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Prime Minister Initiative (PMI2) Special Issue : Enhancing Employability, Entrepreneurship and Global Citizenship in International Higher Education
ISBN: 9780857248749
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Emerald Publishing Limited
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Business/ Management; Economics;

Internationalisation and knowledge transfer are significant priorities for the education sectors in both developed and developing countries, not least because of their contribution to modernisation and enhanced innovation, competitiveness and quality of life. In relation to China and the UK, achieving internationalisation and knowledge transfer can be facilitated by strategic academic partnerships between the universities in both countries. The second phase of the UK Prime MinisterOCOs Initiative (PMI2) for International Education, launched in April, 2006, plays an important role in the internationalization of UK higher education. The aim of PMI2 is to build on the success of the first phase to secure the UKOCOs position as leader in international education and sustain the managed growth of UK international education delivered both in the UK and overseas. PMI2 also seeks to encourage universities and colleges to collaborate and to forge longer-term strategic partnerships with universities overseas. This PMI2 Special Issue has been initiated and covers six quality papers from academics and researchers within PMI2 partners and beyond with a particular focus on employability, entrepreneurship and global citizenship among partners between China and UK. Teaching and learning strategies have increasingly highlighted aspects of employability and entrepreneurship in higher education. However, as to how to develop graduatesOCO employment skills and entrepreneurial spirit, there is a need for more empirical evidence and these papers discuss these crucial issues and debate challenges and opportunities in innovation and internationalization in higher education based on successful PMI2 experiences. This collection of papers is dedicated to strengthening our understanding of the realization of innovation and internationalization in higher education and how to develop graduatesOCO employability and entrepreneurship in our teaching and learning strategies."