Internationalisation of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education Conference

HEA/UKCISA Teaching International Students (TIS) project conference in partnership with the Centre for Academic Practice and Research in Internationalisation (CAPRI), and the Centre for Internationalised Curriculum and Networking (CICIN)

Parallel sessions 11:00 - 12:00

• Perceptions of quality and approaches to studying in higher education: A comparative study of Chinese and British postgraduate students at six British business schools -  Professor John Richardson, Open University
• Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of two projects using student voice and technology to personalise the experience - Dr Monika Foster, Edinburgh Napier University
• Pathologies of Silence? Reflecting on international learner identities amidst the classroom chatter  - Dr Yvonne Turner, Robert Gordon University
• Towards the global citizen: utilising a competency framework to promote intercultural knowledge and skills in HE students - Mr Stuart Reid and Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey, University of Warwick
• Inviting stories of difference: An inquiry into the experiences of new international academic staff using narrative analysis  - Dr Wendy Green, University of Queensland
• Facilitating and monitoring internationalisation of the curriculum at Hogeschool van Amsterdam - Dr J.W.M (Hans) de Wit and Jos Beelen, University of Amsterdam
• Analysis of critical thinking skills across a global, cross-institutional student group - Mrs Linda Gray, University of Sheffield; Professor Mike Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Mr Chris Corker, Sheffield Hallam University and Dr Kenisha Garnett, Sheffield International College
• Changing trends in the flow of international human capital: From the perspective of foreign-trained elite PhD Chinese in America, Britain and Australia - Tinghua Zhou, Monash University
• An exploration of approaches that aim to better-engage international students with their peers in group- and project-based work on engineering degree programmes - Dr Simon Steiner, Dr Andrew McLaren and Dr Richard Dales, Engineering Subject Centre

Parallel sessions 13:45 - 14:45

• Developing intercultural competence: the challenges for learning, teaching and assessment - Ms Deborah Corder, Auckland University of Technology
• A scaffolding framework for dialogicality, or: reanimating assessment terms with dialogue through an ‘anti-glossary’ approach. - Mr Kendall Richards, Edinburgh Napier University
• A mismatch of expectations? An exploration of international students’ perceptions of employability skills and work-related learning - Mrs Sabine McKinnon, Glasgow Caledonian University
• Capitalising on a multicultural learning environment: using group work as a mechanism for student integration - Dr Christine Edmead, Dr Sabina Gheduzzi, Dr Martin Balchin and Dr Jill Porter, University of Bath
• Developing Insight into the complex world of diverse postgraduate classrooms - Dr Elizabeth Williamson, Glasgow Caledonian University
• Student trainers can support the engagement and participation of international students - Dr Margarida Dolan
• Reception and orientation of international students - Mrs Tricia Coverdale-Jones, University of Portsmouth
• Talking at cross purposes: Intercultural friendship on the international campus - Dr Joy Van Hellvert, University of Essex 

Parallel sessions 14:15 - 16:15

• Elearning, communities of practice and internationalisation - Dr Karen McKenzie and Mr Tim Fawns, University of Edinburgh
• Long stay international students' experiences of the multicultural campus; choices and trajectories - Tony Shannon-Little, University of Wolverhampton
• Assessing intercultural competences in a global perspective - Dr J.W.M (Hans) de Wit, University of Amsterdam
• One World Week: Do such events promote new ways of thinking and acting? - Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey and Mr. Stephen Williams, University of Warwick
• Future curriculum for future graduates? Rethinking higher education curriculum for a globalised world - Dr Catherine Montgomery, Northumbria University
• Are UK Higher Education institutions developing interculturally competent students? Rhetoric and reality - Ms Caprice Lantz, Psychology Network
• Intercultural communication in Higher Education through reflective dialogue - Dr Helen Kaufmann, University of Oxford