UKTI / iMOVE Seminar

Exchange of experiences and co-operation

possibilities

30 April 2010

Alan McArthur

Director, TVET UK

What prompted the formation of TVET UK?

• UKTI Sector Advisory Group for Education & Skills (SAGES)

• Demand for vocational skills increasing worldwide

• UK TVET sector has unique set of skills, experience and

capabilities with global recognition

• UK TVET losing out to other countries through

• lack of a united promotional focus

• collective bidding capability

• UK did not have a single „brand‟ through which to promote and

market the UK TVET sector

• UK TVET sector needs to compete in a global marketTechnical and Vocational Education and Training UK www.tvetuk.org 2

TVET UK’s Unique Role and Mission

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UK TVET Sector

UK TVET

National

Agencies

International

TVET Partners

TVET UK is made up of…

• UK National Agencies (including industrial standards setters)

• UK Awarding Bodies

• Professional Institutes, Professional Bodies

• Learning & Skills Providers• Further & Higher Education Colleges

• Skills Training Centres

• Equipment Manufacturers & Suppliers• Design and Layout of Training Facilities

• Full Turnkey Solutions

• Materials Suppliers• Distance, e-Learning and Online Learning

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TVET UK Capacity, Capability & Experience

– Association of Colleges (AoC) – Association of Learning Providers (ALP)

– Learning & Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) – The Learning & Skills Network (LSN)

– British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) – English UK (EUK)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

– Lifelong Learning UK Group (LLUK) – Edexcel

– Construction Skills (Cskills) – Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)

-– Chartered institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) – Skills Training UK

– Castle College – Loughborough College

– Edinburgh Telford College – Thanet College

– City College Brighton and Hove – Derby College

– International House – Action for Employment (A4e)

– Bradford College – Distance Learning College

– Telford College of Arts & Technology (TCAT) – Eduteq

– Highbury College, Portsmouth – Findel Education

– Flamefast – Nord Anglia

– Eagle Scientific Ltd – LJ Create

– Dudley College – Cambridge Regional College

– Oxford & Cherwell Valley College – Specialist Schools Academies Trust (SSAT)

– Walsall College – Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

– Bytronics – TQ Education

– Warwickshire College – South Birmingham College

– North Lindsay College – Twin Group

– Promethean – TTE Technical Training Group

– Boston College – College of North West London

– Central YMCA Qualifications – Reid Kerr College

– Boxford – Havering College

– Coventry City College – Stratford-Upon Avon College

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What Does TVET UK Do?

We position the UK TVET sector in a market by:

• Scoping new & potential markets with the support of UKTI

• Building relationships with key international partners

• Exposing international partners to the UK TVET offer through bespoke study tour programmes for inward delegations

• Promoting the UK TVET sector overseas through:

• Focussed Trade Missions

• Exhibitions

• Seminars/workshops

• Enabling UK TVET sector to Engage in international partnerships

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In Summary - What is TVET UK?

• TVET UK is a one-stop-shop

• A Quality Assured source of UK suppliers of technical and

vocational education & training, equipment and materials

• A genuine provider of TVET solutions for international partners

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What have we achieved?

Positioning TVET UK

Highlights of our successes

Scoping Mission to Egypt June 2008

TVET UK members meet with Her Majesty’s Ambassador

to Egypt at the British Embassy in Cairo

Outward Mission to Egypt December 2008

Minister Rashid addressing the Skills for Employability Conference

supported by HMA Dominic Asquith December 2008

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Outward Mission to Egypt December 2008

TVET UK Delegates networking with British Egyptian Business

Association (BEBA)

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Outward Mission to Egypt December 2008

TVET UK Delegates presenting to 250 Alexandria Business

Association (ABA) Members

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Outward Mission to Egypt December 2008

Alan McArthur, TVET UK Director & Michael Thomas MEA - Signing first

Framework Agreement with Medhat El Madany, ITC & Hani Hafez FEI, 20th

January 2009

Endorsed by HMA Dominic Asquith and Baroness Symons in attendance

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Nigeria

• Scope – March 2009

• Presentations to 40 plus industries

• Requests for proposals

• 5 consortiums formed – proposals being considered

• 1 TVET UK member delivered a contract in October 2009

• Inward delegation next week – NECA & ITF

• Outward delegation planned for 2010

Chongqing - China

• UKTI – Mayor of CQ sign ETQ MoU April 2008

• Centres of Professional and Vocational Excellence required

• Scope March 2009

• Signed MoU with CQ Education Commission

• Hosted Inward delegation May 2009

• 2 TVET UK consortiums submit proposals – one contract secured

• Hosted Inward Delegation August 2009 – 1st ETQ meeting

• Outward delegation to Zhuhai, Guangzhou & Chongqing January

2010

India

• JETCO Skills Forum Feb 2009

• UKTI –UKIBC follow-up in UK

• Meetings with FICCI & CII in UK

• India Skills Summit – August 2009

• Prepare capability and experience brochure November 2009

• Identify partners January 2010

• Host Inward Delegation 2010

• Outward delegation 2010

Kazakhstan

Nothing like this!

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Agreement with Ministry of Education and

Science

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In-country delivery

Technical Vocational Education and Training UK

Student recruitment, working with agents

Technical

Vocational

Education

Corporate University. Training for technical

skills for government owned industries

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Winter Games ski jump under construction

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PILI – remote learning in rural Kazakhstan

Kazakh Highlights

• Highlights

• From zero to a more than £1.5m pa income in

college partnerships with more to come.

• Technology projects to revolutionise rural learning

• Supplying the governments “Corporate University”

• Training Volunteers for the Asian Winter Games

• Corporate Training in the Oil & Gas sector

• Technical English for industry

• National curriculum redevelopment

• Financial services training

• Facilitating UK ministerial and VIP visits

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Thank You

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