Funding to support and strengthen transnational education partnerships between the UK and selected other countries.
Grants are available to partnerships between higher education institutions in the UK and Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Türkiye.
The fund will prioritise partnerships that focus on one or more of the following priority themes from the British Council’s TNE Strategy:
- Creating an enabling environment for TNE in other countries and strengthening the quality of TNE.
- Contributing to the removal of barriers to TNE and supporting or creating new opportunities.
- Supporting TNE to contribute to the transformation of local education systems and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Activities can be in any discipline or cross-discipline. Potential areas of focus include:
- Developing joint programmes and curricula.
- Building the capacity of academics and staff.
- Developing various models of TNE.
- Working towards the recognition of UK degrees.
- Developing processes, frameworks and guidelines for TNE collaboration.
- Developing communities of practice.
The TNE Exploratory grant expects to support 14 projects of between £20,000 and £25,000 in value each, for 12 months, starting from January 2025.
Deadline: 12 September 2024
Further details, including more potential focus areas and full eligibility criteria can be found in the guidance notes document below.
See other British Council Going Global Partnerships opportunities.