Vital Partnerships
Vital Partnerships is the knowledge exchange partner of the world-leading Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. We are a registered Charity No. 1105805.
Vital Partnerships Professional Services Ltd. is the charity’s trading company accountable to the Charity through its Board of Trustees.
Our Mission
Our mission is to enhance learning and performance in education, at work and in communities across the world by providing an integrated set of research-validated learning improvement services.
Our Vision
Researching learning – transforming lives.
Our Strategy
To achieve our mission and vision, we focus on seven strategic objectives:
We work with the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol in the UK to imagine, develop and provide an integrated range of research-validated learning improvement services.
We engage clients in the education, corporate and community sectors and deliver our services to help them realise their vision of success.
We inspire a global community of learning practitioners and equip them to pioneer the next generation of learner-centred practices.
We increase our impact in society by creating centres of excellence with partners who share our vision, multiply access and offer our services to the communities they serve.
We promote a model of professional learning that applies research to practice and which returns evidence from practice for further research and development.
We provide thought leadership which empowers individuals, organisations and communities to lead their own learning and create their own change.
We operate commercially in each market sector on fair and competitive terms so as to fund operations and generate a surplus for re-distribution by our parent charity.
Our Services
We offer an integrated range of learning improvement services that enable our clients to fully engage the people they are helping to learn. They include:
- Learning Power
- Authentic Enquiry
- Learner-Centred Practice
- Systems Leadership


