Global Connections: 2025 Migration Project
'Across Borders: A Transdisciplinary Dialogue on Migration' (6-27 November)
In November, 50 students from Warwick, Cergy Paris University, Pompeu Fabra University, and the University of Ljubljana participated in the 2025 Global Connections Cross-university Migration Project.
After an online session to introduce the concept to students, they worked in cross-university, cross-level and cross-disciplinary teams to reflect on an aspect of migration and produce an artefact in the medium of their choice. (This approach is inspired by IATL’s Student-Devised Assessment at the University of Warwick). Teams also had to present their artefact in a pre-recorded 10-min video presentation before taking part in an online Q&A with an academic discussant and peers from other groups.
Academic discussants:
- Dr Heather Meyer
- Dr Nicola Hamer
- Gabriel du Plessis
- Prof Marie-Pierre Arrizabalaga (Cergy Paris University)
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Prof. dr. Andreja Žgajnar Gotvajn (University of Ljubljana)
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Prof Sílvia Morgades-Gil (Pompeu Fabra University)
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Maša Legan (University of Ljubljana)
Students produced a variety of research-informed artefacts such as letters, ads, posters, social media accounts, collages, zines, etc. The CLC members were impressed by the quality of the work and the creativity deployed. This activity was embedded in the students’ curriculum for Cergy, Ljubljana and Warwick, which means that their mark for this EUTOPIA project will count, to some capacity, in their overall mark for their home module.
Students felt that participating in the project enriched their experience:
“It improved my communication with people from different academic and cultural backgrounds and was engaging.”
[I liked] “The multicultural aspect, we learned a lot about migration issues and it was very nice to be free to create our own format.”
To learn more about the Warwick module that this activity is part of, please head to the Global Connections module page.
Online introduction session on November 6th.