UK higher education institutions are invited to a deep-dive webinar on transnational education (TNE) opportunities in Romania. 

When: 13 November, 14.00–15.00 UK time

Register by: 12 November, midnight UK time

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About the session

The session will explore new higher education legislation in Romania and what it means for UK TNE partnerships. We’ll also discuss challenges and opportunities for UK institutions wishing to build sustainable collaborations with their Romanian counterparts. 

Speakers include:

• Andrew Glass, Country Director Romania, British Council
• Cristina Ghițulică, General Director of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) and Vice-President of the European Association for Quality Assurance in HE.

Other speakers will be confirmed closer to the event.

This is an interactive session. Participants are encouraged to share their own experiences, questions or issues when it comes to TNE partnerships in Romania.

Why UK transnational education in Romania?

Romania has recently adopted legislation that is strongly in support of the internationalisation of education, the development of partnerships with universities outside the country, and the improvement of study recognition processes. National political priorities that also reflect academic staff perspectives include the development of joint and integrated study programmes, recognition of micro-credentials, online education and research collaborations.

Better internationalisation of higher education is also a strategic objective in the ‘Educated Romania’ national initiative – a policy process coordinated by Romania’s presidential administration to establish the new national legislation. Specific measures include increasing the number of international collaborations, setting up joint degree programmes and developing mechanisms for the automatic recognition of studies.

Public attitudes to UK education remain highly favourable in Romania, yet those who wish to study in the UK often face major financial challenges since the removal of 'home fee' status for EU citizens. This is especially the case in a country where average incomes remain low compared with much of the rest of the EU. 

In June this year, the UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its Romanian counterpart, the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS). Both agencies 'agreed to collaborate to advise on quality assurance and enhancement practices that affect transnational education and research collaboration, and to build staff capacity necessary for ensuring reliability, consistency and complementarity in quality assurance, qualifications frameworks, and in the recognition of qualifications'. 

All these factors mean that the appetite for Romania-based UK TNE is greater than ever among Romanian institutions, education authorities, and Romanian (and international) students.

Discover more partnership opportunities for UK institutions

This webinar will be the first in our series of country-focused webinars series on UK-EU internationalisation and transnational education (TNE) partnerships.

This is the second year that the British Council in the EU region has run a programme supporting UK universities to better understand the opportunities for internationalisation with institutions in EU countries and develop partnerships.

Discover the full series here: https://opportunities-insight.britishcouncil.org/news/opportunities/eu-webinar-series-internationalisation-and-tne-partnerships

More information

For more information, please contact Andreea Stroica.

Please note, this session is open only to UK higher education insitituions.