British Council Pakistan is organising Counsellors’ Symposium 2018 on 15 February 2018 in Islamabad. The event provides UK institutions with an opportunity to deliver professional development sessions to career advisers, agents, consultants and education professionals from leading schools in Pakistan. These interactive sessions will be an opportunity for market knowledge and raising your institution’s profile in Pakistan.

Target audience and format:

The symposium will be attended by more than 50 career counsellors and student influencers from schools and higher education institutes in each city. The event provides a professional development platform for career counsellors, giving them an opportunity to learn new skills and network with colleagues from across the country.

This one day event will be packed with productive and exciting opportunities for professional development through interactive and innovative sessions on a variety of topics as well as discussions on pressing issues around counselling, career guidance and education. 

Benefits for participating UK institutions:

1. Opportunity to interact with career counsellors who are key influencers in decision making about university choices
2. Opportunity to create awareness about your institution and courses on offer
3. Showcase your institution’s excellence in counselling or related area and position the UK as the first choice for international education
4. Face-to-face interaction with students influencers to provide information on studying in the UK
5. Opportunity to explore links with leading local schools and first-hand understanding on international collaborations with local institutes

We invite you to view post event report (here) for Counsellors’ Symposium 2015 and to view a short video covering the event (here).

UK institutions are invited to share their expression of interest for these opportunities:

1. One hour speaker session at 750 GBP + VAT per session (three session slots available only)

2. Sponsorship for lunch at GBP 1,100 + VAT (sponsorship can be shared between two or more universities)

For details, please review the attached EOI.