UK Viet Nam Transnational Education Development consortium call

In 2024-25, the British Council Viet Nam will implement a number of activities to strengthen the capacity of the UK Transnational Education (TNE) providers, promote quality, and advocate the establishment of a strong community of practice that can bring benefits to the UK TNE providers.

We would like to invite local TNE institution(s) to establish a UK Viet Nam TNE consortium to develop and deliver these activities in Viet Nam in consultation with the British Council and the TNE advisory group. 

Overall objective

Advocate the establishment of a strong community of practice that can bring benefits to the UK TNE providers through strengthening capacity of TNE providers in Viet Nam and promotion of UK Viet Nam TNE quality and partnerships. 

Partnerships activities

• Promoting the value of UK TNE in Vietnam: run a media campaign or regular story-sharing sessions from UK TNE alumni to raise public awareness and understanding of the benefits of TNE among stakeholder (students, parents, educators and employers)
  
• TNE Community of Practice development: in partnership with UK institutions, design activities that facilitate UK Viet Nam TNE Community development, which may include network recruitment, capacity building, event organisation... 
• TNE knowledge development (Insights and Research): promotion and  programme expenses management and dissemination of at least two research on key TNE topics
  

Expected outcomes

• Increase public awareness and understanding of the social and economic benefits of TNE among stakeholders in Viet Nam (students, parents, educators, industry/employers and government)
  
• Enhance collaboration and create new partnerships between UK and Viet Nam higher education institutions
  
• Strengthen the capacity for local institutions to collaborate and deliver UK TNE programmes
  
• Provide insights and research on the TNE sector in Viet Nam to support stakeholders in decision-making and strategy development for TNE partnership with the UK
  
• Develop a TNE community of practice to share best practices, resources, learning, and capacity building on TNE development with the UK 

Key details 

• Programme amount: £30,000 (equivalent to VND969,000,000 – including VAT and withholding tax in Viet Nam)
  
• Programme length: September 2024 to March 2025 
• Application deadline: 5 September 2024, 10.00 VNT 

• Open to: local TNE institution(s) to establish a UK Viet Nam TNE consortium, including one Lead institution from Viet Nam, who is delivering UK TNE programmes and at least three participating institution(s) who will jointly deliver activities with the Lead institution
  

Action required 

All documents below as part of your proposal should be submitted by the lead institution to ggp.vietnam@britishcouncil.org.vn

Apply by: 5 September 2024, 10.00 VNT

For any questions, contact: ggp.vietnam@britishcouncil.org.vn