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Dates for Diaries: 16-20 October 2023 Higher Education Mission to Thailand & Vietnam (21 June deadline)

The Department for Business and Trade, in partnership with the British Council, are excited to be leading an in-person return mission to Vietnam, plus Thailand, focussing on opportunities in international Higher Education partnerships.

Background

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) are keen to develop their universities’ capacity in TNE, research and innovation, linkages with industry and quality assurance. Key TNE partnerships in the areas of Science & Technology such as AI, big data, biotechnology and green energy are starting to gain traction.

The UK’s reputation in Vietnam for high quality and sustainable education remains high, and HESA statistics show enrolments on UK HE programmes in-country have increased by an average of 11% annually over the last five years to over 7,100 in 2021/22, with the highest number of TNE programmes (over 100) with Vietnam, among all overseas partners, though only 10% are in S&T.

Following the continued success, and interest, of UK universities in Vietnam, and capitalising on DBT and British Council’s ongoing initiatives with MOET, our programme will take in the major centrally based city of Danang, followed by Hanoi, with the possibility of a day in Haiphong, Vietnam’s third largest city, and a major maritime hub. It will be our key education event during this year’s celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of UK-Vietnam diplomatic relations, and will serve to connect UK universities with local institutions, key industries, and ministry officials, to explore study areas, and take forward relationships.

Whilst in the region, we are taking the opportunity to visit Thailand, where in 2020/21, over 9,100 local students studied UK university programmes. That one-day programme will offer UK delegates the opportunity to meet with institutions in Bangkok.

Dates & Locations

16th October, Bangkok
17th - 18th October Danang, Vietnam
18th - 19th Hanoi
20th Hai Phong (tbc)

Register Your Interest Now

Delegates should be UK-based universities, with experience of international partnerships, preferably in either Viet Nam or Thailand or wider Southeast
Asia.

Please contact [email protected] for an application form by 21 June. Selection will be based on the profiles submitted, which should include an indication of your longer-term strategy for engagement in either of the countries, with an emphasis on Vietnam.

Profiles of successful applicants will be included in a UK delegate brochure to be circulated to local stakeholders in advance of the mission.

Participation Fee

The programme is free to attend, but spaces are limited. Participants are responsible for airfare, insurance, and accommodation costs. DBT will
provide local group transport to venues.

Dates for Diaries: Teacher Training Mission to Malaysia Feb 23

This mission is organised by DIT Malaysia. It aims to showcase the UK’s excellence in all aspects of teacher training education and provide direct networking and collaboration opportunities with education institutions, buyers and investors, and policymakers.

You can express your interest to Gurpreet Kaur, DIT Malaysia.

Please note that dates are TBC but likely to be the week commencing 20th February 2023.

Our thanks to DIT Malaysia and UKABC for kindly sharing this content.

Dates for Diaries: Executive Briefing - China's youth under pressure 29 Nov

 

 As China’s youth deals with growing unemployment and social pressure, how will China’s economy and society be affected?

This July, China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that China’s youth unemployment had reached a record 19.9%. As China grapples with an economic slump from COVID-19 and the country’s strict lockdown measures, the impact is being felt hard across China’s intensely competitive job market.

As youth employment struggles to keep pace with record education rates, disillusioned young people are now turning their backs on the immense pressure in China to get ahead. This has led to idle-inspired cultural phenomena, such as the ‘lay flat’ and ‘let it rot’ trends, while the government looks to arrest the social malaise by instilling greater moral guidance through ‘core socialist values’.

As Australian universities welcome back Chinese students, this Asia Society Australia program asks what it is like to be a young person in China today. Join us for a discussion with On China’s emerging challenge within.

To register for this briefing please click the link here.

Our sincere thanks to the Asia Society Australia programme for kindly sharing this information.

 

Dates for Diaries: BETT Show Asia Bangkok 11-12 October

Education as a catalyst for change

As the education community moves beyond the immediate-term crisis response to ensure that learning never stops, it is vital to come back to the ‘why’ of education and recognize its importance as the solution and driver for society and the industry to thrive.

Bett Asia’s six themes will structure the content underneath the overarching theme of ‘Education as a catalyst for change,’ ensuring that education stakeholders can address their most pressing challenges and priorities.

This year's BETT Awards are sponsored by CBI member Pearson.

For more information about this important EdTech show please visit here.

Our thanks to UKABC for kindly sharing this information

Dates for Diaries: UK House Education Day 29 July

EDUCATION

29 July 2022

It’s no secret - the UK’s education system is the envy of the world. Our higher education institutions are some of the most prestigious in the world. We’ve over 600,000 international students currently studying in the UK and 4.9m vocational skills qualifications being achieved globally through the UK’s further education providers. 

Beyond the traditional classroom, innovative approaches to industry-based skills training recognises and accredits life-long learning, supporting sustainable long-term employment.
The UK’s world-renowned services such as future-facing Education Technology and English Language Teaching are in high demand.
 
Post-pandemic, the traditional nature of work and employment is changing dramatically. The UK’s approach to education, learning and skills development continue to be world-leading. Our experts are supporting systemic change in education systems across the globe, enabling countries to deliver high impact, inclusive skills and education programmes that are tailored for their economies, and which enable social mobility and engage the hard to reach.
 

Our events provide insight into the UK’s global, national, regional and local organisations that play their key part in developing the next generation every day. Meet research experts, policymakers, education providers, businesses and the students themselves. You’ll have the chance to learn about what they’re delivering now that is driving success - and what they are planning next. 
 
With a focus on the sharing of best practices across a wide range of education and research initiatives, our events will foster mutually beneficial opportunities for collaboration and partnership with the UK.

1. Professional and Future Facing Global Skills Opportunities

Demand for highly professional and future proof skills is greater now than ever before. ​

Work-based training, continuous professional development, accreditation and professional regulation support the development of employable students and lifelong sustainable careers. Learn how the UK can help current and future professionals in countries throughout the world to maintain and develop transferable skills. 

Register to attend in person

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2. EdTech

In a post-COVID and post-COP26 world, education technology has suddenly gained a great deal of prominence.  Its roles in home schooling, providing diverse content, capturing hard to reach students and targeting learning for special needs have suddenly led to huge numbers of case studies, but what does all this mean for the education sector as a whole?   ​

The UK is a hub for Education Technology, so come and learn from industry leads and individual companies about how to deploy education technology effectively and what they think the next 5 years will hold. 

 

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3. The Association of Commonwealth Universities

International collaboration for global challenges - translating university expertise into action.

The climate crisis requires urgent and collaborative action to mitigate the drastic decline of our land, oceans and environment. Universities, through their research and expertise, play a vital role in addressing global challenges and can support governments and the industry to deliver climate action and resilience, and help manage sustainable use of scarce resources. University-led partnerships are key to translating research and expertise into action on the pressing global challenge of food security. ​

Join us to meet Commonwealth leaders, policy-makers and scholars and explore how their work supports the implementation of international frameworks such as the new Commonwealth Living Lands Charter. ​

 

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4. International Education Strategy and Science, Business and Policy for Environmental Action hosted by the University of Birmingham

Universities are important convenors and collaborators in the drive towards environmental protection and climate action. As a sector our research shapes regional, national and international policies, and our teaching upskills the next generation to tackle the climate crisis. However, action is not instigated in silos. The transfer of knowledge between researchers, policy makers, industry and education is essential to make progress on environmental protection. ​

Meet the global, national and regional stakeholders that are working together to make important things happen, hear the latest environmental research, innovations and collaborations, and join an important conversation about turning knowledge into action.  

The exodus of China's EdTech Industry - but where are they heading?

Dear CBI Members and Partners,

Herewith some useful insights into new and burgeoning market opportunities for China's EdTech leaders:

The exodus of China's EdTech industry: where are they heading? (substack.com)

Our thanks to Pingwest for kindly sharing this article.

Dates for Diaries: UK-Vietnam HE Webinar 03.12.21

Introduction

The workshop on Project 89 will be virtually co-organise by the British Council in Viet Nam, Department of International Trade – UK Embassy and UK–Viet Nam Higher Education Network on 3 December 2021.   

• Date: 3 December 2021
• Time: 16.30–18.00 (Vietnam time) or 09.30–11.00 (UK time)
• Registration: https://bit.ly/3cmMIco by close of 2 December 2021
• Workshop platform: Microsoft Teams
• Language: English
• Agenda: please see the attachment here

Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam has launched a Scholarship Programme named as Project 89 – a Decision approval the proposal for enhancing competencies of lecturers and administrators of HEIs meeting requirements for radical changes in education and training until 2030.

Main objectives of Project 89 are:

• providing the doctoral training for about 10 per cent of HE lecturers, of which 7 per cent are trained full time abroad, 3 per cent receive domestic training programmes, and joint programmes with foreign universities achieving regional and world quality standards
• attract at least 1,500 scientists and doctorate degree holders who are working abroad or domestically outside of higher education institutions to work at Vietnamese higher education institutions
• expect 80 per cent of lecturers of culture, arts and physical education and sports schools to obtain master's degree or higher, receive full-time training programs provided by foreign educational institutions or domestic institutions meeting regional and world quality as well as structured reasonably 
• by 2030, expecting 100 per cent of administrators and lecturers to be trained to improve their competencies with emphasis on: The competency in orienting training and educational programs towards modern training methods, scientific researches, foreign languages and information technology

Workshop aims 

• Introducing Project 89 as an opportunity for UK–Viet Nam partnership in masters and PhD/joint PhD training programmes
• Discussing (joint) PhD training under a partnership approach and key factors to success
• Connecting and facilitating further discussion between UK and Vietnamese universities to form up partnerships supporting the implementation of Project 89.

Targeted audience

• Rectors/Vice Rectors, Deans/Vice Deans, Heads/Deputy Heads of International Relations and Research of UK and Vietnamese universities.

 

 

UK-CHINA Lifestyle Newsletter Nov 2021

Dear CBI Members and Partners,

Kindly find the latest UK-China Lifestyle Newsletter covering the latest developments in brands, consumer goods and related sectors.

Our sincere thanks to Rebecca Li of DIT Shanghai for kindly sharing with the CBI's China team.

Download China Lifestyle Newsletter Nov 21

 

Dates for Diaries: 31.08.21 Education in Vietnam Webinar

Date for Diaries:

Topic: Education in Vietnam Webinar

Date/Time: 31.08.21 1030-1145 (UK) 1630-1745 (HANOI)

Format: ZOOM

Hosts: Britcham Vietnam

Status: Free of Charge

Registration Link: EducinVietWebinar

Our sincere thanks to BritchamVietnam for sharing this information. For queries or other details please contact Ms. Anh Vu via: [email protected]

Thank You

 

Pearson keeps online learning classes running in China

 

CBI member, Pearson has made dozens of online classes available to support the ‘No Suspension of Study’ initiative taking place across China in response to the coronavirus.

When the epidemic hit, schools across China postponed their term start dates after the Lunar Year period in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus. In response, Pearson took immediate action, mobilising staff to ensure that after just a few days dozens of free online courses were available to ensure that students could continue learning without suspension.

Pearson is offering a range of products from its various business lines, including:

• Pearson English,
• K12 online blended learning from International Connections Academy
• Pearson STEM
• Pearson Edexcel,
• PTE-A English test etc.

Meanwhile in Hong Kong and Macao, Pearson has also opened all subjects from pre-primary to senior secondary, as well as major English Reading Series.

Pearson are happy to report, that within a few days of opening this service, more than 60,000 applicants have applied to access the International Connections Academy set up to facilitate these programmes.

Pearson has also opened free AI learning resources on its Longman English Plus WeChat Platform, known as “Longman Xiaoying” and provided free digital supplementary learning resources for end-users with a certified Pearson textbook. As of now, more than 100,000 copies of original readers and supplementary exercises have been released, across nearly 160 books, to the benefit of almost 200,000 users. In the near future, Pearson will open more high-quality English learning resources to full-time schools free of charge.

Joe Lam, Managing Director of Pearson Greater China and India Hub said, "The epidemic situation is still very challenging. We are here to go through the hard time together in China by offering whatever help we can to meet various learning needs from teachers and students and make school available at home.