International Strategy Office

International

activities and

strategy

Nina Tomlin, Senior Strategy Officer, International Strategy

19 September 2014

What makes our University international?

• Research

• Students

• Staff

• Engagement and outreach

• International dimension of new initiatives

• Alumni

Vision: The University of Oxford aims to lead the world in research and education.

We seek to do this in ways which benefit society on a national and a global scale.

Global reach

Networking, communication, and interdisciplinarity

Research Education Widening

engagement

Personnel Enabling

strategies

Strategic plan for 2013-2018

Research focused on international

subjects

- Strength in Area Studies

- African Studies Centre

- Contemporary China Studies

- Latin American Centre

- Middle East Studies

- Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

- Russian and East European Studies

- South Asian Studies

- Work on issues of

international concern

- Population ageing

- Climate Change

- Human Rights for

Future Generations

- Migration

- Global Health

- Malaria, HIV and other

infectious diseases

- Cancer, diabetes and other

non-infectious diseases

- Public health and patterns of

disease

- Health and society

500,000 person

study of links

between genes,

environment and

health outcomes

Affordable

healthcare

technologies

Mineralogy in

Myanmar

Empowering

AIDS-orphaned

children

Petrochemical

– energy

catalysis

Discovery of

new medicines

through open

access research

£96m project to

test new

cholesterol

treatment

Water Eco-

Efficiency

Research undertaken internationally:

some examples

Research Partnerships: some examples

Brazil India China and

Singapore

France

Tropical Forests INDOX Singapore–

Peking–Oxford

Research

Enterprise

(SPORE) for

Water Eco-

efficiency

Digitisation of

René Pomeau’s

definitive critical

edition of

Candide

Social Sciences Medical Sciences MPLS Humanities

Bilateral partnerships to encourage

mobility and joint research

Université Libre de Bruxelles

CNRS

FAPESP

Oxford-Brain@McGill-ZNZ Partnership in the

Neurosciences

OXPO

Princeton

Research presence overseas

Largest presence:

- Tropical Medicine Laboratories

- Main sites:

- Kenya

- Thailand

- Vietnam

Oxford University (Beijing) Science &

Technology Co. Ltd (OUBST)

Suzhou – Oxford University

Research Centre (SOURCe)

Source: Research Services - External Research Income and Activity Review

Research Funding – proportion from

overseas increasing

28% 31%

26% 27%

12%

16% 5%

3% 17% 9%

3% 3% 3% 5%

6% 6%

2013-142009-10

100% = £412m £575m

Other international funding

Overseas & EU Industry

Overseas & EU Charities

EU Government

UK Industry

UK Public Sector

UK Charities

UK Research Councils

International

External Research Income

23% 29%

77% 71%

Academic

staff

Postgraduates

(full-time)

Undergraduates

(full-time)

2003

2013

1996

2013

1996

2013

19 23

17 14

40 22

34 16

10 7

6 4

International as a percentage of total

10%

62%

17%

50%

31%

42%

1,050

2,549

1,188

Total number

international Overseas

EU (excl. U.K.)

Note: nationality is used as the defining characteristic here

Source: OSS for students; OpenDoor database for academic staff. Student data as of December 1 2013; staff

data as of July 31 2013.

6,138

1,994

2,674

International student and staff numbers

at Oxford

85

140

77

44

64

57

43

172

334

154

64

43

78

85

109

204

151

249

215

555

75

44

85

158

125

107

189

351

315

467

0 500 1000 1500

Ireland

Singapore

France

Italy

Australia

India

Canada

Germany

China

USA

UG

PGT

PGR

Our international student profile Our international student profile

Notes: nationality is used as the defining characteristic here. Excludes VRO students. China includes Hong Kong students.

Source: OSS, data as of December 1 2013.

1,176

864

772

383

368

298

287

240

227

224

Increasing international recruitment

activity and vital new scholarships

UG activity

• Regular trips abroad

• Skype presentations

• International Guidance Counsellors

Conference

• Evaluation of international recruitment

activities

UG scholarships

• Reach Oxford Scholarships

• Moritz-Heyman Scholarships

• Oxford Feed Reduction and Bursary

scheme

The most generous package of support for

less privileged UK/EU students

Increasing international recruitment

activity and vital new scholarships

PG scholarships

• Oxford Graduate Matched Funding

Scheme

• McCall Macbain Foundation gift to

Rhodes Trust

• Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate

Scholarship Programme in the

Humanities

PG activity

• Increased number of trips

• Regular trips to China, Germany,

India and the US

• Improved and developed online presence

• Country-specific microsites for

some of largest markets

• Social media and targeted digital

marketing

• Reaching out to top applicants

around the world

Over 900 scholarships available to all new graduate students for 2015-16 entry.

Support for International Students

Initiatives

•Academic skill development

• Induction

• Life outside the classroom

International opportunities for all students

International experiences available to Oxford students today

Work

experience

Research

experience

Study

Vacation only

(not part of

course)

Summer

internships

Summer

School

College or University sponsored travel

Term-time,

and vacation

where

applicable

(part of

course)

Work or

Research

placements

Field

course/Trips

Research

projects

Fieldwork

Mandatory

year abroad

Optl

term/year

abroad

Optl student

exchange

Joint courses

International

Careers Day

- Importance of encouraging staff mobility

- Staff bring with them to Oxford

many existing international links

Recruiting and supporting international

staff

- Initiatives

- Recent efforts to make recruitment

and relocation more open

- Increased support

- Proposal for a new initiative to

welcome families of international

recruits

Engagement and outreach – Myanmar

• University of Yangon

• Developing Strategic Plan

• Training senior staff

• Developing collaborations

• Sending students to teach English

• University of Mandalay

• Earth Sciences

research

collaboration

• Administrative

capacity building • English language

Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Nick Rawlins

shares a joke with Professor Tin Tun, former

Rector of the University of Yangon. Yangon,

November 2013

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi discusses the future of Burmese education with Oxford

Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton and other University staff. London,

October 2013

• General

• Supporting the development of the

higher education sector

• Providing scholarships

Engagement and outreach – presence

overseas

- Oxford University Press

- Largest university

press worldwide

- Present in over 50

countries

- Overseas offices

- New York

- Hong Kong

- Tokyo

- Brand

- Reputation

- Quality

- High-profile alumni

- Public Affairs Directorate,

incl.

- Digital

communications

- Events

- News & Information

International dimension of new

initiatives

• Research clusters

• New buildings

• Public policy school

• Impact and knowledge exchange

The Big Data

Institute at the Li

Ka Shing Centre

for Health

Information and

Discovery

New interdisciplinary research clusters

Buildings opening in 2014: China Centre,

Middle East Centre, Weston Library

• First major school of government in

Europe (students arrived in 2012)

• Launched with a gift of £75 million

from American philanthropist

Leonard Blavatnik

What is special about BSG

• Multi-disciplinary curriculum

• Truly global: 64 students from 39 countries

in 2013-14

• Career-enhancing skills and experiences

Building to be opened in 2015

Public policy school with an international

emphasis

Technology transfer: Oxford

spinout Natural Motion sold

for $527m

Digital content:

23m downloads

of 5,500 hours of

podcasts

Oxitec establishing presence

overseas

Greater focus on impact and knowledge

exchange

Research

Services

Knowledge

Exchange and

Impact Team

Alumni – international profile and reach

•More than 65,000 alumni living in over 190

countries outside the U.K.

•Regular events

•Alumni weekends in North America, Europe

and Asia

•Active groups and networks

• Support Oxford colleagues to develop and grow international links, including research and education collaborations

Advice and consultancy

• Undertake strategic projects to support the University’s international character and activities; work with others to implement recommendations

Strategy

• Host and advise incoming delegations from international institutions and governments, and manage some outgoing trips by the VC

External representation

• Maintain a database of and publicise Oxford’s international links

Research and communication

International Strategy team: what we do

Over to you

How YOU can help

- Internships

internships@careers.ox.ac.uk

- Brand Ambassadors

Contact us:

www.ox.ac.uk/international; international.strategy@admin.ox.ac.uk

Questions for you:

- How could you support the University’s

international strategy from your vantage point?

- What is missing in what you have heard?

- Where would you like to see the University in

five years’ time in terms of international outreach?