Global Connections (EUTOPIA)
Assessment
On this module, students complete two assignments (an ePortfolio and a Student-Devised Assessment) that are specifically designed encourage an exploration of students’ own interests on globally-oriented themes; a critical engagement with complex, transdisciplinary global problems; a critical reflection on their learning journey through the EUTOPIA weeks, and towards an academically rigorous research project (the SDA) as the final output.
This module is an official learning unit of the European University Alliance, EUTOPIA. As such, students engage in a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project with students from across Europe, and reflect on this experience as a part of their ePortfolio assignment. See examples of Student-Devised projects produced by COIL groups on the theme of ‘Migration’. Scroll down to find out more about the EUTOPIA Student-Devised Projects created by students on this module and international partners. The ePortfolio (reflective journal) assignment is now (as of 2024/25) linked to this EUTOPIA experience.
For the final Student-Devised Assessment, students will select their own research question/hypothesis/point of inquiry to explore in a medium of their choice. (See ‘Demystifying the Student Devised Assessment’). It is a deliberately flexible, radically student-led project and all students receive plenty of tailored support from the Module Convenor to develop their project (including undergoing a Peer Review). Assessment criteria are similar to that of the ePortfolio.
As a transdisciplinary module, students are encouraged and supported to critically approach and apply a diverse range of sources, perspectives on knowledge, and explore transversing academic, personal and professional boundaries to reach conclusions on points of inquiry. All are encouraged to challenge academic conventions seen in traditional research culture(s) to achieve a transdisciplinary research output by the end of the module.
Press Play: A Global Connections podcast
by Alyssa Gibbons
2023/2024
Am I a Global Citizen?
by Anjali Patel
2021
Swapping One Island For Another
by Chelsea Tang-Chow
2021
Different Voices - Different Worlds
by David Silver
2021
Our Global Kitchen
by Josephina Abuah
2021
What is Globalisation?
by Michael Adcock
2021
Blog E-Portfolio
by Naomi Olteanu
2021
Us Versus Them
by Olamide Ajisafe
2021
Time to Dance
by Yanni Zhou
2021
Eutopia Projects
Students on Global Connections (EUTOPIA) (IL014/IL114) have the opportunity during class time to connect with students from Universities across Europe to produce a small Student-Devised Project with their peers across borders. The globally-oriented and transdisciplinary theme is ‘Migration’, and Warwick students can use this COIL project as a pre-assessment activity to acquaint themselves with the expectations of the final assessment component on the module: the Student-Devised Assessment (SDA).
Therefore, this EUTOPIA collaboration serves not only to connect students with different disciplinary backgrounds, cultural perspectives, and experiences (and therefore enhancing intercultural communication and awareness), it also aids in tackling the ‘fear of the unknown’ that can be experienced when facing an interdisciplinary assessment programme.
Participants receive an international certificate issued by EUTOPIA, and can earn points towards the Warwick Award.
For more information on this initiative click HERE.