Internationalisation Symposium: Wider Potentials and Possibilities
5 May 2010

Newton Building, Lecture Theatre 1, Nottingham Trent University

Over 40 delegates attended the Internationalisation symposium with delegates from across the institution. The event was jointly organised by Michaela Borg (CASQ) and Alison Stewart (CPLD).

The following documents are available from the event:

• The programme, including abstracts
• The presentations
  • Dr Viv Caruana (Co-director of CAPRI at Leeds Metropolitan University): The internationalised curriculum: from conceptualisation to operationalisation. Presentation [PDF]
  • Dr Shiva Sivasubramaniam (School of Science and Technology, NTU): Walking with dinosaurs: internationalisation of Bioscience curricula. Presentation [PDF]
  • Dr Sarah Broadberry (School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, NTU): Experiencing international diversity in the management of zoo species. Presentation [PDF]
  • Liza Pybus (Nottingham Business School, NTU): Integrating international students into our programmes. Handout and write up of discussion notes [PDF]

Viv Caruana was commissioned to produce an annotated bibliography on internationalising the curriculum. This is available online via the Resources section of the CASQ web site.Viv sent the following message,

"Please could you pass on my thanks to other presenter and the participants too. It was great to be able to connect with a group of colleagues who have such commitment to and enthusiasm for their work in this field of endeavour."

Viv also described the work of CAPRI (Centre for Academic Practice and Research in Internationalisation) and extended an invitation to colleagues to become involved in its work:

"We need to keep the conversations going, extend them, broaden the network and consolidate our efforts globally to keep moving practice forward through scholarly research and making sure that when interventions seem to work they get out into the public domain in the form of case studies. CAPRI is the vehicle for this, with its global networks for collaboration to develop joint bids to secure research funding and its resource bank to disseminate research and showcase effective practice. It is also unique in encouraging staff in whatever role to make their contribution to the field and to cross the boundaries of practice."

Many of the participants commented that they appreciated the opportunity that the event provided to discuss issues with colleagues and to share experience and practice, an example was "The event certainly provided 'food for thought' - useful hearing about programmes and experiences" A write up of additional comments and reflections written during the event is available.

CASQ and CPLD plan to host a follow up symposium on an aspect of internationalisation in the 2011/11 academic year and this will be announced via eNews. If you wish to be involved in this or have suggestions for theme please contact Michaela Borg or Alison Stewart.