Global Higher Education
COVID-19’s impact on higher education is significant, multi-year and is already reshaping the sector’s outlook for growth, and innovation.
Overview
COVID-19’s impact on higher education is significant, multi-year and is already reshaping the sector’s outlook for growth, and innovation.
The pandemic’s impact on post-secondary finance has been immense and destabilizing enrolment forecasts for years to come. The pandemic and its attendant economic disruption are forcing institutions to reorganize human capability and re-conceptualize models for engagement that are inclusive by design and respond to market disruptors that are displacing established providers.
Set against financial instability and a demand for innovation, new entry points for futures-oriented institutions to engage within an evolving global marketplace for professional and lifelong learning are emerging.
Sumar+ brings deep insight and global experience in student engagement, enrolment growth, EdTech adoption, and global programs and campus development.
We work to position partners to achieve long-term value through inclusive and sustainable growth.
Our capabilities crosscut higher education with expertise within the applied learning and global business education sectors:
Global Campus Operations
Global Program Delivery
Program Development
Program Management
International Partnerships
International Mobility
Global Growth
Global Education Ventures
We partner with education start-ups and investors to co-design market-driven global education ventures from concept to scale that respond to industry need, builds brand, delivers capability, and consistently yields education and employment outcomes for graduates.
Institutional Growth
We provide advisory and due diligence support to partners and clients seeking to expand their education footprint abroad via acquisitions or mergers. Our scope starts at designing fit-for-purpose acquisition strategies and transitions to deal valuation, diligence, and launch phase services.
Global Learning + Skills Development
Sustainable Development
We partner with civil society, academic, private, and public sector organizations to create novel and impactful experiential learning opportunities that integrate the Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability within global mobility, on-campus internationalization, and academic programming.
Transformational Global Experience
We work with education partners around the world to deliver transformational global learning journeys for post-secondary learners that combine experiential and classroom learning to deliver high-demand skills and capabilities that employers are seeking.
Duty of Care and Risk Management
Sumar+ brings to bear transdisciplinary insights and global experience to student risk management and institutional duty of care, enabling our clients to develop fit-for-purpose risk architectures that reflect individual learner needs and respond in real-time to emergent risk. Our approach integrates futures thinking to inform risk mapping, scenario planning and effective global risk management.
Organizational Transformation
Sustainable Enrolment Growth
We work with clients and partners to develop, growth-oriented global enrolment strategies that drive sustainable achievement of institutional and program targets. We benchmark performance against local and regional competitors, continuously assess the landscape to identify current best practice that generate higher conversion rates.
Institutional Development
Sumar+ drives transformative improvement in learning outcomes, organizational innovation, and enrolment growth for educational providers across the spectrum. Our approach focuses on enabling excellence through the education value chain, building capability within leaders at all levels and shepherding values-driven organizational change.