Transnational education (TNE) is a major vehicle for building connections, understanding, and trust between people around the world.
In support of the British Council’s Transnational Education Strategy, we commissioned the Quality Assurance Agency for higher education (QAA) and Education Insight, to work with us to develop a global framework for TNE engagement.
The purpose of this framework is to underpin the TNE strategy by analysing and describing national environments for TNE. Specifically, the framework aims to:
- Facilitate TNE engagement globally, and further the understanding of the local context and educational priorities.
- Develop a consistency of language and better data to support global analysis and understanding of TNE.
- Situate and position a country’s TNE within the broader global landscape.
This report sets out the thinking behind this Global Framework for TNE Engagement, and explains how it can be used. It also establishes how this will continue to develop and evolve over time and calls for collaborative effort from national HE bodies around the world to collect and disseminate information, identify best practice and adapt local regulation of TNE to best support national education priorities and students.
Interactive data visuals from the study can be viewed here.