Transforming the world map of education – cooperation with the

Transforming the world map of education –
cooperation with the BRICS countries: The
Danish Case
Spring Forum for international affairs
in higher education
Mads Flyvholm – Special adviser (maf@uds.dk)
Centre for Educational Policy
Danish Agency for Higher Education
Higher Education - BRICS, NEXT 11 and Denmark
• Higher Education Institutions cooperation
• Government initiatives, e.g. public grants and contracts
• Government institutions/offices facilitating cooperation etc. With the
emerging economies.
• Sino-Danish Centre for Research and Education in Beijing
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The task of Higher Education Institutions
• Many examples on cooperation between institutions in emerging
economies and Danmark.
All sectors of Danish Higher Education have cooperation with Higher
Education Institutions in emerging economies.
Primary focus on student mobility
….Joint programmes and education export
Mainly cooperation with China
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Government initiatives
• Action plan for Internationalisation of Higher Education in Denmark
2013 and 2014.
◦ Strategic cooperation between Danish and foreign Higher Education
Institution
◦ Outgoing and incoming student mobility
• Collaboration with emerging economies a focal point in the action
plan…..
◦ Grant Programme for talented students from emerging economies
◦ Marketing of Danish Higher Education
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Government Offices facilitating cooperation
COPENHAGEN
MUNICH
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SEOUL
SILICON
NEW DELHI
VALLEY
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SHANGHAI
HANOI
SÃO PAULO
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Innovation centres
• Innovation centres in 7 countries – 4 of them in emerging countries
◦ Strengthen Danish research, higher education and innovation in
order to create economic growth
◦ Marketing of Denmark´s position of strengths
• Focus on Higher Education cooperation
◦ Educational Agreements
◦ Student Innovation Camps
◦ Promoting Danish Higher Education and Careers
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Growth Adviser in Vietnam
• Collaboration between the The Ministry of Education, The Ministry of
Higher Education and Science and The Ministry of Foreign Affair.
• Facilitate cooperation between Vietnamese and Danish ministries
working with education.
• Create new cooperation/projects between Vietnamese and Danish
authorities, education institutions and companies.
• Increase Vietnamese knowledge about Danish education.
• Start – summer 2015
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Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research
A Danish-Chinese University centre
Cooperation between the Danish Universities, The
Ministry of Higher Education and Science, University of
the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) og Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS).
• Strengthen Danish-Chinese cooperation in research
and higher education.
• Increase mobility for students and researchers
• Strengthen the relation to Danish Companies
operating in China
Foto: Lars Kruse, AU Foto
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• Cooperation on research, Ph.D.-education and joint master
degrees
• Goal - 100 researchers, 75 ph.d. and 3-400 masterstudents – of
these half Danish students and half Chinese students
• Seven joint master programmes
• Activities financed equal between Denmark and China
• The House of the Danish Industry Foundation in Beijing – will be
completed in autumn 2015
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Thank you
Mads Flyvholm
maf@uds.dk