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The project will also be rolled out across the wider Middle East & African region.
Through partnerships in the UK with colleges and consortiums, the project will endeavour to establish industry-driven curriculum models in key sectors of the economy to equip young people with the technical and generic skills that employers require. These will act as models of good practice, may contribute towards more widespread reform in the participating countries and provide a platform for sustainable international partnerships.
Representatives from Coleg Gwent and Pembrokeshire colleges (Anita Marks and Patrick Groves) visited the UAE recently to discuss the possibilities of partnership with UAE federal colleges.
Partnerships will be supported by the British Council staff in the UK and in country as well as providing support through project monitoring and regular communications.
Commenting on the scheme, Anita Marks said:
"The benefits of this partnership also include opportunities for staff development and student exchanges/collaboration, allowing the gaining of an understanding of important TVET reform agendas in participating countries and to developing sustainable relationships in emerging markets."
"In the past, the only activity UK colleges were doing in the region was to recruit students, but we are trying to implement a shift towards putting a strategy in place in order to improve skills and employability of young people in the Middle East," added Marks.
All of these will assist the direction and development of training systems in UAE and ultimately strengthen the skills young people need to be employable in a global economy as well as providing opportunity in new markets for UK colleges to develop sustainable partnerships.
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
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