Globalisation and the Changing Functions of Australian Universities

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ID19450571
AuthorsSamuel Garrett-Jones (0000-0002-0791-3860, Australian National University), Sam Garrett-Jones (Sam Garrett-Jones is Head of the School of Management and Marketing, University of Wollongong. He holds a Ph.D. from the Australian National University; M.Sc. in the Structure and Organisation of Science and Technology, University of Manchester; and B.Sc. (Honours) from the University of Southampton. His interest in the influence and effectiveness of government policies and programmes in science and innovation stems from his experience as a policy adviser with the Australian federal government, as a consult), Tim Turpin (Sam Garrett-Jones is Head of the School of Management and Marketing, University of Wollongong. He holds a Ph.D. from the Australian National University; M.Sc. in the Structure and Organisation of Science and Technology, University of Manchester; and B.Sc. (Honours) from the University of Southampton. His interest in the influence and effectiveness of government policies and programmes in science and innovation stems from his experience as a policy adviser with the Australian federal government, as a consult)
Year2012
Volume17
Issue2
Pages233-274
Publication date2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Technology and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0971-7218 • E-ISSN: 0973-0796
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/097172181101700203
OpenAlexW2090040845
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited13

In this brief review we show how the functions of Australian universities – teaching, research and enterprise and community engagement – have changed dramatically over the last two decades or so. We focus on three aspects of change: globalisation and international engagement; marketisation and competition, especially in overseas student recruitment and in collaborative research; and the entrepreneurial response by universities. Marketisation, globalisation and entrepreneurialism are watchwords for all Australian universities, each provoking the need to demonstrate competitive standing in learning, in research and in industry and community engagement. While particular modes of regulation, process and structure are characteristically Australian, we find that these changes, with their consequence of competing academic and systemic structures, carry lessons for academic careers and higher education policies in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond

Economic growth · Economics · Globalization · Higher education · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Student and Expatriate Challenges

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