Globalisation and Higher Education : Development of the High Skills Trajectory

For the developed and economically pre-eminent nations to retain their superior position in the global economy, a supply of appropriately qualified personnel is required. Essentially, this means the development and retention or attraction of those with the necessary High Skills. This paper examines how a number of organisations are undertaking this goal through the key progenitor of modern globalisation - Information Computer Technology (ICT) - to accommodate the scale and location of the demand for high skills. As an example, business education is examined and it is shown how a triadic co-operation occurs between universities, corporate enterprises and e-learning companies to engage the high- skills trajectory