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A CICHE PROGRAMME FOR HONG KONG
4.1 THE TAUGHT MASTERS SCHEME
We were told by those that we met that there was a great need to develop high level education and training in highly specific and market-led areas, and that already some institutions are developing taught Masters on their own, or running them in (for example Hong Kong run an Integrated Graduate
cooperation with overseas bodies Polytechnic and Warwick cooperate to Development Scheme).
One aim of our proposal is to facilitate the development of taught Masters in appropriate subject areas (e.g. biotechnology, industrial design, precision engineering, food science and conversion IT courses for graduates in other disciplines). Cooperation would be with British institutions with experience in the required fields, and could take the form of arranging for the courses to be imported or franchised and taught in Hong Kong, or involve full-scale development of a teaching capacity in Hong Kong by Hong Kong staff. The scheme will help meet the pressing need for technology transfer.
It will be very important if these schemes are to be successful for particular sections of industry to be targetted and brought into the planning of these courses.
British Council input would lie in identifying partners and air fares and subsistence. We would expect the Hong Kong institutions to provide some matching funding to contribute to the development of the scheme.
4.2
JOINTLY SUPERVISED RESEARCH DEGREE SCHEME
This scheme operates in different forms in Spain ("Acciones Integradas"), Portugal ("Treaty of Windsor"), France ("Alliance"), and Germany ("ARC"). It has proved enormously successful.
The scheme is country specific, and would be in Hong Kong, but the basic pattern is the same. Under the scheme both sides provide matching funding which pays for travel and subsistence.
Institutions in both countries put up joint research proposals which conform to an established proforma. They are graded by committees in both countries, and the committees meet perhaps twice а year to make selections. Successful applicants receive the funds and are required to report subsequently on their projects.
themselves.
Applicants receive no funds for the research costs They are expected to obtain necessary funds on their Own initiative. Experience shows that successful applicants under this type of scheme are usually able to tap research funds. The intention in Hong Kong would be to give the scheme a high profile,
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