Learning Beyond Borders - How do I do it?
Are you interested in learning more about Learning Beyond Borders? Are you eager to contribute your ideas and perspectives in this strategic area? Whether you are a student or a staff member, IATL has something for you.
Explore the wide range of opportunities available and learn how IATL can assist and empower you.
Staff
Strategies to ‘Reconceptualise the ‘Classroom’
If you are interested in learning more about student engagement on modules or programmes, beyond borders and disciplines, Dr Elena Riva and Dr Heather Meyer explore strategies for higher education practitioners to reconceptualise the notion of ‘classroom’Link opens in a new window to facilitate higher engagement, and more flexibility in learning across disciplines and borders.
Become a guest contributor on a IATL module
IATL's modules are collaborative, and feature a range of voices from our academic community and beyond. We strive to build ‘Global Classrooms’, and as such, our modules feature strategies to encourage internationalisation.
We are always looking for new Guest Speakers with diverse backgrounds and international experiences on all of our modules to provide important disciplinary and multi-, inter-, trans- disciplinary as well as professional insights into the learning environment.
Please feel free to reach out to IATL’s Director of Studies (Heather.Meyer@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window) to enquire.
Wellbeing Pedagogies for International and Intercultural Integration
Are you interested in creating a learning environment that is wellbeing-positive for international students?
Indeed, many students at Warwick, from undergraduates to postgraduates, have highlighted the challenge of cultural integration affecting their wellbeing in and out of the learning environment.
Our researchLink opens in a new window uncovers issues like stigma, cultural misunderstandings, and lack of cohesion among students and staff. Both groups identify the learning environment as a key space for integration efforts. We believe teaching practices can play a vital role in fostering a multicultural and integrated community within higher education institutions.
Explore some ideas on how to achieve this engaging with Wellbeing Pedagogies for International and Intercultural IntegrationLink opens in a new window!
Students
Feature your work in the IATL Assessment Exhibition
Championing the ‘global classroom’ and learning beyond borders, IATL is delighted to host a digital platform that showcases the originality of the assessment work that students produce on IATL modules.
If you are particularly proud of your work produced on an IATL assignment, and would like to share it in an online space, please consider participating to the IATL Assessment ExhibitionLink opens in a new window!
We encourage all IATL UG and PG students to consider showcasing and celebrating their work in this space – highlighting that while produced on an assessed module, the value of the work can extend far beyond the classroom.
Present your Undergraduate Research at ICUR
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Would you like to share your work with an international audience? Gain experience presenting at a conference and communicating your research across borders and disciplines? If so this is for you!
IATL organises The International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) each year. This is a two-day academic conference that showcases undergraduate research from around the world. It provides undergraduate researchers with a unique opportunity to present their research in real-time, video-linked sessions from their home campus.
Explore the Interdisciplinary MSc Humanitarian Engineering
If you are considering postgraduate study and are interested in acquiring interdisciplinary skills that covers themes of UN Sustainable Development, have a look at the IATL-incubated MSc Humanitarian EngineeringLink opens in a new window.
This postgraduate programme is the integration of Engineering with Science, the Humanities and Social Sciences to invent, create, design, develop, or improve technologies which promote the well-being of poor, marginalised, under-served communities and, communities which face global challenges. Check it out!
Brand New IATL Module on Intercultural Communication for You!
IATL is offering a brand new module from the academic year 2024/25 that will facilitate your ability to communicate with others from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
This module approaches the theory and practice of intercultural communication in an accessible and interdisciplinary way by drawing on your diverse perspectives and experiences to unpack the complex relationship between communication and culture. It will also encourage you to think critically about the ways culture has been conceptualised in research and in society.
Explore the moduleLink opens in a new window and consider taking part in it!
Participate in our EUTOPIA Global Connections Learning Community Events
Would you like to build a new international network of peers, gain points towards the Warwick Award, and participate in a collaborative, transdisciplinary project to build up your CV?
Each year the EUTOPIA Global Connections Learning Community (led by Dr Heather Meyer IATL) hosts two collaborative online international learning (COIL) opportunities available to all UG and PGT/PGR students at Warwick on globally oriented, transdisciplinary topics.
If you are looking to gain experience working in international, cross-disciplinary teams, and/or are interested in global issues, please consider joining usLink opens in a new window!
Students and Staff
Submit a Research Paper to Reinvention an International Journal of Undergraduate Research
Would you like to gain experience in publishing your academic work?
Reinvention is an established open-access peer-review journal, dedicated to the publication of high-quality undergraduate student research. It welcomes academic research papers from all disciplinary areas and all universities, written by undergraduate students, or papers written collaboratively by undergraduate students and academics.
Reinvention is edited by a student editorial board, publishing new issues twice a year in April and October along with occasional special issues by IATL.
Interested in submitting a paper? Visit: Information for AuthorsLink opens in a new window
Develop and deliver your 'Beyond Borders' ideas and interventions
Do you have an idea for supporting international students? Have you always wanted to explore ways to create a 'global classroom'?
IATL offers Project Funding for Students and Staff, with the intention of supporting exciting projects that align with our IATL Strategy.
Have a look at our Project Funding page for more information on how we can support your research, creativity, enterprise and collaborations across borders and disciplines!