{"id":108,"date":"2025-11-02T12:10:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T12:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niteshgirotra.com\/ei2\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:41:31","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/niteshgirotra.com\/ei2\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1179264070\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  \" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1924160132\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1233809634\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-852585388\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-852585388 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"fancy-underline\">WHAT WE DO<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1) Transnational Education (TNE) strategy &amp; delivery\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchcghe.org\/events\/the-state-of-the-uks-global-engagement-trends-opportunities-and-challenges\/\"><strong>The State of the UK\u2019s Global Engagement: trends, opportunities and challenges<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Map regulatory environments and recognition pathways; identify scalable partnership models (joint institutes, dual\/double awards, micro-credentials, pathway\/articulation).<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Build country entry strategies and risk registers; develop governance and QA routes aligned to local frameworks.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Evidence impact for students, institutions and host systems; align TNE with the SDGs and national skills priorities.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Recent sector contributions include the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/global_tne_framework_research_report.pdf\"><strong>Global TNE Engagement Framework<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(with British Council &amp; QAA), offering a common language and country-readiness lens for TNE planning. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/research-insight\/global-transnational-education-framework?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">British Council<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qaa.ac.uk\/news-events\/news\/major-new-report-on-tne-published?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">QAA<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irep.ntu.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/52565\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">ntu.ac.uk<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2) Global engagement &amp; internationalisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Diagnose institutional strengths with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/niteshgirotra.com\/ei2\/global-engagement-index\/\"><strong>Global Engagement Index (GEI<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0across ~30 measures (from partnerships and mobility to graduate outcomes) to guide strategy and benchmarking.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Run horizon scanning, market prioritisation, and portfolio risk analysis (by level, mode and region).<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Support internationalisation \u201cat home\u201d agendas and graduate employability pathways. (<a href=\"https:\/\/educationinsight.uk\">educationinsight.uk<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/ioe\/events\/2023\/may\/how-can-we-measure-universities-global-engagement?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">University College London<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3) Policy advice to governments &amp; national agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Advise ministries and public bodies on international education strategies, TNE regulation, recognition, quality assurance and data standards.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Produce comparative country studies and practical toolkits to inform reform and capacity building.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Examples include British Council-commissioned studies on TNE environments and recognition, and thematic work for national agencies in Europe and Asia. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/bc_environment_for_tne_partnerships_global_v2.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">British Council<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4) Consultancy &amp; advice to universities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">End-to-end support for global growth: international student diversification, agent\/channel performance, market entry, and value-for-money cases.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Feasibility and macroeconomic assessments for international branch campuses; partnership development roadmaps; KPI frameworks and scorecards.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\">Board-level briefings, away-day facilitation and senior leadership coaching on global risk and opportunity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Signature tools &amp; platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><strong>Global Engagement Index (GEI)<\/strong> \u2013 a multi-dimensional diagnostic to inform institutional internationalisation strategies and track progress. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationinsight.uk\/gei\">uk<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tneimpact.org\/about?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><strong>TNE Impact Repository<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the sector\u2019s shared library of TNE impact case studies (co-founded by Education Insight), linking practice to outcomes and the SDGs. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tneimpact.org\/about?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Selected track record (illustrative)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><strong>Global frameworks &amp; guidance<\/strong>: Co-author of the British Council\/QAA\u00a0<strong>Global Framework for TNE Engagement<\/strong>\u2014now referenced across the sector for country-readiness and strategy design. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/research-insight\/global-transnational-education-framework?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">British Council<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qaa.ac.uk\/news-events\/news\/major-new-report-on-tne-published?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">QAA<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><strong>National policy and system studies<\/strong>: Country environment and recognition analyses; multi-country syntheses informing regulatory reform and TNE scaling. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchcghe.org\/events\/the-state-of-the-uks-global-engagement-trends-opportunities-and-challenges\/\"><strong>British Council;<\/strong>\u00a0The State of the UK\u2019s Global Engagement: trends, opportunities and challenges, Centre for Global Higher Education (GCHE)<\/a>\u00a0 The State of the UK\u2019s Global Engagement: trends, opportunities and challenges, Centre for Global Higher Education (GCHE)<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><strong>Institutional strategy<\/strong>: GEI-led diagnostics, market prioritisation and growth roadmaps for UK and international universities; IBC feasibility and location analysis.<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-checkmark\"><strong>Thought leadership<\/strong>: Articles and seminars shaping TNE and global engagement discourse (e.g.,\u00a0<em>International Higher Education<\/em> on the future of UK TNE; UCL GEI seminar series). (<a href=\"https:\/\/ejournals.bc.edu\/index.php\/ihe\/article\/view\/16785?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">International Higher Education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/ioe\/events\/2023\/may\/how-can-we-measure-universities-global-engagement?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">University College London<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Clients &amp; partners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Government departments and agencies (e.g., British Council commissions; ministries in Asia and Europe), national bodies, sector associations, and universities (including multiple Russell Group institutions). 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