Ben Wildavsky's lecture, The Great Brain Race: Rise of the Global

Education Marketplace, tells the story of the transformation of the global academic landscape in recent years. More than 3 million students now study outside their home nations; globe-trotting faculty hop from the United States to Singapore to Saudi Arabia; Western universities create branch campuses in the Middle East and Asia; and new or rejuvenated research universities in China, South Korea, Europe, and beyond vie with American giants for the top spots in global education rankings. In his critically acclaimed new book, Ben Wildavsky makes the case that, despite worries about heightened university competition and an ever-fiercer race for talent, the globalisation of higher education should be welcomed, not feared.