Advisory Services to Government Agency  

Advising Scottish Development International in developing opportunities for Scottish Colleges and Universities in India

Following up on developing reports for Scottish Colleges and Universities in India, SDI had retained the services of the Consultants to receive advice and input for the development of wider SDI/Scottish Government education strategy activities within India.

 

University Office Management  

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Manchester Metropolitan University in March 2010, signed a contract with the Consultants to work on its behalf to represent the University in India. The contract involves appointment of agents' network and managing them to recruit students from India, promote partnerships with relevant education institutions to deliver the University's programmes in India. The University's India office is located in New Delhi with a dedicated branded office with three full time staff working on behalf of the University. The University is expanding its operation in India and is in the process of finalizing arrangements for recruiting additional staff and expand its operations. This is proposed to be implemented from the first half of 2020

 

Birmingham City University, UK

The Consultants have been engaged by Birmingham City University (BCU) from December 2018 to enable the University to develop partnership for delivery of BCU programmes in partnership with institutions in the Indian Subcontinent. The Consultants have in a span of one year have concluded agreements for BCU with five education institutions two in Nepal, two Sri Lanka and one on the United Arab Emirates to deliver BCU undergraduate and post graduate programmes. While on partner in Sri Lanka has already recruited and initiated delivery of programmes, the other four are scheduled to recruit and deliver programmes in 2020.

 

University of Teesside, UK

The University of Teesside in January 2006, signed a contract with the Consultants to work on its behalf to represent the University in India. The contract involves appointment of agents' network and managing them to recruit students from India, promote partnerships with relevant education institutions to deliver the University's programmes in India. The University's India office was located in Mumbai with a dedicated brand office and three full time staff to support the University's activities in India.

University of Sunderland, UK: Report and Implementation

Set up and established the office of University of Sunderland, operations in Indian Sub continent. The office served as a clearing house for applications from students from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh for admission to the University. Dedicated staff and office were provided for executing this project. The University achieved 100 percent growth in student recruitment. Once established and matured, the University of Sunderland office was handed over to their staff to run it independently under the instructions of the University.

Services to Awarding Bodies in Vocational Education / Skills Development  

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), UK

SQA entered into an arrangement with the Consultants in October 2010 to 31st March 2019 to help develop their market in the Indian Sub - continent. India has a very ambitious skills agenda and the consultants developed links with several leading organizations in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh for SQA to deliver various services to these organizations.

Studies and Market Research  

Two Studies (one for the Colleges Sector and other for the HE Sector) for Scottish Development International (SDI) - the International wing of the Scottish Government to identify market opportunities for Scottish Education providers in three cities

The project involved undertaking desk research along with primary survey of institutions in Delhi, Mumbai, Managalore, Bangalore, Kolkata and Pune. The aim of the projects was to recommend to SDI education institutions in the target cities that offer qualifications in IT/ Computing, Business Studies, Retail, Energy, Hospitality and Tourism, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Engineering and Built Environment that may be willing to collaborate with Scottish Education institutions to develop partnerships. Such partnerships would be for joint delivery of education programmes, research and development, faculty and student exchange.