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British Council Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reform

  • SPHEIR
  • About SPHEIR
    • What are SPHEIR partnerships?
    • SPHEIR areas of focus
    • SPHEIR funding
    • SPHEIR programme management
  • SPHEIR portfolio
    • LEAP - The Lending for Education in Africa Partnership
    • TESCEA - Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa
    • PEDAL - Pedagogical Leadership in Africa
    • Transformation of Pharmacy and Chemistry Degree Provision
    • TIDE - Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education
    • Assuring Quality Higher Education in Sierra Leone
    • PEBL - Partnership for Enhanced and Blended Learning
    • PADILEIA - Partnership for Digital Learning and Increased Access
    • PfP - Prepared for Practice
  • Latest news
    • Introducing the new SPHEIR partnerships
    • Initial SPHEIR partnerships selected
    • SPHEIR hosts global panel on higher education transformation
    • SPHEIR featured at Going Global 2016
    • Sign up for SPHEIR updates
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Transforming higher education with innovative partnerships

SPHEIR (Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reform) aims to transform higher education systems in focus countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Middle East to better meet the needs of graduates and employers. It supports diverse, large-scale partnerships working across different sectors and countries to improve the quality, relevance, accessibility and affordability of higher education. It focuses on creating new and innovative solutions to key higher education challenges to deliver systemic and sustainable change at scale.

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