Transnational Education (TNE) is an area of significant and growing interest to the UK education sector. The range and number of TNE activities, such as remote campuses or joint degree programmes, continues to grow rapidly, with expected continued growth in the coming years. TNE is also rising up the political agenda owing to its potential as a high earning export industry; ‘Supporting Transnational Education’ is one of the key policy strands in the UK Government’s ‘International Education Strategy’.
Historically Janet’s offerings have been delivered almost exclusively within the UK. However in response to the growing demand from the community, we have made a strategic decision improve the support we offer for your developing TNE activities. Through our TNE strategy and support programme we seek to address your requirement for cost-effective, appropriate and reliable connectivity services overseas, integrated with our UK-based operations and Janet’s other services, to support TNE delivery on a global basis.
This group is for any person or organisation interested in our developing transnational education programme of activities; this community site will be a valuable source of information to us to understand your requirements as we develop our overseas support over the coming months. We also aim for this to be a valuable source of information for informing your own TNE activities.
Key documents and sources of information relating to TNE from across the policy and education sector will be shared and regularly updated in this section.
HEGlobalaims to bring together UK government, national agencies, and Higher education sector expertise and experience to support and grow UK universities' international education capacity and ambitions. HEGlobal will point you in the right direction for expert trade advice and practical support when wishing to expand your international activities.
HE Global ia a joint initiative between the International Unit and the British Council and can be followed both on Twitter and Linkedin.
TheUK Higher Education International Unit initiates and carries out high profile projects and activities, commissions research and produces publications to support and develop the UK HE sector's international activities.
Key publications and resurces of relevance to TNE include:
TheQuality Assurance Agencyhas within its remit objectives to provide public assurance about the quality and standards of UK TNE, to protect the interests of students studying on TNE programmes, and thus enhancing and protecting the quality and reputation of UK HE qualifications.
Since 2006, QAA have carried out a series of reviews of overseas provision of TNE in Hong Kong, Cyprus, India, Malaysia, China, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. A current review of Trinidad and Tobago is ongoing. Reports of each review can be found here.
Additionally, driven by HM Government's Industrial Strategy (International Education) QAA has recently undertaken a Consultation regarding 'Strengthening the quality assurance of UK transnational education'. QAA's response to the Consultation, published inMay 2014, can be found here.
HM Government has demonstrated its commitment to International Education and TNE in its Industrial Strategy. The International Education: Global Growth and Prosperity Policy Paper (2013) sets out 'Supporting transnational Education as one of five key policy strands. One year on, theIndustrial Strategy Progress Reportdetails TNE activities specifically relating to the Janet pilot projects in China and Malaysia.
The British Council have produced a series of publications relating to TNE in the following documents:
'The Shape of Things to Come II' (2013) which reports on research which maps the evolutionary development of TNE and assesses the environmental factors that are most conducive to the delivery of TNE, building on earlier work (The Shape of Things to Come I, 2012) which looked at, over the next five to ten years, which will be the countries with fastest growing higher education systems.
The Higher Education Academy provides services to the higher education sector - for individual learning and teaching professionals, senior managers in institutions, and for subject and discipline groups.
The HEA has a Transnational Education Research and Practice Network, a collaborative group of individuals across UK HEIs working to better understand and improve the student and teaching experience on TNE programmes.
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HEGlobal aims to bring together UK government, national agencies, and Higher education sector expertise and experience to support and grow UK universities' international education capacity and ambitions. HEGlobal will point you in the right direction for expert trade advice and practical support when wishing to expand your international activities.
HE Global ia a joint initiative between the International Unit and the British Council and can be followed both on Twitter and Linkedin.
The UK Higher Education International Unit initiates and carries out high profile projects and activities, commissions research and produces publications to support and develop the UK HE sector's international activities.
Key publications and resurces of relevance to TNE include:
International Higher Education in Facts and Figures (2013)
Horizon Scanning: what will Higher Education look like in 2020 (September 2013) in partnership with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and the Observatory for Borderless Higher Education
A Guide to UK Higher Education and Partnerships for Overseas Institutions (2013) (also available in Spanish
The Quality Assurance Agency has within its remit objectives to provide public assurance about the quality and standards of UK TNE, to protect the interests of students studying on TNE programmes, and thus enhancing and protecting the quality and reputation of UK HE qualifications.
Since 2006, QAA have carried out a series of reviews of overseas provision of TNE in Hong Kong, Cyprus, India, Malaysia, China, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. A current review of Trinidad and Tobago is ongoing. Reports of each review can be found here.
Additionally, driven by HM Government's Industrial Strategy (International Education) QAA has recently undertaken a Consultation regarding 'Strengthening the quality assurance of UK transnational education'. QAA's response to the Consultation, published inMay 2014, can be found here.
HM Government has demonstrated its commitment to International Education and TNE in its Industrial Strategy. The International Education: Global Growth and Prosperity Policy Paper (2013) sets out 'Supporting transnational Education as one of five key policy strands. One year on, the Industrial Strategy Progress Report details TNE activities specifically relating to the Janet pilot projects in China and Malaysia.
In addition, in September 2013 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) produced a report following comissioned research into the 'Wider benefits of International Higher Education in the UK' which refers significantly to TNE.
The British Council have produced a series of publications relating to TNE in the following documents:
'The Shape of Things to Come II' (2013) which reports on research which maps the evolutionary development of TNE and assesses the environmental factors that are most conducive to the delivery of TNE, building on earlier work (The Shape of Things to Come I, 2012) which looked at, over the next five to ten years, which will be the countries with fastest growing higher education systems.
A more recent report (2014) looks at 'Exploring the impacts of transnational education on host countries' following a pilot study in ten host countries.
The Higher Education Academy provides services to the higher education sector - for individual learning and teaching professionals, senior managers in institutions, and for subject and discipline groups.
The HEA has a Transnational Education Research and Practice Network, a collaborative group of individuals across UK HEIs working to better understand and improve the student and teaching experience on TNE programmes.
Recent publications by HEA relating to TNE include Transnational education - the challenges of partnership and representation in a global context and its associated toolkit (2014)