private industry education founded 2005 founder andrew colin headquarters brighton san diego website into university partnerships into university partnerships is a british limited liability partnership that specialises in setting up joint ventures with universities . it focuses on the provision of foundation courses for international students including english language especially english for academic purposes . so far into has launched 21 international study centres with 20 leading university partners in the united kingdom north america and china . the centres offer courses that enable students to prepare for university degrees learn english or study at postgraduate level . contents 1 history 2 international study centres 3 global recruitment 4 awards 5 organisational development 6 future plans 7 opposition from lecturers and conflict with ucu 8 into giving 9 accounts question 10 aircraft 11 see also 12 references 13 external links history edit into university partnerships was founded in 2005 and is chaired by andrew colin who had previously set up study group international an education business he sold to the daily mail group and embassy ces a chain of language schools . since 2006 into has launched 22 joint ventures with a range of universities in the united kingdom north america and china . under the joint venture model the university remains responsible for educational quality 1 while into provides the marketing infrastructure finance and specialist management experience . this business model was developed in a political climate that favours public private partnerships . bill rammell minister of state in the department for innovation universities and skills in response to a question from colchester mp bob russell welcomed such innovation in higher education . 2 in october 2008 into opened a 35 million six storey building at into uea with 415 en suite study bedrooms and classroom space for 600 students . 3 new buildings also opened in exeter in 2011 and newcastle in september 2012 . into newcastle university built at a cost of 74million was launched alongside on campus student accommodation the first in the university s history . in early 2013 into university partnerships announced an equity investment 4 from leeds equity partners of 66m in the group for a 25 per cent stake in the business . this investment completed the first stage of into s funding plans which are aimed at providing universities with access to significant external capital to fund innovation and capacity building in the higher education sector . in april 2016 into s first partnership with the university of east anglia into university of east anglia won a queen s award for enterprise international trade 5 international study centres edit uk partners 6 university of east anglia 2005 university of exeter 2006 newcastle university 2007 glasgow caledonian university 2008 city university london 2009 queen s university belfast 2009 st george s university of london 2011 7 university of gloucestershire 2013 8 university of stirling 2014 9 newcastle university london 2015 additionally it is an international foundation partner for the university of manchester 2008 10 manchester metropolitan university into also operates a world education centre in 102 middlesex street in the heart of london which delivers pre university preparation programmes with over 100 uk universities recognising the programmes . 11 the centre opened in summer 2013 . us partners oregon state university 2008 university of south florida 2010 colorado state university 2010 12 marshall university 2012 13 george mason university 2014 14 drew university in new york 2014 15 saint louis university 2015 16 university of alabama at birmingham 2015 17 chinese partners nankai university global recruitment edit through five greater regional directorates into employs over 100 full time market based staff in 31 offices across 17 countries and invests 4 million each year in training monitoring and performance managing its counseling organizations . in 2011 into conducted more than 300 training sessions with 600 organisations including large scale familiarisation trips to launch new partnerships . all recruitment activity is planned centrally but coordinated through university based joint venture groups . awards edit at the 2011 education investor awards into took the exporting excellence award for its contribution to international education . it also won the higher education provider of the year . in 2013 into was runner up in education investor education business of the year . in april 2016 into s first partnership into university of east anglia won the queen s award for enterprise international trade . 18 organisational development edit in into s first three years the company created 435 new jobs . citation needed they currently have around 1 350 members of staff across the group . citation needed future plans edit in their submission to the home affairs select committee on student visas in 2011 into said it had welcomed and educated almost 21 000 students from more than 138 countries and territories to the uk and provide direct employment for close to 1 350 people in the uk alone . 19 commencements at into study centres have now surpassed 41 000 with an average of 90 % student satisfaction . into has been in preliminary discussion with several other british universities the majority of which have decided not to form a partnership including essex goldsmiths and westminster . essex elected to restructure its own international operations and goldsmiths to suspend its internationalisation plans . 20 in contrast the senate of queen s university in belfast northern ireland voted in favour of an into partnership in april 2009 which led to the setting up of into queen s university of belfast . in july 2008 into announced that it had signed its first agreement in the united states to operate a foundation year programme for oregon state university . osu said that it had long wanted to expand the number of international students and turned to into for its worldwide infrastructure and expertise in recruitment ; some staff on the other hand expressed concerns over working conditions . the programme was due to start in autumn 2009 . 21 it intends to begin with 150 200 students . a local news source oregonlive states that the new venture will replace the english language institute a self sustaining program that has helped international students learn english for 43 years a move that fills its former director with concern . 22 the provost of osu sabah randhawa who has led the university s transformational development expressed satisfaction with the partnership . 23 as of february 2013 update into has established partnerships with 18 universities across the uk north america and china and plans to increase its network to 30 partnerships by 2020 according to its 2011 15 strategy . opposition from lecturers and conflict with ucu edit several british universities have been approached by into and the majority have decided not to proceed . for example in a survey of staff at essex 90 % rejected the proposed partnership . 24 this objection is compounded by two things that into does not recognise unions and that andrew colin acknowledges that the rates offered are likely to be worse . 25 the international centre for english language studies icels at oxford brookes university strongly opposed into s approach 26 and the university and college union claimed credit for this opposition influencing the university s decision . the university stated that it would not go ahead with the project because it required such a large real estate commitment . 27 the university of essex following questions from ucu 28 explained the benefits of working with into 29 but in october 2008 decided not to enter a partnership . 29 in february 2007 the times higher education published an article featuring the ucu s dispute of guarantees that into offered to existing newcastle staff . 30 andrew colin rejected the ucu criticism saying in 2007 give me three years and i will show you it is possible to create secure well paid jobs in eap and more of them and rejected the similarity of his business model to private finance initiatives pfi . 31 andrew colin said of the lecturers union in 2008 i ve asked for a dialogue with the ucu but they won t talk to us . the union causes a lot of anxiety and talk about standards and job losses they don t mention the fact that we are creating jobs and that the university is responsible for academic standards . 32 in july 2008 into threatened ucu with a legal suit for defamation in response to a union briefing entitled into the unknown . the union removed the document from their website . 33 into giving edit into supports its own charity which is dedicated to providing and improving the education of young people around the world living in impoverished or difficult circumstances . 34 projects supported include a school in china a children s centre in zambia and training for teachers in gambia . 35 the projects are delivered by third party charities . 36 students staff and local communities are encouraged to raise money for the projects through activities such as sponsored sports events 37 comedy nights 38 food festivals 39 and charity auctions . 40 41 between 2008 and 2010 the charity donated 58 054 to the projects it supported . 34 accounts question edit into reached the parliamentary record when mp austin mitchell asked why it had not filed financial records with companies house 42 as it is legally obliged to do . andrew colin said in the times higher education that the delay in submitting accounts was a simple mistake . 43 he also revealed that the first set of submitted accounts showed a loss of 1.7 m but stated that the company would be beyond the break even point by the third year . aircraft edit according to the civil aviation authority s database on registered civil aircraft a subsidiary into air has in the past featured a registered swiss built pilatus pc 12 turbo prop aircraft with registration g into . 44 an article in general aviation magazine quoted the cost of these aircraft as starting at 4m and states that andrew colin ordered a second aircraft for delivery in 2010 . . 45 colin credits the first corporate plane which he had had for only a few months at the time of the interview with transforming the way he and his uk team did business removing much of the strain of travel . in one week we attended meetings in glasgow and newcastle on the monday oxford and london on the tuesday exeter and birmingham on the wednesday glasgow again on the thursday and norwich on the friday . . 45 the registration of the plane has since been removed from the caa database . see also edit business education partnerships university foundation programme a competitor system kaplan inc. a competitor company english language institute a common name for a university based service that teaches english references edit 1 archived october 12 2008 at the wayback machine . house of commons hansard written answers for 07 july 2008 pt 0053 . retrieved 19 june 2015 . 2 dead link into announces major investment by leading us equity firm . into corporate website . 15 january 2013 . http into corporate.com news and views news 2016 04 into university of east anglia receives queen % e2 % 80 % 99s award for enterprise.aspx our uk study centres into uk . intohigher.com . retrieved 2015 07 02 . into signs new partnership with st george s university of london . into corporate website . 18 may 2011 . university of gloucestershire and into agree joint venture partnership . into corporate website . 21 february 2013 . university of stirling and into launch major internationalisation partnership . into corporate website . 2 april 2014 . 3 archived january 7 2010 at the wayback machine . into university partnerships . progression at into london into uk . into university partnerships . retrieved 19