Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Trade between Ireland and ASEAN Countries (Resumed): Asia Matters
10:00 am
Ms Stephanie FitzGerald-Smith:
Sure, I can move to education. There was mention of the institutions competing against each other, and that was mentioned to us previously by Asians in Asia and heads of universities. They have said they are fed up of institutions selling the same thing. More recently, institutions have come together in ways like the 3U partnership, which involves Maynooth, Dublin City University and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI. They have come together to market their products and the partnership has opened an office in Beijing. This is collectively trying to attract students to Ireland. The RCSI Penang development centre is a great partnership and it has proved very successful. That is a more targeted audience. Having young professional placements going both ways is vital, such as Beijing interns coming to Ireland. There should be placements coming from across Asia.
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