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FE Colleges in Wales Working Internationally: A Strategic Analysis & Response Dr Alun Hughes

This strategic analysis examines learner and staff mobility, commercial contracts, and learner recruitment in Welsh colleges. It also provides recommendations to support colleges in developing formal international strategies and navigating immigration policy.

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FE Colleges in Wales Working Internationally: A Strategic Analysis & Response Dr Alun Hughes

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  1. FE Colleges in Wales Working Internationally: A Strategic Analysis & Response Dr Alun Hughes Anita Spittle

  2. Snapshot from Wales • Sub-set of wider UK Picture • Learner Mobility • Staff Mobility • Commercial contracts (delivered in Wales or overseas) • Direct recruitment to the College • Transnational Education

  3. Learner Mobility Coleg Cambria – Work Experience in Germany

  4. Learner Mobility Coleg Sir Gâr– Sheep Farming in New Zealand

  5. Commercial Contracts Niche offers, for example: • Pembrokeshire College – Oil and gas expertise • GrŵpLlandrilloMenai– Power station simulator • Cardiff & Vale College, Coleg Cambria and Coleg y Cymoedd – Aerospace Estimate low £,000’s

  6. Commercial Contracts Pembrokeshire College – Chevron Singapore

  7. Learner Recruitment • Income generation • Enrichment for all/preparation for life (university)

  8. Learner Recruitment Impact of 2011 & 2012 immigration changes

  9. Infrastructure • Little commonality • £100-£200k p.a. (central spend) + faculty • 3 staff + associated expenditure …and then there’s NPTC Group: LSI Portsmouth

  10. Future 50:50 a recurring figure • Europe – mobility • International – income diversification • Longest engagement: income; >£150k; written strategy • Shorter engagement: enrich curriculum; <£100k • Niche v’s geographical • Most roads lead to British Council • ‘Horses for courses’

  11. Recommendations Recommendation 1: ColegauCymru should look to support colleges in Wales via a centrally coordinated mobility project via Erasmus+, as a follow up to the current Leonardo da Vinci project.

  12. Recommendations Recommendation 2: Colleges should consider formalising their international strategies, where that has not already occurred, so that internal and external stakeholders have clarity of direction and Recommendation 3: ColegauCymru and the British Council could support the colleges in Wales through the provision of a toolkit for colleges seeking to develop a formal international strategy

  13. Recommendations Recommendation 4: ColegauCymru should continue to work in concert with counterparts in the other regions of the UK to alert policy makers to the issues facing FE as a consequence of UK immigration policy.

  14. Recommendations Recommendation 5: Individual colleges should consider opening up discussions with established HE partners with regards to creating compelling joint offers to specific international markets defined by their combined niche offer.

  15. Recommendations Recommendation 6: Colleges seeking to build a commercial portfolio internationally should consider identifying niche areas of expertise and, in the first instance, exploring the best approach to marketing this expertise with the British Council.

  16. Questions? Alun Hughes alun.hughes@20 degrees.co.uk 01443 866278 Anita Spittle anita.spittle@ietcs.co.uk

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