The partnership will also focus on these countries, with projects that increase the numbers of women in teacher training institutions, and encourage the recruitment of women to leadership positions in education.
These agreements are be reviewed and approved by the Office For Fair Access (Offa) each year, with institutions that fail to meet their agreed targets on recruitment and retention facing fines or losing the right to charge higher fees.
He is the founding president of the American International Recruitment Council, a new non-profit organisation formed by a group of educational institutions.