SIG Internationalising the curriculum

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Welcome

Dr Sue Robson, Head of School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University

Dr Joan O’Mahony, HEA

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Plan for the day10.00 Arrival and registration

10.30 Welcome and introductions

10.40

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Drawing things together: the range of HEA activity around internationalisation

Identifying themes and theme champions (diamond ranking activity)

12.30 Lunch

13.15 The enquiry methodology

Theme group discussions

14.45 Plenary

15.00 Close of event

• to support colleagues to internationalise curriculum design, development, delivery and evaluation

• to examine ways in which all students can be offered an internationalised experience

• to promote an enquiry network for colleagues interested in developing and investigating their students’ internationalist perspectives and intercultural skills

• to promote reflective practice and evidence informed development of teaching, learning, assessment and the student experience in internationalised HE settings.

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key aims of the SIG

• a series of workshops and a larger initial meeting

• part fund a panel presentation at the HEA annual conference

• provide administrative support to the SIG

• design, development and maintenance of the website

• production of a best practice guideline document

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The funding (£4k) to be used for:

HEA engagement with internationalisation

• “Internationalisation takes many different forms in the context of UK higher education. Over the next year we are focussing on: teaching international students; transnational education; internationalisation of the curriculum; and students’ academic mobility with a view to improving their employability. We are committed to the development of these practices and the understandings and evidence that underpins them.” (HEA)

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HEA internationalisation schemes

• 2011/12 key funding theme: Internationalisation

• 2011/12 Teaching Development Grants (TDGs)

• Individual; Departmental; Collaborative

• 2012/13 “Internationalisation Seminar Series”

• 2012/13 Connections: pilot projects supporting internationalisation (with the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA))

• 2012/13 “Internationalisation Change” programme

• Additional Resources

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HEA internationalisation schemes

• Exeter University: Engineering Student Voices on Intercultural Integration: Harmony or Discord?

• University of Bath: Taking turns: encouraging mutual engagement between International and Home students in small group learning discussions

• Bangor University: Learning Advisor Support Project for International Students

• University of Edinburgh: A comparative study of the expectations and attainment in assessment of international students in science, engineering and mathematics

• University of Leeds: Intercultural Ambassadors Programme

• York St John University: Raising students' awareness of international English in UK HEIs: an online tutorial

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2011/12 Individual TDG projects

• University of Leicester: Enhancing the International Student Experience: UK Work Experience & Work Ethics

• King's College London: Understanding unintentional plagiarism and international students’ approaches to academic reading: A participatory approach to researching the international student experience

• University of Glasgow: Internationalising graduate attributes: student-led, enquiry-based enhancement of the university experience

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2011/12 Individual TDG projects

• Nottingham Trent University: Breaking down the walls: developing intercultural competencies

• University of Southampton: REALIE - Residence and Abroad Learning to International Employability

• Oxford Brookes University: Internationalisation and Promoting Assessment Diversity (IPAD)

• Liverpool Hope University: International Experience for Engaged Global Citizens in Education

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2011/12 Department TDG projects

• Coventry University: Intercultural Language Learning Exchanges (ILLE): Exploring intercultural Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and metacognitive thresholds in international language exchanges

• London Metropolitan University: Internationalisation in Post-92 UK universities: students’ cultural scripts and their engagement in diverse classroom environments

• Manchester Metropolitan University: Educating Employable Global Citizens

• Robert Gordon University: Global Employability Learning Portal: Developing Intercultural Competencies for Enhanced Employability in the Global Construction Industry

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2011/12 Collaborative TDGs

• 29 January 2013, University of Surrey: Furthering equality in international higher education: UK and transnational programmes

• 15 February 2013, Newman University College: Home and Away: Developing Culturally Capable Staff and Students

• 23 April 2013, Sheffield Hallam University: Developing Global Graduates at Home

• 01 May 2013, Nottingham Trent University: Internationally engaged campus cultures and UK student mobility

• 12 June 2013, University of Sheffield: Improving integration in the learning environment: student and staff perspectives

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2012/13 Seminar Series

• University of Birmingham: Developing skills for successful international group work

• Durham University: Preparing students for internationalisation at home: evaluating a two-week induction programme in a one-year masters programme

• Durham University: Encouraging student discourse through the development of a scientific corpus for International Foundation Year students

• University of Kent: Talking cultures: fostering cross-curricular intercultural awareness and the development of a transferable intercultural framework

• Leeds Metropolitan University: Developing a sustainable model for fostering inter-cultural understanding and building cross-cultural capability through learning in multicultural communities

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2012/13 “Connections” Project

• Leeds Metropolitan University: Supporting staff and students in the development of a global outlook

• University of Leeds: International employability skills cascade

• Liverpool Hope University: Student experience in an interconnected and diverse world (SEID)

• University of Liverpool: Developing strategies and activities to improve interactions between home and international students and to enhance teaching and learning

• Liverpool John Moores University: "The first question you have to ask is 'What exactly is internationalisation?'" A pilot to build staff competencies for internationalisation of programmes through Continuing Professional Development

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2012/13 “Connections” Project

• University of Nottingham: Development and evaluation of ‘reusable learning objects’ (RLOs) to enhance the learning experience of international healthcare students

• University of Nottingham: International Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (iYES)

• Queen's University Belfast: Opportunities for learning and skills for employment: evaluating outcomes of international social work educational visits

• University of Reading: Creation of a global agenda in the Biosciences

• Royal Northern College of Music: Exploring cultural diversity through a shared reading scheme

• Sheffield Hallam University: Intercultural skills for employability: a toolkit for students, academics and work placement providers

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2012/13 “Connections” Project

• University of Southampton: Development of transnational work-based learning in the curriculum - an approach informed by the student experience

• University of St Andrews: A Virtual World Orientation for St Andrews

• St Mary’s University College: Using employability perceptions in Malaysia to inform the development of interventions for teaching and learning which promote a global perspective

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2012/13 “Connections” Project

• York St John University: Developing international discipline-specific academic literacies: a language awareness-raising approach

• BPP University College: POISE: Personal Orientation for an International Student Experience

• University of York: Internationalising the Curriculum – content, assessment and approaches to learning and teaching

• University of Dundee: Internationalising Professional Education

• Sheffield Hallam University: Global Citizenship: mobility and exchange

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2012/13 “Change” Programme

• University of the West of Scotland: Global Citizenship, Mobility and Employability

• Newman University College: Home and Away: Developing Intercultural capability

• University of Reading: Development of a Strategic Framework to Deliver a Global Agenda for Teaching and Learning in the Life Sciences

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2012/13 “Change” Programme

Website http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/internationalisation

• Teaching International Students Resourceshttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/teaching-international-students

• International Student Lifecycle Resource Bankhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/international-student-lifecycle

• Other internationalisation resourceshttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/internationalisation/internationalisation-resources

• 2011/12 Special Interest Group meetings for Internationalisationhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/internationalisation/sig_resources

• Going mobile Reporthttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/internationalisation/Going_Mobile

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Additional Resources

Some questions for the day

Which themes?

Which theme champions?

How will we report/ disseminate?

What are the key challenges for teaching, learning, assessment and the student experience?

Can we form an enquiry network to investigate these issues?

Listening Triads: Roles

In turn take on the roles of questioner, respondent and listener:

Questioner: use the questions on the next slide and your own queries to promote and prompt the respondent’s thinking about internationalisation; listen carefully so that you structure the ‘interview’ appropriately

Respondent: take time to review the questions in relation to your experiences and beliefs and respond in detail;

Listener: listen actively and carefully to the conversation and make a record of key themes, experiences and issues emerging; you need to be ready to review the conversation with your colleagues

Listening Triads: Questions

These questions will get you started, but add in other queries that you

have as ‘questioner’ as you listen to your colleague:

• Can you identify a specific example of how you’ve internationalised the curriculum?

• What were the challenges?• What were the outcomes?• Who benefited?• What might you do differently next time?

inter-disciplinary enquiry network

• teacher-led inter-disciplinary enquiry network

• based on Equal Acclaim for Teaching Excellence (EquATE) programme, a programme led by the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLaT) at Newcastle University

• theorising professional practice

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cflat/EQUATE.htm

The structure of the enquiry in the Equal Acclaim for Teaching Excellence (EQUATE) programme

First cycle of enquiry - scoping studies

Poster session

Second deductive cycle of enquiry

Conference

Journal papers/book

Professional enquiry through action research

PLAN

DO

REVIEW

PLAN

DO

REVIEWExploratory/

Inductive Cycle

Negotiated/ Deductive Cycle

Share findings

Professional Enquiry through Action Research

McKernan’s Action Research Model (1996)

PLAN

DO

REVIEW

Systematically

collected

evidence

Make the findings public

‘Systematic enquiry made public’ (Stenhouse 1985)

EquATE case studies

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Examples of case studies

MEDIC Dentistry, Medical Sciences,

Medical Education,

Psychology

8 2 Dentistry students’ experience of

managing their emotional

intelligence during oral surgery

SAGE Computing Science; Chemical

Engineering; Agriculture,

Food and Rural Development

3 4 Understanding internationalisation

of home students for

improvements to curriculum

design

HASS MFL, Education,

Architecture, Historical

Studies; Business

5 10 Impact of an autonomous learning

programme (ALP) on language

students’ development and

learning

Service

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Library, Career Service,

Language Centre 4 2

The impact of targeted sessions on

international students’

conceptions of assessment

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS 20 18 

Sources of evidence

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Peer feedbac

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Personal action

& reflecti

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Student learnin

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Student feedbac

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The case study can act as:

A frame: a structure for supporting the articulation of ontological and epistemological beliefs

A lens: a process through which different ideas and understandings about practice and enquiry can be shared

A scaffold: supporting strategic developments

A measure: a way of capturing change that has occurred (Hall, 2011)

A catalytic tool (Knorr-Cetina, 2001, cited in Robson, Wall and Lofthouse, 2013) for professional learning

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Proposed dates for future meetings

23/24 April               ABS Conference10th May                  London3-4 July 2013    HEA Conference, Warwick                      

• WebsiteDetails of events, resources and fundinghttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/internationalisation http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources

• Mailing listSign up at heasig@newcastle.ac.uk and send us news of innovations, projects, events etc. related to internationalisation of the curriculum

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