International Voices - Fion Choon Boey Lim

In this latest Think Education podcast @ProfChrisHill talked to Fion Lim, Associate Professor in General Management at UTS Business School in Sydney Australia, about TNE partnerships, online learning and the student experience.

 

Fion reflected on her extensive experience in TNE partnership management to discuss partnerships pre and post-COVID, what worked in the past, want doesn’t work now, and what could work in the future.

 

We talked about emerging trends in TNE partnership and the possible role for branch campuses and hybrid learning in this space.  Fion reflected on her experience working with partners in China to offer insights into key opportunities and challenges of engagement and partnership development.

 

We talked about how we measure success in TNE and the need to move away from the pure business model and focus instead on the student experience, impact and relevance of the degree.  Fion highlighted examples where the teaching material and content delivered in TNE arrangements was of little to no relevance to the local student population, or context, and how this impacted the quality of education and the perceived value of the degree itself.  There is a need for parity, if not equality, in partnerships and this can only serve to strengthen the arrangement, improve the student learning experience, and further support sustainable activity.

 

Successful TNE puts the student first

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionlimcb/

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ac8IrNwAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/quality-assurance-online-transnational-higher-education

 

Christopher Hill & Fion Choon Boey Lim (2022) Sustainability of transnational education: learning from Asia and the Gulf cooperation council, Quality in Higher Education, 28:3, 271-288, DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2021.1987889

 

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