1. Diane Bell Maurice Cuypers
SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION: THE CASE OF FONTYS UNIVERSITY (NETHERLANDS) AND THE CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (SOUTH AFRICA)
Diane Bell
Maurice Cuypers

2. OUTLINE Introduction Rationale and benefits of Internationalisation
Factors promoting success
South Africa and Internationalisation
The Netherlands and Internationalisation
Collaboration: Fontys and CPUT
Factors leading to Sustainable Collaboration
Conclusion and Recommendations

3. “An increasingly internationalised economy, will require larger and larger pools of well-trained, multilingual, internally knowledgeable employees” (Excerpt from a policy on internationalisation at a Canadian University)

4. INTRODUCTION
Internationalisation is a key theme within higher education
Internationalisation?
Research
Joint projects
Exchanges
Professional development
Curricular development
Double and joint degrees
Study abroad programmes
Institutional partnerships

5. “the process of integrating an international, intercultural, and global dimension into the purpose, functions (teaching, research and service) and the delivery of higher education” (Knight, 2004:11)

6. RATIONALE 2 main reasons for growth in internationalisation
Globalisation
Pace of internationalisation
Opening up of borders
Knowledge economy
Acceleration of amount & flow of knowledge
Growth in knowledge-mediated industries and services

7. OTHER DRIVERS (Internationalisation)
Advances in information and communication technologies (linked to knowledge production)
Increased demand for international studies to secure future employment & successful career
Efficiency and best practice
Enrichment of teaching, research, quality etc.
New modalities of learning and research
Increase of national competitiveness in HE
Increase of mobility students, staff etc.
Academic alliances enable students to gaining international exposure and credentials

8. OTHER DRIVERS (Internationalisation)
Transformation and restructuring of higher education
Reduction in funding from the state

9. BENEFITS (of Internationalisation)
Source of additional funding (due to reduction in state funding)
Building of institutional capacity (exposure to international competition and best practice)
Meeting the market needs of less developed countries
Enrichment of teaching and research programs
Improved quality of higher education
Understanding of foreign cultures with local cultures being preserved...

10. SOUTH AFRICA & INTERNATIONALISATION
Huge growth in internationalisation
Why?
New education system must be internationally competitive
Free flow of staff and students across borders
SA is a study destination of choice
Pursuit of international competition, norms, standards and best practice
Research, development and knowledge production
Regional integration and development
Direct “economic” rationale ... (3rd stream income)

11. SOUTH AFRICA & INTERNATIONALISATION
Trends & Recommendations:
Development of a national framework for internationalisation in HE
International co-operation should increase in the areas of research and post-graduate studies to support the development and growth plans of SA (Malaza, 2011)
Increased request for joint and double degree programmes by international partners (Dell, 2012)

12. SOUTH AFRICA & INTERNATIONALISATION
Challenges?
Absence of national policy/guidelines
Universities seen to be autonomous
Transformation of universities
DHET and prioritisation of internationalisation

13. THE NETHERLANDS & INTERNATIONALISATION
Internationalisation moved from
Aid (in Africa) to cooperation to a more competitive approach
Internationalisation for:
Quality improvement of education and research
Preparation for intercultural and international society
The effect of the European crisis (criticism)
Trends towards national interests facing internationalisation of HE

14. COLLABORATION: FONTYS & CPUT
Academic Mobility
Staff and student exchange
Curriculum
Double Degree
Short projects/distance projects
Joint programs / master
Short programs
Applied research
Social entrepreneurship
Individuals Collaborating
Two persons initiative
International academic support group (Project team) on faculty level
Enabling Factor(s)
Flexibility
Transparency
Mutual trust, respect, vision and commitment and creativity

15. FACTORS PROMOTING SUCCESS
Rudzki (1995):
Favourable staff attitudes, active support of senior management, staff with a specific international brief, staff fluent in foreign languages, the availability of additional funds internally, having good partner institutions, having staff development focused on internationalisation, access to information on good practice etc.
Chan (2004):
Shared identity, strong commitment to same goals, skills being complementary, project champions etc.

16. ANALYSIS OF COLLABORATION
SUCCESS FACTORS SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION
CPUT
FONTYS
Clarity of goals ++
Consortium linkages +
Mutual understanding
Providing internal funding -
Building for the long term (5 – 10 years)
Broad support and ownership within the partner institutions
Joint decision making, written agreements
Staff selection and funding
Having the active support of senior management
Having staff with a specific international brief
Having staff that are fluent in foreign languages
Availability of additional funds internally
Having good partner institutions
Having staff development focused on internationalisation
Access to information on good practice

17. ANALYSIS OF COLLABORATION
SUCCESS FACTORS SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION
CPUT
FONTYS
Having staff experienced in teaching abroad +
The ability of an institution to provide remission from teaching
Partners have a shared identity and a strong commitment to the same goals “complementarily” ++
The number of partners should be kept at a manageable level
“Project champions” with sufficient interest at the decentralised level
Open and regular communication, commitment by senior project leaders
A strategic approach to plan, evaluate and ensure quality -
The appointment of a deputy vice chancellor with specific responsibility for international activities
Sufficient staff resources such as academic advisors
Clear financial policy needs to be in place for the allocation of international student fee income
International office to integrate international activities and provide infrastructure
Internationalization attempts are fully integrated into all the activities and policies of the institution

18. SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION MODEL

19. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS
Two limiting factors :
a lack of a strategic approach to plan, evaluate and ensure quality
the fact that internationalisation attempts are not fully integrated into all the activities and policies of the institution
Project group:
Members are the drivers for a successful collaboration
Broader basis means a stronger collaboration

20. WAY FORWARD Expanding the collaboration
Building international academic teams
Working more strategically
More directed way with a monitoring and evaluation component
Qualitative research study on student exchange experience
Ultimately collaboration must be sustainable (use of the model)

21. QUESTIONS ?