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Internationalisation: Extending and Deepening Participation – a Case Study

Internationalisation: Extending and Deepening Participation – a Case Study. Graham Meeson and Joy Clews. Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln. Founded in 1862 as Lincoln Training College. BG in 1962; University College in 2006. Specialised in teacher training until mid 1990s.

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Internationalisation: Extending and Deepening Participation – a Case Study

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  1. Internationalisation: Extending and Deepening Participation – a Case Study Graham Meeson and Joy Clews

  2. Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln • Founded in 1862 as Lincoln Training College. • BG in 1962; University College in 2006. • Specialised in teacher training until mid 1990s. • Around 2,000 students. • Single campus in Lincoln.

  3. BG’s students • Local. • Low participation neighbourhoods. • Low income families. • Low socio-economic groups. • Low BME. • Limited international experience. • Become local teachers.

  4. Internationalisation at BG • ‘The process of integrating an international/intercultural dimensions into the teaching, research and service functions of the University.’ (Knight (1994)). • Long established work in this area (Bosnia, Pakistan). • Strategy introduced as part of the Corporate Plan (2007–10).

  5. Strategy - Strands • Strands: • the provision of educational consultancy and continuing professional development to an international market; • the recruitment of students from international markets; • helping all our students to develop a global perspective, through their programmes and exchange opportunities.

  6. Effects • Effects: • immediate, by challenging and changing views of the world; • personal, by raising the aspirations of students - and later as graduates - to travel and have maturing life experiences; • educational, by bringing new perspectives to our teaching and research; • extended, by giving our graduates a programme of experience with an international dimension we will be having an impact upon those with who they work; • institutional, by becoming a more diverse and tolerant institution.

  7. Internationalisation - Supporting structures • Vice Principal (External Affairs). • International Co-ordinator. • Internationalisation Working Group. • Links with other committees and working groups. • Operationalised through a number of activities.

  8. Broadening experiences • Exchange. • Volunteering. • Educational visits. • BG Foundation.

  9. Developing understanding • Critical due to characteristics and exit routes of BG students. • Auditing and developing learning opportunities. • Examples: • ‘Beyond Curriculum Boundaries’; • Geography; • Music; • Theology; • English.

  10. Raising aspirations • Growing engagement. • Before, during and after studies. • Summer Schools. • Growing bids for funds from the BG Foundation.

  11. What next? • Further embedding of the strategy into the curriculum. • Enhancing the summer school activities. • Developing links with “international” alumni. • Growing SU involvement. • Strategy 2010-13.

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