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The date and venue on the next Korea Partnership meeting will be updated early in 2010.

Korea Partnership Meetings

Ninth Korea Partnership Event, Seoul, 2 November 2009
Eighth Korea Partnership Meeting, Lodon, 28 May 2009
Seventh Korea Partnership Event, Seoul & Busan, 3 November 2008
Sixth Korea Partnership Meeting, Manchester, 25 April 2008
Fifth Korea Partnership Meeting, Seoul, 26 October 2007
Fourth Korea Partnership Meeting, London, 26 April 2007
Third Korea Partnership Meeting, Seoul, 30 October 2006
Second Korea Partnership Meeting, London, 28 March 2006
First Korea Partnership Meeting, Seoul, October 2005

Other Events

Korea- UK Institutional Partnership Building Seminar, 26 October 2007

Ninth Korea Partnership Event, Seoul, 2 November 2009

2 November 2009 10.00 - 14.00
Orchid & Maple Room, 4F, Seoul Plaza Hotel

'UK-Korea Building Collaborations Seminar 2009' was organised in partnership with Korean Association of International Educators (KAIE). The programme is provided below with presentations loaded.

Plenary Session
1000–1010
Welcome by Mr Roland Davies, Director of British Council Korea
1005–1010
Introduction by Mr Choonhyun Kim, President of KAIE
1010–1025
Brief on PMI2 Connect: Collaborative Programme Delivery bid by Ms Seungeun Chang, Assistant Director in Education, British Council Korea
1025–1055
Case studies from Korean universities
Case study 1 by Sehoon Chang from The Catholic University of Korea
Case study 2 by Sunghoon Jo from Chung-Ang University
1055–1110
Case study from UK university
Case study 3 by Martin Hookham from Roehampton University

Reverse Fair and Poster Exhibition
1110–1230
Reverse fair and poster exhibition by Korean Universities
Contact details of 60 international officers from 36 Korean universities attended

Networking Lunch
1230–1400
Networking lunch

Please find here collected international programmes of 18 Korean universities.

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Eighth Korea Partnership Meeting, London, 28 May 2009

28 May 2009 10.00 - 13.00
Spring Gardens, British Council London


The programme is as below with presentations loaded. Please click here to find your feedback on the meeting.

1000–1030 Registration and refreshments
1030–1100 Introduction and market update by Seungeun Chang, British Council Korea including:
• Market update over the past 6 months
• Results of commissioned research on overseas training demands by  corporate sector in Korea
• Updates on decision making survey for prospective students
1100–1115 Refreshment break
1120–1150 Case studies on UK students’ mobility to Korea by members of Korea Partnership
Case study 1 by Rosalind Davies, Bath Spa University
Case study 2 by Tim Johnson, Northumbria University
1150–1200 Update on the forthcoming education promotion activities and events: Market strategies for 2009/10
By Seungeun Chang, British Council Korea
1200–1245 Group discussion on marketing strategies and activities in Korea
Chaired by Mark Bickerton, London Metropolitan University
1245–1300 Round-up and next step

Visa specimen letters for Tier 4 2009 and onwards are here for your reference. (ADULT, CHILD)

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Seventh Korea Partnership Event, Seoul & Busan, 3 November 2008

Three institutional visits have been organised to give the country partners the opportunity to explore other regions and sectors instead of holding a meeting. The follwoing is a visit programme to Busan. If you'd like to see other two visits, please click here (MS word, 41.5KB).

Explore Busan
0830 Meet on the lobby at Plaza and move to Seoul station
0905–1154 Travel down to Busan by train
1200–1230 Quick lunch at Busan station
1230–1300 Move to Pusan University of Foreign Studies (PUFS) by shuttle
1300–1330 Briefing on the University and international programme by PUFS
1330–1400 Campus tour
1400–1430 Brief introduction of UK delegates to PUFS students
1430–1630 Mini Exhibition: individual meetings with students in Busan
1630–1700 Move to Busan station by shuttle
1700–2019 Travel back to Seoul by train and farewell at Seoul station

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Sixth Korea Partnership Meeting, Manchester, 25 April 2008

Friday 25 April, 12.30 - 16.00
British Council Manchester

The schedule of the meeting is as follows: Please find the meeting minutes (MS word, 50KB).   

1230–1330 Registration and networking lunch
1330–1345 Plenary session: Market updates over the past 6 months and activity plan for the coming 6 months
by Seungeun Chang, Assistant Director, BC Korea
1345–1410 Plenary session: Presentation on the results of latest market research
By Ian Gibson, Deputy Director, BC Korea
1410–1425 Refreshment break

1425–1455

Plenary session: Case studies on education partnership building with Korea
By Joanne Speakman, Senior International Officer, The University of Manchester, by Nicole Barber, Head of International Relations and Employer Engagement, Westminster  Kingsway College
1455-1540 Breakout discussion: Divide into HE and non-HE groups for discussion
1545–1600 Plenary session: Round- up and next step

The meeting has been chaired by Nick Butler, Head of Student Recruitment, SOAS.

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Korea Partnership Meeting, Seoul, 26 October 2007

26 October 2007
Orchid Room, 4F, Seoul Plaza Hotel


The programme is as the following:

0930–0950 Registration and refreshments
0950–0955 Welcome and introduction
by Dr Ian Simm, Director British Council Korea

0955–1005

Market updates over the past 6 months
by Seungeun Chang, Assistant Director(Education) British Council Korea

1005–1045

Higher Education in Korea
by Dr Philnam Yi, University Policy Division, Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources

1045–1110

Case studies: Internationalisation of Korean universities
by Ms Jeany Hyejean Sung, Director, Office of External Affairs,
Sookmyung Women’s University
1110–1210 Presentations: Education UK marketing in Korea from agents’
perspectives (five education agents are invited to present)

New Approach for Korean Market
 
by Bongsoo Yeo, Winners Educational Consultant

Developing UK Alumni Network
 by Hyun Jung Ghil, UKEN

Correlation between UK Visa and UK Education Market  
  by Thomas Suh, UK Uhak.Com

UK Programme in Promotion
 by Heather Hwang, iAE Edu Net

Challenge facing UK university recruitments and the
 state of the market
by Tom Kane, UKEO

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Korea Partnership Meeting, London, 26 April 2007

The meeting took place as below.  Download the summary of the meeting(MS Word, 46KB).

Date 26 April 2007
Venue British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London, SW1A 2BN
Programme

1000 – 1030         Registration and refreshments

1030 – 1040         Plenary session: Introduction & market updates over the past 6 months(Download the 'market update' presentation material, MS Powerpoint, 0.36MB) by Dr. Ian Simm, Director BC Korea

1040 – 1110        Plenary session: Presentation on the results of market research(into relationship building between Korea and UK institutions) (Download the 'market research result' presentation material, MS Powerpoint, 0.7MB) by Ms Seung-Eun Chang, Assistant Director (Education), BC Korea

1110 – 1125        Refreshment break

1130 – 1240        Breakout session: Divide into HE and FE groups for discussion

1130 – 1150        Case studies by members of Korea Partnership

  • HE - Tim Johnson, Northumbria University
  • FE -  Karen Chen, Stockport College

1150 – 1240        Sector discussion

Suggested topics for HE:

  1. Future priorities for market intelligence
  2. Action points and implications from market research
  3. Making alumni work for us

Suggested topics for FE:

  1. Events & missions to build institutional relationships
  2. Action points and implications from market research

1245 – 1315        Plenary session: Visas in Korea (Download the 'visas in Korea' presentation material, MS Powerpoint, 0.3MB): The stakeholder view by Mark Walmsley, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, UK Visas

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Korea Partnership Meeting, Seoul, 30 October 2006

Date 30 Oct 2006
Venue Hotel Lotte, Sogong-dong
Programme

Opening remarks & programme overview
by Gavin Anderson, Deputy Director British Council Korea

Part 1. Presentations:'Korean Tertiary Education Market Development’

Part 2.Presentations: 'Agent Perspectives on International Education’

Korea Partnership Service Survey

We've conducted a brief survey at the meeting. We asked about which of our services you think more and less valuable and how you would like us to do more to improve our services. Out of 37 attended the meeting 19 returned the complete forms. Full report

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Korea Partnership Meeting, London, 2006


This event has now taken place as below. Please see meeting notes.

Venue Queen Mary, University of London  
Date Tuesday 28 March 06
Time
  • 11:00 ~ 13:30
  • 11:00 ~ 11.45   Local Education Market Update / Country Partnership Services
  • 11:45 ~ 12:05   Refreshment Break
  • 12:10 ~ 12: 55  Sector Group Discussion
  • 13:00 ~ 13:30   Round- Up

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Korea- UK Institutional Partnership Building Seminar

Date Friday, 26 October 2007
Venue Belle-vue Room, 36th floor, Lotte Hotel, Seoul
Programme:
1300

Registration for UK delegates and refreshments

Plenary Session: (at Belle-vue Room, 36th floor)

1330

Welcome Address
Dr Ian Simm, Director of British Council Korea
Mr Choon Hyun Kim, President of Korean Association of International Educators

1340

Key note speech:  ‘International or Internationalised?’
by Professor Craig Mahoney, Deputy Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching, Northumbria University

1420

Case studies:

Student exchange programme: Korea University and SOAS
(by Nick Butler, SOAS)

Student exchange programme: Chung Ang University and Nottingham Trent University
(by Wallace Murdoch, Nottingham Trent University)

Student and faculty training programme: Ajou University and University of Bristol
(by Jae-eun Kim, Ajou University)

Dual degree programme between Seoul National University of Technology and Northumbria University
(by Prof WonJong Joo, SNUT)

English language programme in the UK: Suwon Women’s College and Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
(by Catherine Whitmarsh, Oxford and Cherwell Valley College)

International summer programme in Korea: (by Jay Kang, Kyunghee University)

1600

Refreshment Break
(coffee/tea will be served at each breakout session room)

1620

Breakout discussion:

•Student exchange / Study abroad (at Astor Room, 36th floor)

•Collaborative delivery, i.e. dual/joint degree (at Peacock Room, 36th floor)

•Short term language programme (English/ Korean) (at Charlotte Room, 36th floor)

1700

End of seminar

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