Role
As Head of Global Student Opportunities, Dr Rounsaville’s remit focuses on developing and overseeing projects that help all students (UK/EU/international) to internationalise their learning experience during their time at NTU. She oversees the University's central Study Abroad team who, working closely with Academic Schools, facilitate long-term and short-term mobility opportunities for students as well as virtual exchanges, and are responsible for the University’s bids for mobility funding from the UK government.
Her remit also includes oversight of the Global Student Experience team which is responsible for providing social support to our international students and opportunities for integration for all students. Two of the main projects on which she leads that support these goals are the Global Lounges and Global Week, these projects received two NUS-UKCISA awards in 2016 for Innovation in Internationalising the Student Experience and Excellence in International Student Support.
In addition, Dr Rounsaville manages NTU’s partnership with Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC), working closely with NTU and NTIC staff to ensure smooth progression of nearly 500 students to NTU each year. She also works to enhance the student experience for NTIC progressors during their time at NTIC, and support their continuation and attainment of a good degree during their studies at NTU.
The work of Dr Rounsaville and her team contributed to NTU being awarded first place in the International category for the Whatuni? Student Choice Awards in 2016 and 2022.
Career overview
Dr Rounsaville’s career in International Education began when she worked as an English teacher in Japan on the JET Programme from 1996 – 1999. This experience sparked her interest in promoting internationalisation and working with students from different cultures. Upon returning home to the U.S. after JET, she managed the American part of the JET Programme from the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. until 2004. From 2004 – 2006, she managed the National Security Education Fellowships which fund American postgraduates to study the cultures and languages of countries not traditionally studied in U.S. education. In 2006, Dr Rounsaville moved to the UK to study for a PhD in International Education at the University of Nottingham which she completed in 2012. She has worked for Nottingham Trent University since April 2013, first as the University’s Internationalisation Coordinator and in early 2016, with the establishment of the NTU Global team, became the Global Student Experience Manager.
Research areas
As Head of Global Student Opportunities, Dr Rounsaville’s remit focuses on developing and overseeing projects that help all students (UK/EU/international) to internationalise their learning experience during their time at NTU. She oversees the University's central Study Abroad team who, working closely with Academic Schools, facilitate long-term and short-term mobility opportunities for students as well as virtual exchanges, and are responsible for the University’s bids for mobility funding from the UK government.
Her remit also includes oversight of the Global Student Experience team which is responsible for providing social support to our international students and opportunities for integration for all students. Two of the main projects on which she leads that support these goals are the Global Lounges and Global Week, these projects received two NUS-UKCISA awards in 2016 for Innovation in Internationalising the Student Experience and Excellence in International Student Support.
In addition, Dr Rounsaville manages NTU’s partnership with Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC), working closely with NTU and NTIC staff to ensure smooth progression of nearly 500 students to NTU each year. She also works to enhance the student experience for NTIC progressors during their time at NTIC, and support their continuation and attainment of a good degree during their studies at NTU.
The work of Dr Rounsaville and her team contributed to NTU being awarded first place in the International category for the Whatuni? Student Choice Awards in 2016 and 2022.
Publications
Rounsaville, C. (2022). The Next Generation: Using family history to make learning personal, current and beneficial to the future of young people. Family History Federation Really Useful Bulletin, 18 (February), 13.
Gann, R., Kirk, S.H., Newstead, C. and Rounsaville, C., 2019. The opportunities and challenges of using tools or checklists to assist with internationalising the curriculum. In: S. KIRK, C. NEWSTEAD, R. GANN and C. ROUNSAVILLE, eds., Conference proceedings of the 1st Trent Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT) - NTU Global Conference: Internationalising the Curriculum: Internationalisation at Home and Engaging Academic Staff, 14 July 2016, 77-88 Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University.
Kirk, S., Newstead, C., Gann, R. and Rounsaville, C., 2019. Conference proceedings of the 1st Trent Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT) - NTU Global Conference: Internationalising the Curriculum: Internationalisation at Home and Engaging Academic Staff, 14 July 2016. Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University.
Rounsaville, C. (2018). Promising Practice: NTU’s Global Lounges. In Yakaboski, T. and Perozzi, B. (Eds.), Internationalizing US student affairs practice: An intercultural and inclusive framework, 98-101. Routledge.
Kirk, S., Newstead, C., Gann, R. & Rounsaville, C. (2018). Empowerment and Ownership in Effective Internationalisation of the Higher Education Curriculum. Higher Education 76(6), 989–1005: doi:10.1007/s10734-018-0246-1
Newstead, C., Gann, R., Kirk, S. and Rounsaville, C., 2016. Disciplinary perspectives on internationalising the curriculum. York: Higher Education Academy.
Rounsaville, C. 2011. Cutbacks in student immigration: Reflecting on the lessons learned from the US experience. COMPARE: A journal of comparative and international education, 41(6), 853-856.
Rounsaville, C. 2011. ‘Doctoring Change’. In Trahar, S. (Ed.), The Doctorate: international stories of the UK experience, 28-34. Joint publication of The Higher Education Academy and ESCalate.
Rounsaville, C. 2010. Book review of ‘Globalisation and Europeanisation in education’. COMPARE: A journal of comparative and international education, 40(5), 678-679.
Gu, Q., Schweisfurth, M., Day, C., and Li, F. (2009). Research Assistant and Contributor. Transitions and Transformations at Home and Abroad: The Impact of Internationalisation on the Student Self, a report to the Economic and Social Research Council.
Academy for Educational Development (AED) (2006). Contributor. Handbook for Hosting: The AED Guide to Welcoming U.S. Students to Your Campus. Washington, D.C.