RMIT Deputy Vice-Chancellor International and Engagement Saskia Loer Hansen has expressed the importance of international and transnational education in fostering regional prosperity, in a wide-ranging interview on the ATN Perspectives podcast.
On fostering regional collaboration, Ms Loer Hansen said:
"It's something that complements and adds to [international onshore and domestic delivery].
"Some of our partners, they are incredibly industry connected, they do fabulous activities, they are very advanced in their pedagogy and their ability to use technology.
"We teach out there in the world, but we also learn a lot whilst we do it."
On addressing skills demands, Ms Loer Hansen said:
"[RMIT is] very much working collaboratively with government to figure out how best to do this in a way that retains Australia's brand as a high quality and welcoming international education destination.
"We support the notion of managed growth [with regards to international education] … I think we can only address [skills demands] if we find a productive, positive way of addressing that balance between the talent we bring in, the talent we grow and the talent we'd like for the long term."
