INTO University Partnerships is a British limited-liability partnership that specializes in setting up joint ventures with universities. It focuses on the provision of foundation courses for international students, including English language, especially English for Academic Purposes. So far, INTO operates 21 international study centres within leading university partners in the United Kingdom, North America and China. The centres offer courses that enable students to prepare for university degrees, learn English, or study at postgraduate level. A research report commissioned by NAFSA: Association of International Educators identified INTO University Partnerships as one of the eight third-party providers offerings pathway programs for international students in the United States.
Through five greater regional directorates, INTO employs over 100 full-time, market-based staff in 31 offices across 17 countries and invests £4 million each year in training, monitoring and performance-managing its counseling organizations. Every year, INTO helps almost 14,000 students from 120 countries and territories achieve their dream of studying overseas.
In 2011, INTO conducted more than 300 training sessions with 600 organisations, including large-scale familiarisation trips to launch new partnerships. All recruitment activity is planned centrally, but coordinated through university-based joint venture groups
INTO University Partnerships was founded in 2005 and is chaired by Andrew Colin, who had previously set up Study Group International, an education business he sold to the Daily Mail Group, and Embassy CES, a chain of language schools. Since 2006, INTO operates 22 joint ventures with a range of universities in the United Kingdom, North America, and China. Under the joint venture model, the university remains responsible for educational quality, while INTO provides the marketing infrastructure, finance and specialist management experience. This business model was developed in a political climate that favors public-private partnerships.
Bill Rammell, Minister of State in the Department for Innovation, Universities, and Skills, in response to a question from Colchester MP Bob Russell, welcomed such innovation in higher education.
In October 2008, INTO opened a £35 million six-story building at INTO UEA, with 415 en-suite study-bedrooms and classroom space for 600 students. New buildings also opened in Exeter in 2011 and Newcastle in September 2012. INTO Newcastle University, built at a cost of £74million, was launched alongside on-campus student accommodation, the first in the university’s history. In early 2013, INTO University Partnerships announced an equity investment from Leeds Equity Partners of £66m in the group for a 25 percent stake in the business. This investment completed the first stage of INTO’s funding plans, which are aimed at providing universities with access to significant external capital to fund innovation and capacity building in the higher education sector. Two years later, INTO’s first partnership with the University of East Anglia, INTO University of East Anglia won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise (International Trade) in April 2016. INTO also formed a new partnership with Washington State University in the same year.
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