Does transnational education (TNE) bring more opportunities or risks in ensuring balanced mobility of people and knowledge? 🤔

With the theme “[Un]debated Ways of Rethinking Higher Education,” our work for the 10th ASEF Regional Conference on Higher Education (ARC10) will answer the call to join the discussion with a critical mindset and contribute to transforming the future of higher education in Asia and Europe as we navigate global developments that higher education must cope with.

UNESCO (2022) promotes integrity and ethics as key principles to shape our future and highlights ethical values and behaviours as important points of focus for universities. Along with transparency, ethics and integrity necessary for quality education and it is imperative that any and all forms of education fraud be addressed to ensure all learners’ right to education (Council of Europe, 2022). In pursuing internationalisation of higher education through transnational education (TNE), especially as we shift to online means of teaching and learning, the risk of exposure to fraudulent activities such as diploma and accreditation mills increases.

TNE programmes have a wide range of positive impacts, chief among them expanding access to opportunities for students and professionals alike which in turn drives social and economic mobility (British Council, 2022). Given TNE’s significance, are current efforts to safeguard ethics, transparency, and integrity in such programmes sufficient?

This debate session will focus on the question “Is transnational education (TNE) bringing more opportunities or risks in ensuring balanced mobility of people and knowledge?”

Join us in our last ARC10 Debate Webinar of the year this coming Thursday where our incredible line-up of speakers will dive into current efforts to safeguard transparency and integrity in TNE programmes, given their impacts on higher education systems in various levels.