1. What is HEGlobal?
2. Which
organisations offer support to institutions that are seeking to
develop their TNE activities and what services do they
provide?
3. I am looking to develop transnational
education activities and have a specific country in mind. How can
HEGlobal assist me?
4. I cannot find information on a
particular country. Can HEGlobal still assist me?
5. How do I feedback to HEGlobal on
information and support I feel is lacking?
1.
What is HEGlobal?
HEGlobal has been established to act as a gateway to information
sources, advice and guidance on all elements of transnational education
(TNE) from finance through to in-country market intelligence and
on-the-ground expertise. There is a substantial amount of support
and expertise available to the sector already. HEGlobal has been
designed to bring together information on all sources of available
support in one place, thereby raising sector awareness, as well as
signposting individual institutions to sources of further
assistance on a range of relevant topics including finance,
strategy, legal and quality insurance.
HEGlobal consists of a website which documents the services and
information available to the sector on TNE, as well as a telephone
helpline and email inquiry function.
It is not a centralised repository for all research and data on
TNE, but instead brings together a range of sector stakeholders
providing support to higher education institutions in developing
their TNE activities. HEGlobal is a sector-led initiative and one
of its greatest strengths is its intelligence-gathering function.
By providing a mechanism for the sector to highlight existing
needs, HEGlobal will facilitate the development of additional
resources for the higher education sector to complement and enhance
those already available.
HEGlobal also offers institutions in countries outside of the UK
the opportunity to express an interest in developing partnerships
with UK institutions. See the opportunity pages for more.
2. Which organisations
offer support to institutions that are seeking to develop their TNE
activities and what services do they provide?
HEGlobal is an initiative bringing together the existing
expertise and resources of a wide range of project partners, as
follows:
- Universities UK (UUK)
- UK HE International Unit (IU)
- UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)
- UK Export Finance (UKEF)
- British Council (BC)
- Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
- Science and Innovation Network (SIN)
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
- Research Councils UK (RCUK)
- The Training
Gateway
Information about each of the HEGlobal partners and the support
they offer institutions to help them maximise their TNE potential,
can be found by visiting the HEGlobal partners pages.
3. I am
looking to develop transnational education (TNE) activities and
have a specific country in mind. How can HEGlobal assist
me?
HEGlobal contains a range of information on specific countries
which can be accessed in the country profiles section. The amount
of information available will vary country by country.
The services
section of the website also contains advice on how additional
information on specific countries can be accessed from a range of
partner organisations such as the British Council (BC), Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(FCO), UK Trade &
Investment (UKTI) and Science and Innovation
Network (SIN). Further sources of
information are available under services and offer advice on how institutions
can access additional research reports, data and journal articles
on specific countries and TNE-related topics.
HEGlobal is not designed to be a repository of all available
information on every country but instead provides links to an
extensive range of available information and support. In doing so,
HEGlobal will enable institutions to effectively investigate
opportunities in specific regions, gain a better understanding of
the viability of transnational education activities in particular
locations and make well-informed decisions on how best to develop
their TNE activities in future.
HEGlobal has been designed to respond to the needs of the higher
education sector in expanding existing TNE activities. Whilst TNE
activities are growing rapidly, there remain a number of countries
where little or no TNE activity has taken place to date or where
there is limited data and research available.
HEGlobal will play a vital role in addressing gaps in
information and support. If you require support and advice on a
particular country and you are unable to find what you are looking
for, please contact
us.
4. I cannot find information on a
particular country. Can HEGlobal still assist me?
HEGlobal has been designed to respond to the needs of the higher
education sector in expanding existing transnational education
(TNE) activities. Whilst TNE activities are growing rapidly, there
remain a number of countries where little or no TNE activity has
taken place to date or where there is limited data and research
available.
HEGlobal will play a vital role in addressing gaps in
information and support. If you require support and advice on a
particular country or obstacle you are encountering, and you are
unable to find relevant assistance, please contact us.
By gathering feedback and input from across the sector, HEGlobal
will play a central role in identifying priority issues where
additional resources are needed by the sector to support TNE
activities. HEGlobal will liaise with all partner organisations to
focus attention on existing barriers to TNE and make the case for
the development of additional resources to complement those already
available to the sector.
5. How do I feedback to HEGlobal on
information and support I feel is lacking?
In order to feedback to HEGlobal on how existing services and
resources can be improved to help the higher education sector more
effectively engage in transnational education activities, please contact
us and, if you have time, please complete our online survey.