Intercultural Learning and Development |
Theme: Becoming interculturally competent – skills, attitudes, new thinking Indicative research questions
Projects Developing 'Global Graduate' Competency (Resource Development Project)This project, which is collaborative with the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB), is addressing the needs reported in CIHE's 'Global Graduates into Global Leaders' paper by developing an interactive e-Course for undergraduates.
Campus IntegrationIn collaboration with the International Office, we are actively involved in researching and promoting campus integration. Research: We have added some additional questions to the International Student Barometer and Student Barometer surveys to explore levels of reported integration across campus in terms of multicultural friendships and multicultural groupwork, as well as students' attitudes towards it. These surveys are run twice a year (once in the autumn and once in the early summer) and we have now obtained a large databank of responses. We are currently in the process of analysing that data. Integration Summits: In collaboration with the International Office, UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) and the National Union of Students (NUS), we have established regular integration summits. The main target audience is international offices staff and NUS staff in universities across the UK, and the aim is to explore issues of campus integration from an operational perspective. For details of the Integration Summits so far, along with video recordings of the plenary talks, please visit our Public Engagement Global Engineers, Global People?This project is being carried out at the University of Leuven, Belgium, with assistance from WACC staff. Engineering undergraduates at the University of Leuven take a compulsory module in intercultural communication and, as part of that course, they are asked to study the Global People Competency Framework, which includes explanations and examples. Data collected so far has focused on students' perceptions of the relative usefulness of the framework, examples of how they have applied it to their lives, and their suggestions for improvement. Findings to date were presented at the 41st SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education) Conference, 16-20 September 2013, Leuven, Belgium. Click here
Several of our MSc students have undertaken work placements in engineering companies, including Audi, BMW and Changan Automobiles,carrying out projects related to intercultural skills. 'Global Engineers' Intercultural Network (Network Project)We are building a small network of engineers and interculturalists who are interested in researching and developing the intercultural skills needed by engineers. This has started with a small amount of funding from the University of Warwick's International Partnership Fund to establish links with the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Tokyo, Japan. We held our first workshop in March 2013 (2 days, 14-15 March) at the University of Warwick, and the second will be held in Tokyo in May 2014. The aim is to explore areas of synergy and ways in which we can collaborate in research and/or the development of training materials.
Global TIES (Training in Intercultural Effectiveness) for Work (Resource Development Project)Through this project we have developed an e-Course, Global TIES, to train professionals and graduates in 'global skills for the workplace'. There is a blended version of the course, with live interactive video-conference sessions to supplement the e-Course, and there is also a standalone version.
The Globally-oriented Curriculum
This project built on the outcomes of the Global People Project and developed a framework for conceptualising the 'global skills' that students need at different stages of their university career in order to prepare them for the world of work.
The Global People Project
This project formed Phase 3 of the eChina-UK Programme
Our deliverables were as follows:
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