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UK Skills Partnership
The 
UK Skills Partnership
 (UKSP) comprises of key UK skills system 
stakeholders who have significant capability to promote and support skills 
development around the world. 
Members work collaboratively to build the UK sector’s capacity and 
engagement in international activities and act as an advocate for the UK’s 
TVET offer internationally. 
The UKSP also provides a gateway for international partners to meet UK 
providers and experts. 
Supporting the International Benchmarking of 
Vietnam’s Vocational Education Institutions
As part of a British Council led activity. delivered through the EU-funded 
VET Toolbox project, UK skills providers supported four vocational 
colleges in Vietnam in assessing and benchmarking their provision 
against UK quality standards. The outcomes from the assessment 
assisted Vietnamese colleges in reaching international quality standards 
in line with Vietnam’s vocational education development strategy. 
The activity was conducted by two UK sector experts who undertook a 
light touch inspection of the colleges.
The inspection drew on UK guidelines to benchmark the quality of 
teaching and learning in the four selected colleges and assessed the 
robustness of the quality assurance mechanisms in place. 
In particular, recommendations from the UK experts steered the 
colleges to develop strategies to overcome identified limitations and 
improve the quality of training, employer engagement and employability 
opportunities for students after graduation. 
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