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Internationalisation - People & Culture Series

OD is delighted to be working in partnership with departments across the university to offer this second series of events supporting internationalisation. All staff have a contribution to make and the range of areas where staff connect with internationalisation is broad, including - design of programmes, teaching practice, student welfare, staff and student mobility, collaboration and making students feel welcome.

Open to all staff, the lunchtime series contains -

two workshops which have been refreshed and revised from last time round, for those who missed out
three new workshops
a guest speaker half day event led by Jude Carroll of Oxford Brookes University

These active workshops offer you the opportunity to share successes and to get real guidance on challenges you may face in supporting our international agenda. The workshop dates and times are shown below – for more information on workshop content please click here.

Workshops are open to all GCU staff, and soup and sandwiches will be available. To secure your place on any/all of these workshops or if have you any questions please contact OD at OD@gcu.ac.uk or call 0141 273 1352.

Exchange – overcoming the barriers International Office	Mon 28th February	12:30 – 14:00	A426c
Erasmus – a beginner’s guide International Office	Fri 11th March	12:30 – 14:00	A526
Learning and teaching in the multicultural classroom Caledonian Academy	Wed 23rd March	12:30 – 14:00	A426c
Embedding language development in the curriculum Learner Support	Wed 13th April	12:30 – 14:00	CPD01
External Speaker Event - ‘Converting applicants into students’ and ‘Integrating students outside of their home or cultural groups’. Jude Carroll – Oxford Brookes University	Tues 10th May	12:00 - 16:00	Caledonian Academy Insight Area, H113
Jobs – perceptions, expectations and reality Academic Support & Employability	Wed 18th May Please note change of date	12:30 – 14:00	A526 Please note change of venue

Event aimed at Academic Heads of Department

Implementing the International Strategy

Guest speaker event

Thursday 14th January 2010

Venue: CPD 08

Time: 09:30 – 12:30

Internationalising Higher Educations

Professor Elspeth Jones
International Dean, Leeds Metropolitan University

About Elspeth Jones

Elspeth Jones is Professor of the Internationalisation of Higher Education and International Dean at Leeds Metropolitan University. She is responsible for leading the University's ambitious internationalisation plans. These include all aspects of the international student experience, from recruitment to alumni relations, internationalisation for home students, and associated staff development.

Elspeth has many years' experience of learning, assessment and cross-cultural issues for students from a wide variety of nationalities and cultural backgrounds. Her output includes Internationalising Higher Education (edited with Sally Brown) (Routledge 2007), Setting the Agenda for Languages in Higher Education (edited with David Head, Mike Kelly and Teresa Tinsley) (CILT, 2003) and is currently editing her next book entitled, Internationalisation: the Student Voice.

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