Inspired by the current fervour to ‘internationalise’ among UK HE Institutions and, in particular, the unprecedented growth in the enrolment of students from outside the UK, the seminar series has the following aims:
- To challenge cultural stereotypes of ‘the international student’
- To explore the intercultural experiences of international students in UK Higher Education
- To develop new theoretical understandings of factors impacting on international students’ experiences
- To contribute to the development of UK Higher Education provision to meet the needs and challenges faced by international students
- To contribute to the internationalisation of UK Higher Education Institutions
Four seminars will be held at the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Bath during 2008 and 2009:
| 16 December 2008 |
Mapping the Conceptual Territory
|
Birmingham |
| 12 March 2009 |
Examining the student Experience
|
Bath |
| 17 June 2009 |
University Provision: learning from promising practice
- Programme [doc, 143 KB, opens new window]
- Dr Viv Caruana: 'Do you Feel Safe Here?' From tolerance of, to engagement with, difference in the muticultural classroom), [ptt, 344 KB, opens new window]
- Sheena Gardner: International Student Family Experiences [doc, 25 KB, opens new window]
- Anna Magyar, Anna Robinson-Pant and Ratnaria Wahid: Internationalisation and Doctoral Supervision: Challenges and Opportunities (Abstract), [doc, 25 KB, opens new window]
 Dr Janette Ryan: Teaching and learning for international students: What we know, what we need to know (Abstract), [doc, 12 KB, opens new window]- Mayumi Terano: The Role of Ethnic Student Organisations to Address International Students' Needs (Abstract), [doc, 24 KB, opens new window]
- Dr Sheila Trahar: In the eye of the beholder? Enabling conversations about ‘difference’ and ‘similarity’ in teaching in higher education (Abstract), [doc, 25 KB, opens new window]
Group discussions
|
Birmingham |
| 23 September 2009 |
Government Policy as Context, Enabling Factor and Constraint: learning from comparing
- Seminar timetable [jpg, 2,8 MB, opens new window]
- Overview [ppt, 1.2 MB, opens new window]
- Dr Christine Humfrey: Towards the Internationalisation of Student Recruitment: the Long and Winding Road [ppt, 420 KB, opens new window]
- Vincenzo Raimo - Delivering Services to International Students in UK Universities [ppt, 7 MB, opens new window]
- Fazal Rizvi - International Students and Transnational Spaces [ppt, 424 KB, open new window]
- Fazal Rizvi - International Students and Transnational Spaces [doc, 106 KB, open new window]
- Qing Gu and Christopher Day - Ways Foward [ppt, 406 KB, opens new window]
Group discussions
|
Nottingham |
Each seminar will comprise thematic lectures from leading researchers and practitioners in the field, followed by questions, together with panel discussions designed to encourage all participants to contribute. Participants will be invited from a wide range of stakeholders: academics, students, university international officers, university and government policy makers and advocacy and monitoring groups.
If you would like to attend, please fill in the Registration form.
For further information, contact:
Jacqui Wootton
Events Co-ordinator
Email: j.wootton@bham.ac.uk
