UKTI East of England United Kingdom

Robert Doak is an Education specialist based in the East of England.

International Trade Teams are located in over 40 local offices around the country. Every UK region also has dedicated sector specialists who can provide support tailored to your industry. An International Trade Adviser will provide professional advice on UKTI services, including export documentation, contacts in overseas markets, overseas visits, e-commerce, export training and market research. 

Mr Robert Doak
Mr Robert Doak
International Trade Adviser 

UKTI France France

UKTI France are looking to meet UK companies including:

UKTI France are interested in meeting:

  • Suppliers of digital resources
  • Suppliers of resources for school education
  • Companies that are export-ready with innovative products

Digital resources is very topical at the moment and a priority for the Ministry of Education

In 2013, €176.5 million was spent on state primary school resources by local government 

In 2013, €122.7 million estimated spent on secondary and sixth form books and supplies

Ms Gemma Peach
Ms Gemma Peach
Deputy Trade Adviser 

UKTI Ghana Ghana

UKTI Ghana are interested in meeting suppliers of:

  • School Buildings and equipment
  • High Education
  • Classroom materials

There is a growing demand for UK under graduate/post graduate studies, skills training for the oil & gas and other sectors. It is important that training companies and institutions identify their main areas of focus for the Ghanaian market and the type of delivery methods they can offer. 


There are business opportunities for the construction of new public/private schools including the supply of classroom materials and equipment (including hardware and software), administration & management systems and software. 


Continuous training of educational professionals to stay abreast of the latest development in the sector is highly required.

Rubby Golo
Rubby Golo
Trade Development Manager 

UKTI Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR China

UKTI Hong Kong is interested in meeting:

  • British schools interested in establishing an international school in Hong Kong
  • UK early childhood education providers interested in establishing a playgroup, pre-nursery school and/or kindergarten in Hong Kong

 

UK-HK ICT in Education Partnership Initiative TestBed providers


The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is devoting considerable resources to the teaching of English at schools, in the workplace and in the wider community in order to maintain Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s World City. 

English language is very popular amongst Hong Kong young learners, and British English is valued by parents when choosing courses for their children. Home learning resources, particularly high-end English and multimedia learning resources designed for young learners, are popular choices in-market.

Promotion of e-learning in schools is high on the Government’s education agenda, including the development of e-learning resources for the enhancement of learning and teaching. The Government’s total grant to schools for ICT resources is £24 million p.a. It is taking steps to provide grants for schools to trial e-learning resources and foster a marketplace for the e-learning industry.

Ms Heidi Cheung
Ms Heidi Cheung
Education Sector Lead 

UKTI Jordan Jordan

UKTI Jordan are interested in meeting:

  • Furniture suppliers
  • Syllabus providers
  • Education Technology providers


New schools are due to be built in Amman and require UK products

 Supplying existing schools with UK products

 

Classroom technology

 

Mr Jamie Scattergood
Mr Jamie Scattergood
Trade and Investment Advisor 

UKTI Latvia Latvia

UKTI Latvia are looking to meet UK companies including:

  • pre-school
  • general, non-formal
  • special needs education In 2014-2015

While curriculum is mainly based on use of digital technology, educators and teachers have come to realization that students should be also taught programming principles; 

In Latvia there are 850 secondary education schools from which at least 100 schools would be interested in having programming classes at school if not compulsory than as an after school activity.

Apart from school premises there are children educational centres as well, where programming classes might be one of the activities to offer to children. 

Which show sectors are of interest?
Sanita Vetra
Sanita Vetra
Head of Trade Team 

UKTI Lebanon Lebanon

UKTI Lebanon are interested in meeting:

  • Software companies
  • Classroom materials
  • Management system

 

Opportunities for UK businesses in Lebanon are in all sectors especially the education sector.

Lebanon has the highest literacy rate in the Arab world which is 94%

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education’s (MEHE) main priorities are to support ICT in the education system

Diala Michlawi
Diala Michlawi
Commercial Officer 

UKTI Lithuania Lithuania

UKTI Lithuania are interested in meeting suppliers of:

 

  • Hardware for schools and universities
  • Software for schools and universities
  • Suppliers looking for distributors in Lithuania

 

Around £549 million of the EU funds will be allocated for Education sector in Lithuania until 2020

Opens wide opportunities for UK education technology and expertise suppliers in schools equipment and content solutions

Infrastructure refurbishment and development for general, vocational and special needs education

Hardware and technology suppliers for life sciences

Dovile Janeliauskaite
Dovile Janeliauskaite
Senior Trade Adviser 

UKTI London United Kingdom

Duncan Hamshere is a London based ITA who focuses on the Education sector.

International Trade Teams are located in over 40 local offices around the country. Every UK region also has dedicated sector specialists who can provide support tailored to your industry. An International Trade Adviser will provide professional advice on UKTI services, including export documentation, contacts in overseas markets, overseas visits, e-commerce, export training and market research.

Mr Duncan Hamshere
Mr Duncan Hamshere
International Trade Adviser 

UKTI Malaysia Malaysia

UKTI Malaysia are looking for:

  • Those interested in exploring the Malaysian market
  • Those interested in establishing local business partners and distributors
  • Those interested to collaborate to improve and develop programmes for schools

Currently UKTI Malaysia are working to:
  • Identify UK providers with specialist expertise in the delivery of Special Education Needs(SEN) and CPD including the provision of such training through distance learning modules.
  • Strengthen English proficiency -  Improve teaching and learning methods in public schools
  • Teacher training – remedial teaching instruction, learning software, e-learning and curriculum development for STEM subjects at 10000 Malaysian public schools
  • Leverage ICT innovations / educational technology to scale up quality learning across Malaysia
Ms Fiona Louis
Ms Fiona Louis
Assistant Trade Manager, Education and Training