Internationalising Higher Education

Open University and Hoa Sen University are engaged in a PMI2 partnership in the UK and Vietnam. The project plan has evolved following numerous relationship and regulatory challenges into a proposed scheme for Open University course content to be used within Hoa Sen postgraduate courses, with additional support from the Open University in the development stage. Hoa Sen University is now interested in using course content from several Open University course materials that form part of the MSc Information Systems/Technology Management. The aims of the partnership are to encourage the development of collaborative programme delivery, to build a partnership and demonstrate the value of the Open University as a partner in delivery, to upgrade the qualifications of local IT professionals, to help meet the demand for Higher Education in Vietnam, and to establish a mutually beneficial and sustainable partnership. Hoa Sen University hopes to launch its first postgraduate course in October 2010 with 40 students. This poster will discuss the aims and benefits of the partnership and challenges faced.