Events

BMAF Internationalisation SIG workshop

It will include the following sessions:

International Students: Induction and Acclimatisation
Laura MacFadyen, University of West Scotland 

Case Study: International Week
Gabriele Vosseberg, Director of International Relations, Hull University Business School      

Chinese Undergraduate Business students: Learning and Reflection
Aileen Watson and Bill Johnston, University of Strathclyde                                                             

Have we got it Right? International Students Views on Inclusive Teaching and Learning Practices: Joanne Smailes, Northumbria University

For further information on this workshop or the Internationalisation SIG, contact Eleanor Lloyd Jones, SIG Co-ordinator on bmaf.sig@brookes.ac.uk or 0116 236 2503. 

Attendance at the workshop is free. To book a place, please use the Booking Form link below.

Programme

Workshops and Speakers

Booking Form

The Internationalisation SIG held its fourth meeting on 13 November at the University of West Scotland, Paisley Campus.

The topic for this event was Multi-Cultural Learning, with one of the main themes emerging from the discussions being how we can facilitate multi-cultural interaction through team and group working.

The event opened with a session by Laura MacFayden, Overseas Marketing Manager at UWS who described their Induction and Acclimatisation processes and how they have adapted these to best meet the needs of students.

Gabriele Vosseberg, Director of International Relations at Hull University Business School then presented a Case Study on how they used an International Week for students and staff to build cross-cultural awareness, including corporate speakers to highlight the key skills required for international jobs.

The University of Strathclyde Business School runs an interdisciplinary Management Development Programme; Aileen Watson and Bill Johnston explained the cultural challenges that have arisen from integrating Chinese business students into the programme, and how teams within the programme are managed to give an interdisciplinary and international mix.

The final session at the workshop was led by Joanne Smailes from Northumbria University whose research into International Students' Views has been used to provide guidelines to staff to help make teaching and learning more inclusive.

Copies of the slides from all 4 presentations will be made available.

There was also a demonstration by Dr Phil Kelly, Liverpool John Moores University, of his Group Allocation Tool which relates to his research on Multi-Cultural Group Work See links below.

Presentation by Laura MacFayden, UWS

Presentation by Gabriele Vossberg, Hull

Presentation by Aileen Watson and Bill Johnston, Strathclyde

Presentation by Joanna Smailes, Northumbria

Multi-Cultural Group Work - Paper on The Group Allocation Process: Dr Phil Kelly, Liverpool Business School, 2008

Group allocation tool (Dr Phil Kelly)