UK sector bodies and faculty representing higher education institutions are now invited to submit an expression of interest to develop modules towards Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Internationalisation in Indian Higher Education.

The training modules will help international offices of all Indian state higher education institutions to support the effective implementation of the Indian government’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 through collaboration and internationalisation. 

Key deliverables

The selected supplier will be expected to gain an understanding of the Indian context, strengths, challenges and opportunities, as well as reviewing the recommendations outlined in the reference report below, in order to deliver the following deliverables.

1. Develop and design online and face-to-face (blended) training modules:   

• Core module (as specified in page 22 of the report).
• Beginners module for strategic and operational roles (as specified in page 23 of the report).
• Advanced module for strategic and operational roles (as specified in page 23 of the report).

2. Suggest ways of work shadowing, study visits, Intra- India mentorship and creating a support group.  

3. Create a repository of publicly available resources that can be shared with Indian higher education institutions.

*See full details in the call guidelines document below.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants will be expected to demonstrate:            

• sound understanding of the Indian higher education landscape, work done by the Indian regulatory bodies, NEP 2020 and Indian governments internationalisation agenda linked to NEP
• understanding the different working styles of state, private and public universities in India
• experience and expertise on working in similar lines in South Asia, developing internationalisation content, modules and identifying the training needs and scope among various stakeholders
• expertise in developing systemic capabilities of HEIs in internationalisation – have experience of developing capacity building programmes for institutions to become internationalised in terms of their systems, processes that can be adapted to address the needs of Indian institutions who aspire to become internationally comparable
• understanding of the monitoring, evaluation and learning framework within universities
• association or connections with external bodies working on similar lines will be an asset.

Duration and timeline

The duration of the task will be one year, starting January/February 2024 and finishing on 31 December 2024.

See full details in the call guidelines document below.