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Sixth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 17 October 2008
Fifth Japan Partnership meeting, Manchester, 25 April 2008
Fourth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 15 October 2007
Third Japan Partnership meeting, London, 26 April 2007
Second Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 13 October 2006
First Japan Partnership meeting, London, 27 April 2006
The meeting was held in Tokyo on the day before the Education UK Exhibition, and was attended by representatives of around 45 Japan Partner institutions. British Council Japan staff gave updates on the Japanese market and on our promotional strategy, in particular for the Education UK Exhibition. Professor Masao Homma, Deputy Chief Executive of the Ritsumeikan Trust and government advisor, explained the Japanese government's "300,000 international student plan". He was followed by Professor Colin Gilligan, who gave an entertaining and controversial presentation on the changing nature of the Japanese recruitment market and appropriate responses from UK institutions.
View the British Council market update (PDF, 285 KB)
(More detailed information on market developments was included in the Education UK Exhibition briefing PDF, 1.2 MB)
View Professor Gilligan's presentation on the changing Japanese market (PDF, 3 MB. NB this file may take some time to download)
Professor Gilligan also gave a presentation on institutional partnerships (PDF, 1.3 MB) to those attending the networking session between UK and Japanese institutions on the afternoon of 17 October.
Read the feedback on the meeting (PDF, 41 KB).
We welcome continued feedback on the Japan Partnership and our services.
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The fifth Japan Partnership meeting was held at the British Council Manchester, on the same day as the Korea Partnership meeting. It was attended by representatives of around 40 Japan Partner institutions..
The meeting covered:
- Market update
- Overview of ways to work in the Japan market
- Presentation of findings of survey into senior study abroad market
- Sector discussions (divided into HE and non-HE groups)
Topics discussed by HE partners:
Issues around setting up partnerships with Japanese universities, including British Council Japan proposed training of Japanese university international office staff
Topics discussed by non-HE partners:
Action points and implications from research into senior study abroad market
Potential for FE partnership/policy events (based on recent discussions with the Japanese sector)
- Planned changes to the format of the Japan Education UK Exhibition 2008
- Q & A
Read the minutes of the meeting (PDF, 30 KB)
View the presentation (PDF, 545 KB)
Read the feedback on the meeting (Excel, 19 KB).
We welcome continued feedback on the Japan Partnership and our services.
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The fourth Japan Partnership meeting was held in Tokyo during the Education UK Exhibition, and was attended by representatives of around 40 Japan Partner institutions.
The meeting covered:
- Japan Partnership services updates
- Summary of our recent research into the employability of UK graduates (View the presentation, Powerpoint, 745 KB)
- Presentation by a human resource company – "Job market trends for Japanese students: how students should prepare themselves and how we can support them"
- Group discussions on adapting the JYA format to reflect market changes; how to enhance UK graduates' employability; financial support and incentives for Japanese students given the unfavourable exchange rate; and Education UK exhibitions (Read the notes from the discussions, PDF, 22 KB)
Individual consultation sessions with British Council Japan staff were again offered during the "reverse fair" with local institutions. This year, few representatives booked such sessions in advance, but many asked to talk with us on the day, and fourteen meetings took place in total.
Read the feedback (PDF, 31 KB) on the meeting and our services from Japan partners. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your opinions and suggestions with us.
We welcome continued feedback on the Japan Partnership.
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The third Japan Partnership meeting was held on the same day as the Korea Partnership meeting, as several institutions are members of both, and we appreciate that UK institutions have to travel often to attend country partnership meetings. The Korea Partnership meeting was held in the morning and the Japan Partnership meeting in the afternoon, with a joint networking lunch in between..
The meeting covered:
- Market information updates (highlights) and market implications
- Introduction to the British Council Japan's strategy for 2007/08
- Japan Partnership services
- Market intelligence updates (download the report on Japanese undergraduates in the UK, PDF 613 KB)
- Case studies of marketing and establishing links in Japan by guest speakers
- Q & A session
View the presentation by British Council Japan staff (Powerpoint, 1.4 MB) covering the first four points above.
Read the overview of market intelligence currently available (PDF, 39 KB).
Read the feedback (PDF, 64 KB) on the meeting and our services from Japan partners. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your opinions and suggestions with us.
We welcome continued feedback on the Japan Partnership.
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The second Japan Partnership meeting was held in Tokyo on the day before the Education UK Exhibition. It was attended by around 50 representatives of Japan Partner institutions, as well as by several British Council Japan staff. Speakers from two local universities and from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology also participated.
The meeting covered:
- Short presentations by speakers from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (a national university), Ritsumeikan University (a private university) and Office for Student Exchange of MEXT (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) on the internationalisation of higher education in Japan (Profiles of panellists, PDF, 27 KB).
- An overview of Japan Partnership services, our aims for the Partnership and some opportunities.
- Updates on recent market intelligence (survey of high schools, survey of vocational colleges, and the report on the study abroad market for Japanese high school students) and the implications of these.
- Q & A session
View the presentation (Powerpoint, 1.6 MB) by British Council Japan staff, covering the second and third points above.
Read the handouts from Prof Kato of Ritsumeikan University (paper, PDF, 75 KB, and presentation, PDF, 6.2 MB) and from Yuichi Oda of MEXT (Powerpoint, 530 KB).
Read the feedback (PDF, 40 KB) on the meeting and our services from Japan partners. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your opinions and suggestions with us.
We introduced individual consultation sessions with British Council Japan staff in addition to the main Japan Partnership meeting. The sessions were held during the "reverse fair" with local institutions in the afternoon following the Partnership meeting, and proved very popular; eighteen institutions participated, and there were several more on the waiting list. Although sessions were relatively short - 15 minutes each - we had asked institutions about their questions in advance and so were able to use the limited time effectively. We intend to continue holding these sessions alongside Japan Partnership meetings held in Japan.
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The first Japan Partnership meeting was held on Thursday 27 April 2006 at the British Council in Spring Gardens, London. It was attended by more than 50 representatives of Japan Partner institutions and British Council staff from both Japan and the UK, and some very useful discussion took place.
The meeting covered:
- Market briefing – Highlights
- Education UK Partnership and Market Opportunities
- Market intelligence
- Case studies of marketing in Japan by guest speakers: Jon Inegbedion of the University of Warwick, and Suzie Mackie of Brooklands College
- A review of services offered through the Japan Partnership
- Advice and information on maximising opportunities in Japan, Q & A session
View the presentation (Powerpoint, 2 MB) by British Council Japan staff, covering the first three points above.
View the higher education case study (Powerpoint, 443 KB) by Jon Inegbedion, University of Warwick.
View the further education case study (PDF 390 KB) by Suzie Mackie, Brooklands College.
Read the minutes (PDF, 59 KB) of the Q and A session - includes answers to further questions which were not covered at the meeting due to time constraints.
Read the feedback (PDF, 85 KB) on the Japan Partnership meeting and our services, along with our responses to your queries and suggestions. Thank you to the 16 people who sent us your comments; these have been very helpful in planning future Japan Partnership meetings, as well as reviewing our services and activities.
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Last updated 20 May 2008
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