Through our deep understanding of the local context across a wide range of international educational systems, we connect people across the world to share experiences and effective practice and improve outcomes. We build long-term partnerships, to bring about real change, breaking down barriers to bring people together, helping people to build skills, knowledge and increase their potential to thrive and grow. Our work contributes to global education policy development, builds stronger education systems and supports international mobility and collaboration between researchers and scientists.
Our arts programme aims to support artistic, enterprise, digital and management skills development for young artists and creative entrepreneurs to enhance their capacity to connect, share and exchange with each other and with their contemporaries in the UK. Our exams have helped students and professionals all over the world gain qualifications that can open doors at leading academic institutions and improve their employment prospects worldwide. Our work in education connects students, teachers and academics in Nigeria and the UK and provides access to international education knowledge, expertise and study opportunities. In higher education, we support the development of cross border partnerships between UK and Nigerian Institutions. In our English and Schools work we offer continuous professional development programmes for school leaders, teachers and teacher trainers in core (soft) skills, leadership skills and English language teaching. We support policy makers and practitioners develop a strong understanding of inclusive education.
In Non-Formal Education, we define support and capacity building outside formal schools and the tertiary education sector and also attempts to address some of the issues affecting young people in SSA through programmes based on Youth skills, leadership and positive pathways – with a particular focus on employability and Peace (including social cohesion, disinformation, resilience).
We administer globally recognised English proficiency tests, which help students attend the best universities and find amazing career opportunities. We administer exams on behalf of professional boards, universities, and colleges in the UK and globally.