Case Stories
Case stories developed through the Teaching International Students project. These stories from students and teaching staff illustrate the issues for international students and provide concrete suggestions for improvement. These illustrate the issues and demonstrate that people are not alone in experiencing difficulties and they often need to experiment and persevere
A student's account of language problems in international study despite speaking good English
A Student's account of tackling university administration
A student's account of viewing notions of learning through different parameters
A teacher's account of how grouping local and international students better addressed learning needs
Dealing with unacceptable writing strategies in an MBA Marketing module
Developing intercultural communication and friendships
Dimetra talks about studying psychology in the UK as an international student
Federica talks about support for academic and scientific writing
Fiona gives some guidance on managing student expectations when giving feedback
Lisha talks about a different perspective of sharing work
Lisha talks about international students' financial status and employability back home
Lisha talks about learning a new approach to problem solving
Managing plagiarism through policy and practice
Maria talks about avoiding and detecting plagiarism with International Students
Muttaqi from Pakistan talks about the pressures of doing a Masters in 9 months
Neo talks about learning to be more active in class discussion
Olivia talks about the hardships involved in learning a language
Professor Helen Higson talks about developing a foundation module specifically for overseas students
Ruslan talks about encountering cultural differences as an international student
Szerenke talks about discovering a new way of approaching lectures as an international student
Teaching East-Asian students: Some observations
The experiences of two Chinese students on placement in Australian schools
Tinghua talks about learning a new approach to writing academic papers
Tobias talks about adjusting to an ‘English University’ after study in Germany & France
Unmet Expectations: Experiences of Clinical Practice from International Nursing Students
Using screen-capture movies to help international students transition to UK higher education
Working with students from the People’s Republic of China
Xi talks about how studying a course in a different language can take extra time