Signing an MOU is a beginning, not an outcome
Many institutions have signed memoranda while international activity stays scattered, resting on a few individuals and stalling whenever they move on. M2W works with your institution to choose a suitable model, assign roles clearly and run the part that was agreed.
- Your institution keeps its strategy, brand and academic autonomy
- M2W takes on the operational work set out in writing
- Every activity has someone responsible and a handover milestone
What usually happens after signing
The MOU never becomes activity
The document is signed but no operating model exists, so both sides wait and the partnership stays at goodwill.
Activity depends on a few individuals
The relationship lives in one person's notebook. When they move on, the programme stops.
Every programme runs its own way
Exchanges, summer programmes and joint degrees each follow a different process, with no shared record to check against.
Capabilities your institution can build
School-to-school partnerships
Set criteria for choosing partners and check legal standing and accreditation before anything is signed.
Student and faculty exchange
Design exchange terms with a timeframe, selection criteria and a way to recognise the results.
Summer programmes and study tours
Short overseas programmes with the schedule, costs and responsibilities settled from the start.
Joint programmes
Align curricula, credits and entry requirements between both sides before the first cohort is recruited.
International office
Build the function itself: processes, template files and a successor, so the work no longer rests on one person.
Who holds what
Your institution keeps
- Internationalisation strategy and the choice of partners
- Brand and how the institution appears to families and students
- Academic autonomy and recognition of study outcomes
M2W takes on
- Reviewing and verifying partners before any introduction
- Running the work agreed in writing
- Recording progress and handover milestones on one shared record
Four steps to begin
- 01
Review where you are
Go through existing agreements, activity already running and what has stalled.
- 02
Choose the model
Pick the form of partnership that matches your institution's resources and goals.
- 03
Verify the partner
Check the other side's legal standing, accreditation and actual capacity.
- 04
Open a shared workspace
Move the activity to one place so both sides can follow progress and handover milestones.
Start with a review session
No paperwork needed beforehand. The first session is to understand where your institution stands and identify a sensible next step.
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