Join British Expertise International on Tuesday 17th January from 16:00-19:00 for an in-person roundtable event with the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Education (DfE) on the International Education Strategy and its future direction.
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This event is now at capacity. To join the waiting list, please email Sasha Barnes: ab@britishexpertise.org.
Registration for this event is now closed. Meetings slides and recordings for select events are available to Members.
Registration for this event is now closed. Meetings slides and recordings for select events are available to Members. Event recordings require an access code.
The International Education Strategy is a policy paper which sets out the UK government’s ambition for education exports and how the UK government will support the UK education sector in accessing global opportunities. Since the Strategy’s first publication in 2019 by DfE and DIT, it has seen 2 revisions in 2021 and 2022.The Strategy sets out 2 ambitions to achieve by 2030:
1. Increase education exports to £35 billion per year
2. Increase the numbers of international higher education students studying in the UK to 600,000 per year
Sarah Chidgey, Head of International Education at DIT, and Sian Sinnott, Team leader for International Education Strategy at DfE are directly involved in writing the IES, and will seek input from Education members on its future direction. They will also provide:
- an overview of the International Education Strategy and an update on the Strategy’s direction going forward,
- the International Education Strategy’s main stakeholders and themes for 2023,
- DIT’s priority markets in education and upcoming programme of engagement,
- what next’ for the Strategy, including a chaired discussion between DIT and DfE with Education members on their feedback on K12, TVET, and Higher Education and experiences with the IES to date
Agenda:
16:00 - 16:30 – arrival
16:30 – 18:00 – DIT and DfE roundtable discussion on InternationalEducation Strategy + BEI education member feedback
18:00 – 19:00 – networking reception over drinks and soft drinks
To register please email lm@britishexpertise.org confirming your interest. The event will be held at the British Expertise International office, 23 Grafton St, London W1S 4EY.
