Published date: 28 March 2022

Last edited date: 8 April 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 29 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

E20 1JQ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-117-2352-BC/02352

Published date

28 March 2022

Closing date

29 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 June 2022

Contract end date

30 November 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The British Council is seeking a supplier to evaluate the provision of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in several Taiwanese tertiary institutions as part of Taiwan's Programme on Bilingual Education for Students in College (BEST) Project that was initiated in September 2021. The British Council and Ecctis - UK ENIC developed a quality assurance framework endorsed by the Ministry of Education which underpinned the EMI enhancement plan template which universities used for funding application. Ecctis and a few UK academics were involved in the review of the plans with local reviewers. This project will involve three distinct phases: a review of institutional policy documents, surveys and focus groups of relevant stakeholders from these institutions as well as site inspections involving lesson observations.
As part of Taiwan's 2030 bilingual policy, the BEST project aimed to cultivate the English proficiency of students and improve the quality of teaching through the medium of English with the aspiration to promote and develop bilingualism.

BEST involves a wide range of institutions; the four 'Key Cultivation Universities' are: National Cheng Kung University, National Sun Yat-sen University, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University. These universities have EMI policies that cut across several disciplines. In addition, there are 41 'Key Cultivation Colleges' who are grouped according to the four disciplines the Taiwanese government has prioritised for the improvement of their international competitiveness and general improvement of Taiwan's graduates. These 41 colleges sit under 25 universities.

The purpose of this project is to review the progress of the BEST programme focusing on the efficacy of institutional policy, capacity and delivery of EMI. In addition, it is to provide insight on the opportunities and challenges faced by different institutions as they develop their EMI capabilities as well as to provide recommendations on how best practice across different disciplines can be shared and what options exist for progressing BEST further.

As institutions are at different stages of EMI implementation and resourcing varies, this study is needed to provide both the Taiwanese government and the British Council with a macro-view of progress made to date as well as identifying trends and shared challenges as well as strengths in order to inform further policy development in this area.

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in expressing an interest and/or bidding for this project, please go to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil . You may then have to register your company before you can express an interest for this project and get access the documents.

Please note The work will be carried out in the UK (documentation review, data collection and analysis) and Taiwan (site visits if conducted in person)

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Brian D'Mello

Address

1 Redman Place
Stratford
London
E20 1JQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

-

Email

Brian.DMello@BritishCouncil.Org