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TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION: GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICES
TIME: 09:00 to 16:30
LOCATION: RMIT University, Melbourne
FEES: Non IEAA member: $300 IEAA member: $210
Lunch included
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 08 April 2010. Registration is open to IEAA Members and non members.
Please note, numbers are strictly limited and will be available on a first come first serve basis. Please also refer to our Cancellation Policy prior to registering.
LEVEL: Intermediate and Advanced
TARGET AUDIENCE:
The workshop is targeted at middle to senior level administrative and academic managers in institutions with responsibility for the business elements of TNE program design, delivery monitoring and control. Participants should be experienced TNE practitioners as the level assumes significant prior background and knowledge in TNE.
OBJECTIVES:
The workshop will allow participants to take their existing knowledge and skills about TNE business practices to the next level. The focus will be on good business practice in establishing TNE projects to (1) ensure institutional commitment; (2) assure quality; and (3) develop robust business planning, contracting, financial control, review and monitoring systems to mitigate risk.
At the conclusion of the workshop participants will:
• be exposed to current industry exemplars, best practice and resources in TNE business practices
• hone key business practice skills in establishing TNE projects
• improve their ability to manage risk for TNE projects
• develop improved awareness of the cultural context in which TNE projects operate
• address quality learning and teaching considerations in business planning
This workshop is complemented by an associated workshop, Transnational Education: Good Practices in Teaching and Learning (click here for more details)
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW:
The workshop consists of pre and post workshop activities. The workshop day itself consists of presentations and interactive activities.
The three short presentations cover
• Key Issues in TNE,
• Establishing TNE projects and Managing Financial Risk, and
• Negotiation and Cross Cultural Influences.
Significant time will be spent on 4 phases of a case study activity related to Establishing a TNE Project. Participants work in small teams of “consultants” to take over the development of a project proposal. The teams of consultants will
• advise the provider on issues with the project proposal,
• develop an action plan to address these issues, and
• undertake a role play exercise where provider and associate negotiate issues to bring the project to contracting point.
The final activity of the day is a Problem Solving Clinic, where the collective wisdom of the facilitators and participants are used to solve the TNE problems that participants have bought to the workshop. The workshop will end with an orientation to online tools and resources available on the IEAA website.
WORKSHOP MODE:
Short presentations, interactive small group work, role playing exercises and interactive discussion and sharing of experiences and solutions.
PRE WORKSHOP RESOURCES:
Participants will be provided online access to a set of pre workshop activities and readings. These must be completed prior to the workshop session.
A substantial set of post workshop resources are available. Participants will be introduced to these during the workshop and guided as to how to access and use them over the longer term.
PRESENTER:
Debbie Clayton:
Debbie Clayton has worked in the University sector, the Queensland State Government, and is currently a director of Clayton International, a private International Education Consulting Company.
She is experienced in both onshore and offshore partnerships with Institutions and International Education Services Management companies and has developed or implemented transnational education programs in Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Her responsibilities in these partnerships included business development, quality program delivery and compliance systems. Many of these partnerships included pathway models involving the Vocational Education sector.
Debbie is an Australian Universities Quality Agency auditor, and an external reviewer for the Oman Accreditation Council. She was a member of the steering committee of the Australian International Education funded project to develop Good Practice in Offshore Delivery Guides. She is an adjunct Professor of Central Queensland University.
Scott Crighton
Scott Crighton is an international education and development expert with extensive skills and experience in transnational education, managing projects and programs, developing management and quality assurance systems and processes, undertaking business development activities and team management. Scott has worked in an education and training environment for nearly a decade and for international community development organisations in both project management and media management capacities prior to that. Scott is currently employed by RMIT University as the Assistant Director, Transnational Education, with responsibility for offshore programs run with 20 partners in 8 countries.
Cynthia Kralik
Cynthia Kralik has been working in the English language teaching industry for over 20 years. She has extensive experience across a range of areas and has held roles including teaching, teacher training, business development and for the last 10 years, senior management.
In her role as Academic Director of RMIT English Worldwide, a business unit of the university’s only commercial company, she has overseen the management of the organisation’s extensive TNE operations in Vietnam, Thailand, China and the Middle East. With over 6,000 students offshore across 7 sites, she has led processes with a specific focus on quality assurance, academic support and enhancement of the services provided to each TNE partner.
Cynthia is also director of the National ELT Accreditation Scheme (NEAS) which has commenced the implementation of its accreditation standards to providers operating internationally.
She is currently on a secondment to RMIT University to develop an English language development policy and implementation strategy for students for whom English is an additional language.
For further information or assistance, please contact admin@ieaa.org.au or call (03) 9925 4579
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