British Council in Vietnam invites a UK supplier (individual or organisation) to work with Vietnamese consultants to design and carry out a scoping study of digital readiness of the HE sector in Viet Nam and identify opportunities for UK HE sector to collaborate with HE sector in Viet Nam.

The supplier is expected to:

• provide an overview of the higher education digital transformation landscape in Viet Nam including:
  
  • an analysis of existing national policies and priorities, as well as challenges
  • the state of digital readiness of Viet Nam HEIs and an analysis of their challenges and gaps
  • recommendations/suggestions to address those challenges and gaps
• provide an overview of digital transformation of the UK Higher Education sector and map out key areas of knowledge exchange and best practices, providing an analysis of what models might work best in the Viet Nam context
• identify opportunities and collaborative models where UK HEIs can partner with the Viet Nam government and HEIs, with the support of the British Council, to deepen the partnership in digital transformation

Timeline of this scoping study is from 15 November 2021 to 15 March 2022.

Guidelines to this Request for Proposal and relevant annexes can be found at https://bit.ly/3hOw34T

Deadline for submission of proposal: 24 October 2021 (23:59 GMT)

Contact point for enquiries: GGP.Vietnam@britishcouncil.org.vn