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Let’s get together!

Let’s get together! Can improved integration in the classroom between international and domestic students lead to better learning outcomes for all?. Presenters. Julie Barnaby j.barnaby@leedsmet.ac.uk. Helen Thompson h.thompson@leedsmet.ac.uk. The course. BA (Hons.) Accounting and Finance

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Let’s get together!

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  1. Let’s get together! Can improved integration in the classroom between international and domestic students lead to better learning outcomes for all?

  2. Presenters Julie Barnabyj.barnaby@leedsmet.ac.uk Helen Thompson h.thompson@leedsmet.ac.uk

  3. The course BA (Hons.) Accounting and Finance Typical intake 200 students per year Partnership with Sino British College (SBC) , Shanghai SBC students study final year of degree in the UK (usually around 60 students)

  4. Background to the study • Our experiences in the classroom • Prospect of significantly increased intake of students from SBC in September 2013 (120 students potentially joining our final year of 160 students) • Analysis of student performance – significant drop in semester 1 marks for SBC students, tends to recover to an extent in semester 2

  5. Thought we had better do some reading…….. • Key themes emerging • Not just induction • Need for active management • Importance of informal curriculum • Engagement of home students

  6. What have we done so far? • Pre-arrival survey • Focus group with completing SBC students • Integration Champions • Events • Student reflections • Social Networking • Evaluation of impact of events – on students, staff, admin colleagues

  7. Reflections/early findings • Organisational barriers , e.g. timing of exams • Mixed responses • Some surprising elements • Need for constant interventions • Conflict in our roles as researchers and participants?

  8. Next steps • Continuing to work with the students • Focus groups early semester 2 • Earlier engagement with existing second years • Tutor engagement • How to measure ‘improved learning outcomes’?

  9. Questions • And any advice you can offer!

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