Our partnerships with academic institutions - University of Plymouth
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The University works with education and commercial organisations to extend and enhance opportunities for students and organisations in the UK and globally.
We seek to develop strategic relationships with partner institutions of scale and significance, which have strategic importance or potential to the University within the UK and in transnational education. As the changing higher education environment develops, we are also deliberately seeking ways to ensure maximum mutual benefit with our regional further education colleges.
Our partners
UK and Channel Island partners
University Centre Somerset College Group
, Bridgwater, Somerset, UK
British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM)
, London, UK
City of Bristol College
, Bristol, UK
City College Plymouth
, Devon, UK
Cornwall College
, Cornwall, UK
Dartington Trust
, Totnes, Devon, UK
Exeter and North Devon Colleges Group
, Exeter, Devon, UK
MWS - HMTU
- Plymouth, UK
GSM London
, UK
Highlands College
, Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands
MLA College
, Plymouth, UK
Petroc
, Devon, UK
RILA Institute of Health Sciences
, London, UK
South Devon College
, Paignton, Devon, UK
Strode College
, Street, Somerset, UK
Truro and Penwith College
, Cornwall, UK
Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College
, Weymouth, Dorset, UK
International partners
Bundeswehr University Munich
, Germany
Delta University for Science and Technology
, Egypt
Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC), Greece
HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE)
, Hong Kong
International Institute in Geneva
, Switzerland
International Osteopathic Education
, France
Kherson State Maritime Academy
, Ukraine
NSBM Green University
, Sri Lanka
Peninsula College Malaysia
, Malaysia
What we do
The management and development of new and existing UK and international collaborative institutional partnerships. The strategic development of quality assurance and enhancement.
Our vision
We want to support the creation, development and sustainability of high quality partnerships with organisations that advance the University of Plymouth's reputation and deliver academic excellence.
To be an enterprising, multi-skilled and integrated team delivering the academic partnerships strategy – for the development, management and quality oversight of regional, national and international academic partnerships.
To support faculties and schools to deliver that strategy.
Our operations
The key element of our strategy is to grow and focus partnership delivery to expand income diversification and contribution to the University’s sustainability. This includes identifying and building new academic partnerships that align with this strategy.
Our ethos and values
We value partnership as a means of providing inclusive, high-quality student learning opportunities in the UK and internationally. We do this through:
a successful approach to partnership working that's not only built on research-informed practice, but extensively and externally evaluated, too
proactively developing higher education collaborations that extend the unique University offer across the UK and internationally
programmes that are co-designed, co-delivered and co-monitored for quality with partners
a collegiate approach to partnership, governance and management
our outstanding student opportunities. These are available 24/7 and embrace the concept of the edgeless campus
a commitment to supporting all aspects of the student learning experience
excellence in research and support for business development
a commitment to capacity building, supporting staff through research and scholarly activity
supporting pedagogic innovations through collaborative relationships and shared resources.
Become a partner of the University of Plymouth
The University of Plymouth has a long tradition of working in partnership with other institutions to deliver higher education opportunities. While we welcome proposals from the UK and internationally to extend our range of partnerships, every year we receive many such opportunities to consider.
Find out about becoming a partner of the University of Plymouth 
Information for students
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