Education aBc
164 Old Road,
Oxford OX3 8SY, U.K.

Tel: Int + 44
(0)7779 021464
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Project Management

A large part of Education aBc’s time and energy is spent on preparing and operating the summer courses, or other programmes in Oxford. However, the nature of short courses is that they also provide us with both the opportunity and the means to pursue many other projects as well. We support a number of new educational and education-related projects, often providing resources free of charge. For example, in 2007 we trialled the early stages of the new International Global Citizenship award, as well as assisting with publicity, promotion and other work.

This is a sample of some of the other projects on which we have been working.

Short Courses Around the World
Shanghai Summer Centre
In 2006, we started to work with a large Chinese educational company, exploring the many different educational opportunities in China. Our first joint venture was to establish a summer English language course in Shanghai, and to develop appropriate course materials, and recruit and prepare suitable English staff to go out to Shanghai to deliver the programme. This was a high energy project, requiring very quick reactions and availability from us, with everything moving from initial enquiry in April 2006 to the first classes taking place in Shanghai in July 2006.

Setting up new schools
Advising new and existing schools and educational projects
We are currently involved in helping another organisation to set up and launch a summer course programme in Canada, which will complement our Oxford programme. We hope that this new summer programme will be available from July 2009.

Setting up new schools
We are currently exploring the possibility of setting up a new organisation in France, to complement our summer programme in Oxford, and to benefit from the experience we have gained elsewhere in the world. This will involve providing intensive immersion courses locally, to avoid students having to travel to the UK, or having to make alternative domestic arrangements (e.g. for child care) while they attend a course. We hope to launch our new programmes in France from January 2009.