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Burma

Burma. Dr Joanna Newman Director UK Higher Education International Unit 30 th November 2012. UK HE International Unit.

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Burma

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  1. Burma Dr Joanna Newman Director UK Higher Education International Unit 30th November 2012

  2. UK HE International Unit • Mission: To represent the UK higher education sector internationally and to empower, with skills and knowledge, the sector to secure maximum value from international opportunities. • Our priorities: • Build capacity of UK HE sector to capture international opportunities • Shape international policy • Represent UK HE abroad • Provide market intelligence

  3. Burma’s reengagement in 2012 • April 2012 • David Cameron visits Burma • Training Gateway joins delegation • June 2012 • Aung Sang SuuKyi visits UK • ‘Pledge to Burma’ launched • July 2012 Training Gateway represents IU on trade • mission to Burma Photo: Cameron arrives in April

  4. Student mobility from Burma • Relatively static at around 250 per annum • Opportunities for growth as a result of greater UK sector engagement in Burma • Challenge around English-language levels • Scholarships available e.g. Prospect Burma

  5. TNE opportunities • Some TNE activity pre-2012: • 2010/11: 245 students registered on the University of Greenwich BSc Business Information Technology degree • Oxford Brookes/ACCA partnership • Regional hubs – Burmese studentsto Malaysia and Singapore? • Distance learning –existing provision lowquality. Photo: Students use an internet cafe

  6. Government prioritiesShort term (within 12 months) • University exchange programmes • Students • Academic staff • Management • Visits by foreign institutions to Burmeseuniversities to discuss models of collaboration • In-country English-language training • Government personnel • School teachers and university faculty • Students Photo: Burmese students from Dagon University

  7. Government prioritiesLong term (next 3 years and onwards) • “Centres of excellence” to build research capacity and train lecturers in: • University of Yangon • University of Bassein • Dagon University • University of Mandalay • Foreign-led new universities • Maximise engagement with Erasmus Mundus programmes Photo: Burmese students from Dagon University

  8. Scoping visit 2013 • Funding from FCO for visit to Burma in 2013, to meet Ministry of Education and universities • Aim to identify how UK can feedinto Burma’s ComprehensiveEducation Sector Review(CESR) • With Burmese universities,explore opportunities for: • Staff and student exchanges • Capacity-building partnerships • TNE

  9. Today’s event • Approaches HEIs are taking/planning with Burma • How the IU and Training Gateway can support these • Obstacles to engagement • Intelligence to be gathered on 2013 Scoping Visit

  10. Thank you joanna.newman@international.ac.uk www.international.ac.uk

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