Programme design & coordination
We lead multi-country consortia from bid through to final evaluation: work packages, partner management, reporting and compliance. We are currently lead coordinator on two Erasmus+ contracts.
Read morePioneering global education and workforce development
We build the partnerships that connect education systems to labour markets, across Europe and Africa, and for the economy that is actually coming.
On a global mission to bridge inequality and ecological gaps
Aspire Education Group is a global education and workforce development organisation headquartered in Germany, with offices in London and Kampala, Uganda.
We specialise in building strategic partnerships between education systems and labour markets, developing human capital for the twenty-first century economy: digital, sustainable, and green.
We are a lean organisation that operates at institutional scale. We are also one of the founding organisations that incubated Black AI Futures, the UK's first Black-led AI for Good network.
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Our reach
Lean structure, institutional scale
€800k+Across two concurrent European Commission Erasmus+ contracts
11Partner organisations coordinated across 7 countries
14Countries in Europe and the UK where we have led partnerships
16+Country partners coordinated on innovation and curriculum programmes
What we do
Dedicated to world-class services
Three capabilities, built over two decades of delivery for European Commission programmes, national governments and awarding bodies.
Curriculum & micro-credentials
We design VET curricula, competence matrices and accredited micro-credentials, including green micro-credentials for tourism and waste management, and ASDAN-accredited courses for at-risk students.
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Research, evaluation & policy
We benchmark frameworks, evaluate national programmes and co-produce theories of change. Our work has reached UK Parliament, the EU–AU Joint Vision 2030 framework and national media.
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Case studies
We solve real world problems
Completed · €400,000
GreenVET4U
Green skills for Uganda's tourism and waste-management sectors. Six organisations across Uganda, Spain, Italy and Germany. We led the EU–Uganda Community of Practice, the Virtual Innovation Lab and the benchmarking analysis of EU frameworks, after six years building relationships in Uganda before the contract was ever signed.
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Active · €400,000
ASSIST-AI
An AI-supported virtual assistant helping autistic adults build social skills and inclusion. Five organisations across Turkey, France, Spain, Belgium and Portugal, with Aspire as lead coordinator. Scored 89 out of 100 in Erasmus+ selection.
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Our own initiative
Future Ed Awards
Founded by Aspire in 2023, and running every year since.
Future Ed is the national awards programme we founded to recognise education professionals of Black African and Caribbean heritage, and their allies, across schools, universities, supplementary schools, early years and community programmes.
It is judged by a panel that includes Dame Vivian Hunt, Lord Simon Woolley and Charlene Hunter MBE, and it is the clearest expression of what Aspire is for: raising standards by making the sector fairer.
Recognition
Awarded across three continents
European Union Performance Award
For delivery excellence across multi-country Erasmus+ programmes.
Project Management Award
African Union, for cross-border programme coordination and impact in Africa.
Reputation Award
Africa Achievers Awards, for sustained credibility in education and skills development.
Let's build something that lasts
Whether you are assembling a consortium, designing a curriculum, or need a programme evaluated, we would like to hear from you.
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