Monday 23rd September 2013, 10:00-14:00 (GMT)
Internationalisation at Home: inclusion and diversity, or a policy issue.
The discussion aimed to contribute to the on-going debate on internationalisation at home (IaH). It revolved around how IaH is interpreted by participants from the point of view of their interests, beliefs, experiences or roles. To facilitate the discussion, the following was proposed as a starting point:
“the two pillars on which the concept of IaH rested from the beginning: an understanding of internationalisation that went beyond mobility and a strong emphasis on the teaching and learning in a culturally diverse setting.”
(Wächter, 2003:5)*
*Wächter, B. (2003) An Introduction: Internationalisation at Home in Context. Journal of Studies in International Education, Vol. 7 No. 1, Spring 2003 5-11
The discussion was open to a wide range of areas and issues including research in the area of internationalisation at home, institutional policy, support and advice, teaching all students or international students more specifically, pedagogical issues, foreign languages, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), intercultural communication, information and communication technology (ICT), curriculum design, and any other issue related to this topic.
Two presentations formed the basis of the discussion:
1. Margarida Dolan & Gemma Bridges (University of Bath) will present the values underlying a cross-cultural training programme they developed and practical issues – presentation start time 10:10 (GMT)
2. Caroline Burns (Northumbria University) will share data from research exploring the home student experience of internationalisation – presentation start time 11:00 (GMT)
Thank you to presenters and participants for your invaluable contributions and thoughts.