Asia Briefing: Irish universities learn fast about opportunities in China

By Clifford Coonan. University College Dublin had a busy and extremely productive week in China last week. The headline event of the visit was signing a deal to set up UCD Yantai, an international university in northeast China which UCD will operate as a joint venture with the prestigious China Agricultural University (CAU). 
Ireland’s third-level institutions have been concentrating on leveraging the booming Chinese education market – Trinity College Dublin was here a few weeks ago trying to drum up funding for a Chinese Studies course, and University College Cork is a regular visitor. More...