Harnessing education for regional prosperity

Fostering regional collaboration

She said RMIT’s transnational education programs, in key locations like India, Vietnam and Singapore, provided reciprocal benefit.

“It's something that complements and adds to [international onshore and domestic delivery] and creates opportunities for learners who often aren't able to come and study with us,” she said.

“Some of our partners, they are incredibly industry connected, they do fabulous activities, they are very advanced in their pedagogy and their ability to use technology.

“We should make sure we also take the time to learn from them to enhance and improve, and at times change, our practise at home in Melbourne.”

Addressing skills demands

Ms Loer Hansen said international education, and cross-sector collaboration, would help address Australia’s skills demands.

“[RMIT is] very much working collaboratively with government to figure out how best to do this in a way that retains Australia’s brand as a high quality and welcoming international education destination.

“It's about how we equip learners, irrespective of background, to work either in Australia or somewhere else in the world.”

“At RMIT, we support the notion of managed growth [with regards to international education] … I think we can only address [skills demands] if we find a productive, positive way of addressing that balance between the talent we bring in, the talent we grow and the talent we'd like for the long term.

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Harnessing education for regional prosperity