Convocation Weekend 201215-16th June.Prof. Ella Ritchie

An introduction to Internationalisation at Newcastle University

Internationalisation: Partnerships

Strategic partnerships

Strategic Partnering through networks of universities

Partnerships for joint education programmes

Partnerships for purposes of student exchange

Partnerships around specific research projects

Top down and bottom up

Teaching and Learning

Student Experience

Research

Engagement

‘Develop and sustain a number of high quality in-country operations and partnerships to deliver excellence in teaching, training and research’

Delivery of Newcastle Accredited Medical degree to largely Malaysian students

Emphasis on meeting UK and Malaysian accreditation

Newcastle Malaysia

Degree Programmes developed initially with the Singaporean Polytechnic sector now with the Singapore Institute of Technology

•Ensure that our existing operations in Singapore and Malaysia provide a broadly equivalent student experience to our Newcastle campus.

Monash University, University of Groningen, Xiamen University

‘Develop a cohort of high quality partners abroad that share our vision’

Internationalisation Activities and Ambitions: USAExample.

•Fulbright Scholars – Fulbright Summer Institute. We are one of only 7 UK partner institutions. Extremely popular and competitive with over 400 applications for 6 places.

• International Summer Schools – in collaboration with partner institutions.

•US Scholarships – to promote Anglo-American Relations (US Friends and Napolitano). We also offer 2 partial UG and 1 partial PG Scholarship.

• Academic Fellowship – UCAL Berkley (2011/2012)

•Collaborative Research and Research Networks. – a key focus of the International research strategy is enhancing research collaborations with the US to work collaboratively on global challenges, including food security and environmental sustainability.

• Strategic Partnerships- NUBS/ Boston University School of Management.

•Loyola Centre- Loyola University Maryland, USA, and Newcastle University, UK, are engaged in an exciting new initiative to develop a Loyola University Study Abroad Centre on Newcastle University’s campus

• Study Abroad – Newcastle University students take part in study abroad programmes at:

University of Vermont, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Indiana University - Purdue University

Indianapolis, University of Colorado Boulder.

Internationalisation at home

The University is strengthened through cultural diversity which will be placed at the heart of the student experience

International Summer Schools and Immersion Programmes

Our Global Experience Opportunity Students in India 2011

Open Access Language Centre

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