British Council Sri Lanka invites expression of interests (EOI) from UK HEIs interested in potential partnerships in Sri Lanka to deliver courses in UG and PG levels.

There is an extraordinary growth in transnational education in Sri Lanka with more than 10,000 students studying for a wide range of foreign qualifications in country. This initiation is fully supported and endorsed by the government as the TNE development in Sri Lanka falls under their vision of making Sri Lanka a knowledge hub in South Asia.

TNE provides access to a UK qualification for a wider range of students than traditional methods can reach, and meet goals of increasing access. This has allowed UK institutions to tap into new markets which can be defined as new emerging middle class in country and third nationals who are drawn to educational hubs due to the number of UK qualifications on offer.

Aims of the activity:

British Council Sri Lanka has initiated and supported a number of successful partnerships in the past and would like to continue supporting the reputed local educational institutes and UK HEIs to form collaborations.

We have received requests from UK HEIs and local partners on opportunities to deliver programmes in Sri Lanka using new models to suite the competitive environment for international education in the local context.

Our objective is to match potential UK HEIs that are interested in delivering programmes in Sri Lanka with local educational institutes.

The interested subject areas are:

• Business, Management & Administration
• Computing and IT
• Fashion design
• Accounting and Finance
• Nursing

This service provided by British Council Sri Lanka includes the following:

• Listing of potential partners to suite your requirement
• Facilitate the initial meetings via F2F or Tele conference
• Research on respective market and due diligence etc
• Facilitate the meeting with the potential local partner via video conference or teleconference
• Facilitate the F2F meetings and visits to the local partner
• Contract negotiation on case basis

Cost:

GBP 954.00

The following component is costed as per the hours involved and the length and the format of the campaign.

• Marketing and promotional campaign endorsed by the British Council brand

Deadline for Expression of interest: Friday 14 September 2012.