Call for UK consultants: Leadership, Management and Policy Capacity for TNE in the Philippines

The British Council invites requests for proposals from UK experts with extensive experience in transnational education for a consultancy engagement and implementation of the Leadership, Management and Policy Capacity for Transnational Higher Education project.

About the Project

The British Council in the Philippines has been working closely with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the government agency responsible for higher education in the Philippines, on several projects since 2016. One of these collaborations is the Joint Development of Niche Programmes through Philippine-UK Linkages (JDNP), a pilot project on transnational education (TNE). Through partnerships between 11 Philippine and nine UK universities, we introduced 17 UK-Philippine master’s and PhD degrees in niche areas.

In 2019, the Philippines passed the Transnational Higher Education Law to expand ‘access to educational services through the establishment and administration of transnational higher education’. This law will accelerate TNE partnerships between foreign and local universities, and mandates CHED to establish a dedicated office for TNE and to set a comprehensive national TNE strategy.

To ensure that the TNHE Law is translated into actions and CHED is fully able to carry out this mission, key offices in CHED and other relevant government agencies will need capacity strengthening interventions. Key government officials, directors and technical staff would need to possess necessary knowledge and skills on TNE policy development, management and governance. In this regard, the British Council and CHED is implementing a new project, the Leadership, Management and Policy Capacity for Transnational Higher Education, starting in 2022. The project aims to identify and set up the governance structure of the TNE law; build the knowledge and understanding of key stakeholders from the Philippine government on various areas of TNE; and develop a national TNE strategy that will support the implementation of the TNE law.

Under this project, we are enhancing the knowledge base of policy and decisionmakers in CHED, select government bodies and other relevant stakeholders in implementing high quality TNE initiatives. We will create a pool of inter-agency champions, identified through systems assessment and stakeholder mapping, who will work to influence policies, actions, and decisions of their respective agencies to create an enabling policy environment for TNE in the Philippines.

Consultant requirements

We are looking for a team of UK consultants (preferably from a UK university) who will lead the implementation of this project. By drawing on its expertise and experiences in TNE partnerships and policy, the UK consultants will spearhead the delivery of the project outputs, potentially working with other international and local consultants, the British Council and CHED. 

About Going Global Partnerships

This activity forms part of Philippine's ACT-IHE project the Going Global Partnerships  programme. Going Global Partnerships connects universities, colleges, education policy makers and other partners in the UK and around the world. The programme offers you vital international opportunities - the chance to build relationships, to share ideas and good practice, to access grant funding for collaborative partnerships and more.