Internationalising Higher Education

Anniesland College and its partners, the Scottish Qualifications Authority and the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership are currently engaged in two projects funded by the Prime Minister's Initiative for International Education (PMI2): one with Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City Trade & Industry College (HCMC T&I) and Hong Lam International Vocational College (HLIVC)), and the other with China (Sichuan Vocational & Technical College (Sui Ning), Chongqing Vocational Institute of Technology and Beijing Global Education Centre). The projects focuses on aspects of engineering (automotive, mechanical, electrical and marine), employment in engineering, certification, Vocational ESOL and the desirability and practicability of utilising VLE modalities to develop mutual exchanges of knowledge and practice in specific aspects of engineering and employability. All partners are currently engaged in discussion and mobility. There have been two exchanges with Vietnam and a third is underway. An exchange with China is also underway. This poster will discuss the projects, challenges they face in terms of budget and the short time-scale, and progress to date.