Twelfth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 30 September 2011
Eleventh Jap an Partnership meeting, London, 14 June 2011
Tenth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 1 October 2010
Ninth Japan Partnership meeting, London, 19 May 2010
Eighth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 9 October 2009
Seventh Japan Partnership meeting, London, 28 May 2009
Sixth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 17 October 2008
Fifth Japan Partnership meeting, Manchester, 25 April 2008
Fourth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 15 October 2007
Third Japan Partnership meeting, London, 26 April 2007
Second Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 13 October 2006
First Japan Partnership meeting, London, 27 April 2006
Twelfth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 30 September 2011
The final Japan Partnership meeting was held at the British Council Tokyo on the Friday before the Education UK Exhibition. It covered:
- Our education strategy and working with you after 2012
- Partner opportunities
- Global Personnel Development - the views from the Japanese university and corporate sectors, by Masao Homma of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Chad Stewart of Astellas, respectively
View the presentations:
- British Council Japan (PDF 776 KB)
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (PDF, 176 KB)
- Astellas (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Eleventh Japan Partnership meeting, London, 14 June 2011
The meeting, held at the British Council Spring Gardens on the same day as the meetings for Korea and Taiwan, included:
- A market update, including the situation after the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March
- Our Education UK promotion plans for this year, including several opportunities for you to get involved
- The work so far to set up the Japan-UK Higher Education Collaboration framework, and our plans for its development
- A question and answer session on visas with Amy Bell from the UK Border Agency
View the presentation covering the first three items (PDF 7.3 MB)
Read some additional responses from Amy.
Tenth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 1 October 2010
The tenth Japan Partnership meeting was held at the British Council Tokyo the day before the Education UK Exhibition. The meeting included:
- Visits to Japan by William Hague and Jeremy Browne, and our plans to develop a Japan-UK knowledge economy partnership scheme
- Producing a pamphlet targeting high school students
- The market for short courses in Japan, and details of a pilot course to be taught remotely (view the presentation, PDF, 478 KB)
- The Japanese government's global personnel initiative and the Japanese graduate recruitment system (by Prof Mitsuhide Shiraki, Dean of the Centre for International Education, Waseda University until September 2010, and chair of the Global Personnel Development Committee. View the presentation, PDF, 220 KB)
- Supporting your Japanese students in their job search (by Tomoya Okumura, Deputy Director, Office of International Education and Development, DISCO. View the presentation, PDF, 1.8 MB)
We are currently seeking a UK partner institution to work with us on a pilot course taught remotely, mainly via video-conference. Please read through the short course proposal and call for expressions of interest (PDF, 38 KB) and send us the requested information by 29 October if you would like to take part in the pilot. We hope to expand this scheme in the future.
We will soon survey Japanese universities on their interest in future partnerships, including those involving short courses. If there is anything you would like us to ask (list of proposed questions, PDF, 25 KB), please contact us by 15 October.
If you attended the meeting and you have not already filled in a feedback questionnaire (Word, 80 KB) we would be very glad to get your feedback. Thank you to those of you who filled in the questionnaire.
Ninth Japan Partnership meeting, London, 19 May 2010
The ninth Japan Partnership meeting, held at the British Council Spring Gardens on Wednesday 19 May 2010, included:
- Recent socio-economic trends
- Internationalisation of Japanese higher education under the DPJ government
- Educating for employability: initiatives to raise graduate employability and opportunities for UK involvement
- Are today’s young Japanese really “inward-looking”? Understanding your target market’s changing needs: results of an online survey and focus groups
- An overview of forthcoming Education UK Japan activities: education promotion, partnership-building, and policy dialogues
Participants also broke into groups to discuss how to attract and support the new Japanese student; the themes and format of the next inward mission for Japanese university staff; and ideas for developing Education UK iPhone applications.
View the presentation (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Eighth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 9 October 2009
Around 30 Japan Partners attended the meeting held at the Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, on Friday 9 October 2009 (the day before the Education UK Exhibition). The British Council briefing looked mainly at the various media used by Japanese young people, as well as at some key marketing messages. Student ambassadors, current students at key universities who have been working with us to promote the Exhibition, gave their perspective on the merits of and barriers to studying abroad. Special guest Jonny Shaw, founding partner of Naked Communications creative agency, gave an amusing and sometimes provocative expert's view of the young Japanese mentality, media usage, and effective recent promotions.
View the update on British Council Japan activities (PDF, 760 KB)
View the market update (PDF, 895 KB)
View the student ambassadors' presentation (PDF, 810 KB)
Seventh Japan Partnership meeting, London, 28 May 2009
Around 40 Japan Partners attended this meeting, held at the British Council Spring Gardens on Thursday 28 May 2009.
The meeting covered:
- An update on the economic situation in Japan and its effects on the education market
- An overview of the decision-making process for prospective postgraduate students, based on recent results from the Student Decision-Making Survey and focus groups
- Recently-commissioned research into effective online promotion for UK institutions working in Japan
- Our activities for the next year, including the Education UK Exhibition and the inward mission of Japanese university staff
View the presentation (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Sixth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 17 October 2008
The meeting was held in Tokyo on the day before the Education UK Exhibition, and was attended by representatives of around 45 Japan Partner institutions. British Council Japan staff gave updates on the Japanese market and on our promotional strategy, in particular for the Education UK Exhibition. Professor Masao Homma, Deputy Chief Executive of the Ritsumeikan Trust and government advisor, explained the Japanese government's "300,000 international student plan". He was followed by Professor Colin Gilligan, who gave an entertaining and controversial presentation on the changing nature of the Japanese recruitment market and appropriate responses from UK institutions.
View the British Council market update (PDF, 285 KB)
(More detailed information on market developments was included in the Education UK Exhibition briefing PDF, 1.2 MB)
View Professor Gilligan's presentation on the changing Japanese market (PDF, 3 MB. NB this file may take some time to download)
Professor Gilligan also gave a presentation on institutional partnerships (PDF, 1.3 MB) to those attending the networking session between UK and Japanese institutions on the afternoon of 17 October.
Read the feedback on the meeting (PDF, 41 KB).
We welcome continued feedback on the Japan Partnership and our services.
Fifth Japan Partnership meeting, Manchester, 25 April 2008
The fifth Japan Partnership meeting was held at the British Council Manchester, on the same day as the Korea Partnership meeting. It was attended by representatives of around 40 Japan Partner institutions..
The meeting covered:
- Market update
- Overview of ways to work in the Japan market
- Presentation of findings of survey into senior study abroad market
- Sector discussions (divided into HE and non-HE groups)
Topics discussed by HE partners:
Issues around setting up partnerships with Japanese universities, including British Council Japan proposed training of Japanese university international office staff
Topics discussed by non-HE partners:
Action points and implications from research into senior study abroad market
Potential for FE partnership/policy events (based on recent discussions with the Japanese sector)
- Planned changes to the format of the Japan Education UK Exhibition 2008
- Q & A
Read the minutes of the meeting (PDF, 30 KB)
View the presentation (PDF, 545 KB)
Read the feedback on the meeting (Excel, 19 KB).
We welcome continued feedback on the Japan Partnership and our services.
Fourth Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 15 October 2007
The fourth Japan Partnership meeting was held in Tokyo during the Education UK Exhibition, and was attended by representatives of around 40 Japan Partner institutions.
The meeting covered:
- Japan Partnership services updates
- Summary of our recent research into the employability of UK graduates (View the presentation, Powerpoint, 745 KB)
- Presentation by a human resource company – "Job market trends for Japanese students: how students should prepare themselves and how we can support them"
- Group discussions on adapting the JYA format to reflect market changes; how to enhance UK graduates' employability; financial support and incentives for Japanese students given the unfavourable exchange rate; and Education UK exhibitions (Read the notes from the discussions, PDF, 22 KB)
Individual sessions with British Council Japan staff
Individual consultation sessions with British Council Japan staff were again offered during the "reverse fair" with local institutions. This year, few representatives booked such sessions in advance, but many asked to talk with us on the day, and fourteen meetings took place in total.
Read the feedback (PDF, 31 KB) on the meeting and our services from Japan partners. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your opinions and suggestions with us.
We welcome continued feedback on the Japan Partnership.
Third Japan Partnership meeting, London, 26 April 2007
The third Japan Partnership meeting was held on the same day as the Korea Partnership meeting, as several institutions are members of both, and we appreciate that UK institutions have to travel often to attend country partnership meetings. The Korea Partnership meeting was held in the morning and the Japan Partnership meeting in the afternoon, with a joint networking lunch in between..
The meeting covered:
- Market information updates (highlights) and market implications
- Introduction to the British Council Japan's strategy for 2007/08
- Japan Partnership services
- Market intelligence updates (download the report on Japanese undergraduates in the UK, PDF 613 KB)
- Case studies of marketing and establishing links in Japan by guest speakers
- Q & A session
View the presentation by British Council Japan staff (Powerpoint, 1.4 MB) covering the first four points above.
Read the overview of market intelligence currently available (PDF, 39 KB).
Read the feedback (PDF, 64 KB) on the meeting and our services from Japan partners. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your opinions and suggestions with us.
We welcome continued feedback on the Japan Partnership.
Second Japan Partnership meeting, Tokyo, 13 October 2006
The second Japan Partnership meeting was held in Tokyo on the day before the Education UK Exhibition. It was attended by around 50 representatives of Japan Partner institutions, as well as by several British Council Japan staff. Speakers from two local universities and from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology also participated.
The meeting covered:
- Short presentations by speakers from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (a national university), Ritsumeikan University (a private university) and Office for Student Exchange of MEXT (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) on the internationalisation of higher education in Japan ( Profiles of panellists, PDF, 27 KB).
- An overview of Japan Partnership services, our aims for the Partnership and some opportunities.
- Updates on recent market intelligence (survey of high schools, survey of vocational colleges, and the report on the study abroad market for Japanese high school students) and the implications of these.
- Q & A session
View the presentation (Powerpoint, 1.6 MB) by British Council Japan staff, covering the second and third points above.
Read the handouts from Prof Kato of Ritsumeikan University ( paper, PDF, 75 KB, and presentation, PDF, 6.2 MB) and from Yuichi Oda of MEXT ( Powerpoint, 530 KB).
Read the feedback (PDF, 40 KB) on the meeting and our services from Japan partners. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your opinions and suggestions with us.
Individual sessions with British Council Japan staff
We introduced individual consultation sessions with British Council Japan staff in addition to the main Japan Partnership meeting. The sessions were held during the "reverse fair" with local institutions in the afternoon following the Partnership meeting, and proved very popular; eighteen institutions participated, and there were several more on the waiting list. Although sessions were relatively short - 15 minutes each - we had asked institutions about their questions in advance and so were able to use the limited time effectively. We intend to continue holding these sessions alongside Japan Partnership meetings held in Japan.
First Japan Partnership meeting, London, 27 April 2006
The first Japan Partnership meeting was held on Thursday 27 April 2006 at the British Council in Spring Gardens, London. It was attended by more than 50 representatives of Japan Partner institutions and British Council staff from both Japan and the UK, and some very useful discussion took place.
The meeting covered:
- Market briefing – Highlights
- Education UK Partnership and Market Opportunities
- Market intelligence
- Case studies of marketing in Japan by guest speakers: Jon Inegbedion of the University of Warwick, and Suzie Mackie of Brooklands College
- A review of services offered through the Japan Partnership
- Advice and information on maximising opportunities in Japan, Q & A session
View the presentation (Powerpoint, 2 MB) by British Council Japan staff, covering the first three points above.
View the higher education case study (Powerpoint, 443 KB) by Jon Inegbedion, University of Warwick.
View the further education case study (PDF 390 KB) by Suzie Mackie, Brooklands College.
Read the minutes (PDF, 59 KB) of the Q and A session - includes answers to further questions which were not covered at the meeting due to time constraints.
Read the feedback (PDF, 85 KB) on the Japan Partnership meeting and our services, along with our responses to your queries and suggestions. Thank you to the 16 people who sent us your comments; these have been very helpful in planning future Japan Partnership meetings, as well as reviewing our services and activities.
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