Collaboration Between The UK and India

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Collaboration Between The UK and India

• Dr Kamlesh Misra (Director)
• Institute for International Management and
  Technology (kmisra_at_iimtobu.ac.in)
• Grant Clendining (Principal Lecturer)
• Oxford Brookes University Business School
• (gbclendining_at_brookes.ac.uk)

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IIMT- Gurgaon
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Market Size For Higher Education In India

• 54 percent of the population in the
  country, are aged 24 years and below in 2001,
  constituting 35 percent in the ages 0-14 years
  and 19 percent in the ages 15-24 years. The
  combined proportion of these two age groups is
  expected to fall from 54 percent in 2001 to 39
  percent in 2026.
• The average Indian will be expected to be of
  31 years old in 2026 compared to 23 years old in
  2001.

Source GOI Census 2001
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Percentage of Population by Age Group 2001-2026
Source GOI Census 2001
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Population Pyramid 2001
Source GOI Census 2001
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Percentage of Enrolment of Relevant Age Group in
Higher Education
Source Report of the Central Advisory Board of
Education (CABE) Committee
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• Structure Scale of Indian
• Higher Education

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Number of Higher Education Institutions
Source Report of the Central Advisory Board of
Education (CABE) Committee
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Stage-wise Enrolment of Students
Source Report of the Central Advisory Board of
Education (CABE) Committee
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Faculty-wise Enrolment of Students
Source Report of the Central Advisory Board of
Education (CABE) Committee
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Public Vs Private Medical Engineering Colleges
Source Based on Medical Council of India and
AICTE figures.
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Creating UK-India Academic Partnerships

• IIMT-Oxford Brookes University A Success Model

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Why Indians Want Higher Education?

• Cultural
• Social impact of unemployment
• Competitive nature of jobs
• Noble profession
• Many role models
• Respect family status
• Means to climb the economic ladder

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Why a British Degree?

• International recognition for quality,
  credibility comparability and transferability
• Highly competitive nature of state higher
  education system, especially entrance to premier
  institutions
• Lack of opportunity and provision in relevant
  segments
• Increase in purchasing power
• Lack of innovative contemporary courses
• Education not driven by market forces
• Increase in information communication
• Post 9/11 visa restriction for USA
• Similarity of the Indian British systems

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Achieving International Credibility
Mechanisms The curriculum and
assessment Facilities Academic staff Students Work
placement Academic standing Employment
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Benefits to IIMT Students From a British Degree

• Acceptance of international universities
• (Lancaster, Edinburgh, North Texas, Johnson
  Whales, Cordon Bleu etc)
• International internships (100 for all students
  in the last three years)
• International employment (87)
• Credit transfer
• Reduced cost of an international degree
• Superior infrastructure
• Personalized attention grooming

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Factors Influencing the Credibility of the
Partnership

• Commitment of the local partner OBU
• Long-term perspective
• Industry support as backers
• Involvement of OBU during the design phase of
  IIMT
• Faculty recruitment development
• Administrative process quality control systems

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Cont

• Curriculum development, programme
• Delivery
• External examiners
• Liaison manager
• Buddy system
• Electronic access
• Infrastructure

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Problems Faced

• Lack of local recognition
• Initial problems in branding
• Getting quality faculty to deliver the programme.
• Delivery of the first cycle of the programme

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Why the Partnership has Worked

• Openness on both sides of the partnership
• Role of liaison manager
• Universal quality standards between IIMT OBU
• Detailed operations manual
• Constructive system of feedback from the external
  examiners
• Frequent visits and exchange of ideas
• Involvement at the highest level of leadership of
  OBU IIMT
• Excellent working relationship and understanding
  of each others problems
• Prior experience of IIMT faculty in delivering
  British degrees.

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SWE PLACEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
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SWE Final Placements in UK
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Participating Hotels
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Employment Success on Graduation
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Problems Faced

• Lack of local recognition
• Initial problems in branding
• Getting quality faculty to deliver the programme.
• Delivery of the first cycle of the programme

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The Future

• Government Regulations to be relaxed for
  Partnerships.
• Government to permit opening of Foreign
  University Campuses.
• 100 FDI to be permitted in Education.
• Market for Professional Technical Courses to
  continue to rise for next 15 year.
• Partnerships from the Top 20 Universities are
  expected in the next five years.
• Universities that have already created a Brand
  Name will benefit.
• Twining Programmes will be a major draw.