Kent International College

Tender description

The University intends to enter into a joint venture with Oxford International Education and Travel Limited (OIEG) to establish an embedded international college. The parties will jointly own/operate the college to deliver courses to international students, who will then have the opportunity to apply for courses at the University/alternative higher education institutions. OIEG will recruit students, administer admissions and provide teaching services. The University shall maintain overall control of the admission decisions/entry requirements and will apply to the UK visas and immigration department to add the college to its student sponsor's licence. OIEG shall incorporate a new company, Kent International College Limited (UIC) through which the college will be operated (with shareholdings as follows: OIEG 99%; and University 1%) and the management and control delegated to the University and OIEG. The JV will operate for a period of 10 years in addition to agreed extensions. Lot 1: The key provisions of the agreement include (effective on the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent): - OIEG shall fund UIC set-up costs and retains responsibility for its financing until it is financed from its own cash flow, including covering the costs of recruiting and employing staff for UIC - the University shall provide premises via a lease on its campus for UIC to conduct its operations - UIC is required to pay an educational services fee for access to the University's facilities, which shall be an agreed % of UIC's published tuition fees (which shall be subject to a minimum payment in respect of years 2 and 3 of the contract). The University shall also pay a university administration fee to OIEG in respect of international students who subsequently enrol on a University course (based on a % of first year's tuition fees) - all students enrolled to study on any programme will be entitled to access the core services available to students studying at the University