The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister for Abilities, joined senior leaders at King’s to launch the Authorities’s new Worldwide Training Technique.
The technique units a transparent ambition to develop the worth of training exports to £40 billion a yr by 2030, by supporting suppliers to ship UK training abroad in new and increasing markets.
In the course of the go to, the Minister joined a roundtable dialogue hosted by Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor of King’s, the place she heard from colleagues throughout the College delivering King’s transnational training initiatives all over the world – consistent with the Authorities’s renewed imaginative and prescient. This included studying about King’s nursing degree-level programme taught in partnership with the Ngee Ann Academy in Singapore and King’s Masters course in Digital Economies and Digital Futures delivered in Indonesia.
Professor ‘Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President (Worldwide, Engagement & Service) additionally shone a lightweight on King’s strategy to worldwide engagement which emphasises collaboration that co-designs programmes in partnership with communities, establishments and worldwide governments – assembly native wants and priorities
Two worldwide pupil ambassadors, finding out levels in Worldwide Improvement and Psychology additionally joined the roundtable to share with the Minister why they selected to check at King’s and their optimistic experiences of finding out within the UK.
Minister Smith additionally visited the quad the place she met with Professor Dr Laura Lander, Senior Lecturer in Engineering, who demonstrated revolutionary analysis into sustainable batteries which has been supported by robust worldwide collaborations. Professor Lander’s analysis focus goals to sort out the challenges of present vitality storage methods and, finally, develop high-performance sustainable battery units.
Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor & President of King’s School London, mentioned: “We had been delighted to welcome the Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern to King’s as the federal government unveiled its new Worldwide Training Technique. As a worldwide college with a protracted and profitable historical past of worldwide partnership-building and transnational training supply, King’s welcomes the federal government’s renewed ambition to develop instructional exports as a driver of financial development and deeper worldwide collaboration. We stay up for supporting the federal government in its ambitions, which won’t solely ship advantages at house, however give extra college students the chance to entry a world-class UK training proper on their doorsteps.”
Professor ‘Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President (Worldwide, Engagement & Service), mentioned: “King’s worldwide partnerships allow us to increase the attain of UK training and analysis experience in methods which are collaborative and mutually useful. From supporting healthcare methods in Singapore by way of our strengths in nursing, to working with companions throughout Africa to develop alternatives for younger individuals, our initiatives align intently with the UK Authorities’s worldwide training technique, serving to to construct institutional functionality, develop studying alternatives throughout borders, and handle shared world challenges.”
