About the Grant Call
The HE Connects 2025 call aims to build institutional collaborations and long-term UK-Mexico relationships to accelerate activities for the internationalisation of the higher education sector. This initiative is part of the Going Global Partnerships programme and support:
- Institutional collaborations for the formalisation of internationalisation agreements.
- Communities of practice for understanding HE qualification recognition, national regulatory frameworks, and quality assurance processes.
- Transnational Education (TNE), encompassing various delivery models like distance learning, international campuses, and micro/nano credentials.
- Inclusive HE systems, addressing equality, diversity, and inclusion, and supporting women's leadership in STEM.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, proposals must include:
- One UK Higher Education Institution (HEI) Lead with degree awarding powers.
- One Mexican HEI Partner.
- Joint proposal preparation by leads from both institutions, submitted by the UK Lead.
- Support letters from both institutions confirming capacity to manage and support the project.
Projects should aim to:
- Promote TNE partnerships and joint curricula.
- Design or strengthen internationalisation strategies.
- Expand capacity at HEIs for internationalisation.
- Identify roles and responsibilities for joint teaching/academic offers.
- Conduct thematic panels and events for science cooperation and policy dialogues.
- New or updated institutional strategies for HE internationalisation.
- Reports assessing institutional capacity/resources for internationalisation.
- Analysis of pathways for internationalisation and policy dialogues.
- Specific UK-Mexico joint teaching or collaboration programmes.
Funding
- Supports up to 5 projects of £20k maximum each.
- Project duration: 12 months starting from January 2026.
- Equitable partnership: UK Lead to transfer funds to Mexican partner for project activities.
For any queries, please reach out to: Monica.Angulo@britishcouncil.org
