During their many years of experience in the field, the SAINTs have collectively developed a wealth of skills and competences that can be shared with EAIE members. These skills and competences include:
Development:
- Staff development
- Career development
- Developing working teams
- Developing relationships with universities
- Developing strategic and operational plans
- Developing joint programmes with universities
Networking & Communication:
- Mentoring staff
- Creative thinking
- The art of negotiation
- Communicating effectively
- Intercultural communication
- Marketing and market research
- Writing effective promotional material
- Working in intercultural environments
- Collaboration with developing counties
- Writing simple, direct and effective English
- Agreement and contract writing and negotiation
- Networking with Chinese and Asian higher education institutions
International affairs:
- Student exchanges
- Student recruitment
- Internationalisation at Home
- Advising international students
- How to run an international office
- International project management
- International strategy development
- EU student exchange programmes
- Comparison of international education systems
- Working with Australian and New Zealand universities
- Internationalisation of higher education, particularly in the Asian context
Research and Training:
- Gender issues for women
- Making research work for you
- EU programs in new member states
- Setting up training/internship programmes
- Courses for engineers, and in environmental protection