This is the second year that the British Council in the EU region has run a programme supporting UK universities to better understand opportunities for internationalisation with institutions in EU countries and to develop partnerships. Join a webinar to explore opportunities for UK transnational education (TNE) partnerships in Greece on Tuesday 26 November, 14.00 – 15.00 UK Time.

Please note that registrations will close at midnight on Sunday 24 November. Register here.

What will this session cover?

We will present an overview of the three categories of institutions which form the higher education sector in Greece and the opportunities for partnership with UK institutions. There will be plenty of time for audience questions.

Speakers:

  • Anastasia Andritsou, Country Director, British Council Greece and Cyprus.
  • Dr Theodoros Papaioannou, Executive Director, Study in Greece.
  • Katerina Fegarou, Education Manager, Higher Education Partnerships, British Council Greece. 

Why UK TNE in Greece?

TNE has a long and significant presence in Greece, primarily through collaborations between foreign universities and Greek private colleges, offering programmes based on franchise or validation agreements. The majority of colleges operating in Greece maintain such collaborations with UK universities.

The Strategic Partnership in Education, a bilateral programme created in 2021 with the British Council and Study in Greece as lead partners, aims to foster collaborations between Greek state and UK universities across different types of models including research partnerships. This was a significant step for Greece-UK education relations.

Since then, Greece's policy environment has continued to develop, offering exciting new opportunities for partnership with the UK. A new law was passed by the Greek parliament earlier this year permitting the operation of not-for-profit branches of foreign universities in Greece and aiming to regulate the establishment and operation in Greece of branches of parent institutions

Register for the session here.

Registrations will close at midnight on Sunday 24 November.