Asian Education and Development Studies: Volume 2 Issue 1

At a crossroads? Comparative and international education research in Asia and the Pacific

Brian D. Denman, Satoshi Higuchi

Historical studies of comparative education have been available and utilised in Europe and North America to justify and legitimise comparative and international education research…

Confucius Institute project: China's cultural diplomacy and soft power projection

Su‐Yan Pan

The purpose of this paper is to apply the theory of cultural diplomacy to explore and explain the role and function of the Confucius Institution project and its implications for…

“Freeing” free education in Sri Lanka

Sharmila Gamlath

The research aims to describe Sri Lanka's education system, discuss reforms that have been implemented within the school, university and vocational education sectors in the recent…

Reshaping the undergraduate business curriculum and scholarship experiences in Australia to support whole‐person outcomes

Alan Fish

In the face of continued criticism from Australian higher education stakeholders regarding problems with undergraduate business education outcomes; it is notable that little…

Studying and teaching at UK degree programmes in India

Mridula Dwivedi

Branch campuses and other types of partnerships are becoming increasingly common where a degree provider starts offering a programme in another nation. The aim of this paper is to…