Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

DFID will invest up to 98 000 000 GBP in a new higher education programme with two clear aims: — To improve the quality and relevance, scale and affordability of Higher Education (HE) in DFID focus countries — To improve the performance, governance and influence of HE systems and HE institutions in DFID focus countries. The programme will support new, high value, partnerships, operating at several levels within a single HE institution, or across a number of institutions to address identified issues in the HE system, including preparation of HE systems in low income countries for the future, attracting new types of players and testing new models of delivery at scale. Using partnerships to achieve these ambitious objectives is a new area for DFID, so the delivery model will be tested, reviewed and adjusted throughout the programme with key decision points acting as triggers for adapting, scaling up or closing down the programme. This will enable DFID to test the level and quality of demand from the sector to inform the optimum level of investment; refine incentives and levers to ensure ambitious results-focused partnerships; and create opportunities for continuous monitoring, evaluation and learning to be fed back into the programme.