The British Council’s Going Global Partnerships programme aims to enable a substantial increase in the number and range of pathways and new opportunities for UK and overseas institutions and stakeholders to connect, share knowledge and collaborate directly.
The British Council China launched the 2023 UK-China Institutional Partnership Exploration Fund in July 2023, which is designed to explore new opportunities, develop new partnerships, encourage innovative and sustainable collaboration, so as to contribute to a long-term and sustainable UK-China higher education cooperation.
We are pleased to announce that ten proposals have been chosen for funding, out of more than 40 high quality applications from UK universities, by the Review Panel team comprised of British Council and HE experts from the UK and China. Selected proposals cover areas including STEM, health, design and education, with projects ranging from developing transnational digital learning for healthcare education, training the future generation of industrial designers, creating a green, zero-carbon water future, and many others.
Seed-funding have been provided to each winning UK institution to partner with China for projects that will develop new partnerships and deepen institutional ties, while delivering real benefit to the education sectors of both countries.
All future grant opportunities will be shared through the British Council Going Global Partnership website. Institutions are encouraged to set up email notifications to ensure you find out about all future opportunities.
Winning proposals include:
| Proposal name | UK leading institution |
| 1. Engineering Industrial Designers for a More Inclusive and Sustainable World | Brunel University London |
| 2. Engineering Sustainability and Diversity in Global Partnerships | University of Bradford |
| 3. Building Bridges: Advancing Medical Education Links Between the UK and China | University of Southampton |
| 4. Leveraging Micro-Credentials to Drive Learners Success and Shape the Future’s Sustainability, Resilience, and Inclusive Growth:Transnational Education Partnerships to Foster Innovation | Edinburgh Napier University |
| 5. Implementation of Translational Research (TR) into Transnational Education (TNE) involving environmental water ecosystem | University of Central Lancashire |
| 6. Facilitating better urology care with effective and fair use of artificial intelligence | University College London |
| 7. Developing trans-national digital learning for healthcare education | Keele University |
| 8. UNTAP: Urban Mining Critical Metal from End-of-Life Photovoltaic Panel in China and UK towards Net-Zero | University of Bath |
| 9. UK-China Digital Water Alliance: Towards a Green, Zero-Carbon Water Future | University of Exeter |
| 10. ‘Co-Developing Transnational, Innovative and Culturally Sensitive Approaches for Quality and Equitable Inclusive Education’ | University of Strathclyde |