The Prime Minister’s Initiative for International Education (PMI2)

The Further Education Partnerships Fund, 2010/11

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Expressions of Interest for PMI2 FEPF Measure 2

-US Colleges

UK-USA College Partnerships for Entrepreneurship Education

Please answer all questions and expand the text boxes below as necessary:

1Applicant details

Name of applicant College
Address including zip code and state
Telephone including area code
Fax
Name of main contact
Job Title
Direct telephone
email

2UK consortium partner college details if applicable

(If you would like to attend the seminar as the representative of a UK Colleges consortium, please reproduce the box below as necessary if there is more than one partner)

Name of partner College
Address including zip code and state
Telephone including area code
Fax
Name of main contact
Job Title
Direct telephone
email

3. Areas of interest in relation to collaboration on

Entrepreneurship Education

Please refer to the ‘Call for Expressions of Interest’ document and provide brief details of your specific area(s) of interest in relation to working with UKFurther Education Colleges on the theme of Entrepreneurship Education. Please note that the areas of focus described in the document are indicative only and you are free to specify others.

4. Current and previous activities in Entrepreneurship Education

Please provide details of the College’s current and/or previous involvement in Entrepreneurship Education and related project work.

5. Vocational specialisms

Please provide details of the College’s vocational or other types of specialism, emphasising any areas you would particularly like to involve in partnership work with UK Further Education Collegeson the theme of Entrepreneurship Education.

6. Quality

Please provide details of quality indicators or awards relating to the areas of provision on which the College would wish to focus via the UK-US Colleges partnership project. Also of relevance would be a brief explanation of this work will link to your institution’s mission statement and core values.

7. Previous experience of working with the UK

Please provide details of any previous activities which the college has undertaken in the UK and/or in partnership with UK Further Education Colleges\other organisations.

Applicants should also refer to any contact/discussions they have had with UK colleges on the theme of entrepreneurship Education, even if this has not reached the stage of being a formal collaboration.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS QUESTION IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

8. Previous experience of international partnership work

a) Please provide brief details of the College’s previous experience of international activities, emphasizing examples of working in partnership.

9. Representation

Please confirm the name, job title and responsibilities of the member of staff who would represent the college (or the college consortium) at the April 2009 contact seminar in the USA.

9. Signatures

The hard copy version of all proposals must be signed by the President(or equivalent) of the applicant College.

I certify that ………...... College supports this Expression of Interest as submitted.

Name and Signature:

………………………………………………………………………

President

Date:

Expressions of Interest should be emailed to:

by 17.30 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on 26 March 2010

Also, a hard copy post-marked no later than 26 March(local US time) should be posted to:

Christopher Leighton

The British Council

Bridgewater House

58 WhitworthStreet

ManchesterM1 6BB.

Please note that proposals received after the stated date and time will not be considered by the assessment panel.

Any queries on the application form or the application process should be addressed to

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