WASHINGTON DC, 2010


The Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) annual meeting was held in Washington DC this year.  It was my first.  Several colleagues had told me the AIEA hosted the most informative discussions of international education matters in American universities.  Based on what I heard in DC, I am inclined to agree. Australian Education International in Washington, primarily Yvonne Oberhollenzer and John Hayton, had organised the program for six senior international education managers from Australia...more (19/2/10)



ATTRACTING TALENT


A connection has been building between international education and Australia’s strengthening knowledge economy.  Immigration policy has been a critical element, facilitating a sophisticated (though imperfect) range of opportunities for international students and graduates to progress through to permanent residence and citizenship.  It is now under threat. The program has, arguably, been too successful, if judged by sheer numbers...more (31/1/10)



ASIAN CITIES


Drafts of chapters for a book that Stephen Hamnett and I are editing have been arriving; five so far, with another six to come soon.  We are concurrently thinking about our (8,000 words!) introductory chapter.  The themes of the book are planning, risks and resilience in the very large cities of the Pacific Rim...more (17/1/10)

Posts on the 2010 Blog:

  1. Bullet Washington DC 2010

  2. Bullet Attracting talent

  3. Bullet Asian cities

  4. Bullet Student safety


The 2009 Blog:

  1. Bullet 2009 in hindsight

  2. Bullet Knowledge cities 2010

  3. Bullet Baird’s interim report

  4. Bullet The Asian city

  5. Bullet Senate report on international students

  6. Bullet University relations in the Asia Pacific

  7. Bullet China graduates

  8. Bullet University rankings

  9. Bullet Promoting higher ed internationally

  10. Bullet Australia-Europe higher ed links

  11. Bullet Europe in 2009

  12. Bullet Students’ english skills

  13. Bullet Linked-in

  14. Bullet Fix rorts - but...

  15. Bullet Comments in the campus review

  16. Bullet Reviews and inquiries

  

The website  themes are the emerging global knowledge economy, universities and Asian cities. It is a portal for my research, published writings and opinions -





EVENTS


Third Knowledge Cities World Summit, Melbourne, 16-19th November 2010







Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

 
  1. Bullet Higher ed online

  2. Bullet Australia Europe dialogue

  3. Bullet Tweets on twitter

  4. Bullet Human rights

  5. Bullet The US in summertime

  6. Bullet The international student experience

  7. Bullet International student unrest

  8. Bullet Visiting Chile

  9. Bullet The impact of international students

  10. Bullet Knowledge-based development

  11. Bullet Australia’s knowledge cities

  12. Bullet More on the financial crisis

  13. Bullet ASEAN challenged

  14. Bullet Listening to Cohen

  15. Bullet Where to for the social sciences

  16. Bullet International education partnerships

  17. Bullet Knowledge cities

  18. Bullet The economy

  19. Bullet The international student experience

  20. Bullet Bradley on international education

  21. Bullet Slumdog Millionaire

  22. Bullet 2009: the opening blog

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