti artist David Choe is, perhaps, most well-known now for being a Facebook millionaire, one of the people who were given stock in lieu of cash for work done for the company. In Choe’s case, he painted a mural at the Facebook headquarters in 2005 and instead of taking USD$60,000, he was given a small …
Do good
April 22, 2013
I had wanted to comment briefly on the conversation about elephants to start to build my own paradigm for understanding my place here, both in Malaysia and on this blog. I will start with this: I don’t think we overcome the imperial past (or present, in the case of my American citizenship) without giving over power in meaningful …
Supervising up an international Masters project – a Malaysia perspective
April 18, 2013
This is the third in a series of special blogs about setting up and supervising international and inter-campus projects based on the experiences of staff at the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) in the UK and Malaysia. In this blog post we look at supervising an international project from a Malaysia perspective based on the experiences of …
Berhati-hati! Researching While Mat Salleh
March 29, 2013
Part 1 of a series of posts on the complexities of engaging in political social science in a neo-authoritarian state. Cross-posted to devastatinglyabstract.com Foreign Dissident Western Troublemaker Meddling Mat Salleh Scion of Soros Enemy of the State Until I moved to Malaysia I never knew I was so dangerous. Serius, lah! You probably think I’m …
International projects – a university’s vast untapped potential
March 25, 2013
This is the second in a series of special blogs about setting up and supervising international and inter-campus projects based on the experiences of staff at the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) in the UK and Malaysia. In this blog post we look at setting up an international project from a Malaysia perspective based on the experiences …
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