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CGE Research Seminar on Wednesday 7th November: English Medium Instruction in Japan: Macro-level policies and micro-level practices at the nexus of language and content learning

The next Centre for Global Englishes (CGE) seminar will take place on Wednesday 7th November 2018 from 5:00pm in Lecture Theatre C (room 1175), Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar will be presented by Heath Rose from the University of Oxford and is entitled “English Medium Instruction in Japan: Macro-level policies and micro-level practices at the nexus of language and content learning”. Continue reading →

Kate Borthwick receives Vice-Chancellor’s Award

Kate Borthwick from Modern Languages at the University of Southampton has received an individual award for internationalisation as part of the 2016 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards. The awards celebrate exceptional contributions made by colleagues in the areas of collegiality, quality, internationalisation and sustainability. Receiving her award, Kate said: “This is fantastic and I am really honoured to receive this award. Continue reading →

Diamond Jubilee Project update

Diamond Jubilee project Prof Anna Mauranen, Vice Rector of the University of Helsinki, spent the week of 16th February in Modern Languages, working with Jenny Jenkins on the Diamond Jubilee project. Building on their October meetings, they finalised the details of their project, ‘Linguistic diversity on the international campus’, planning in detail the data collection methods and the analytical frameworks to be applied to each type of dataset. Continue reading →

Internationalisation a growing priority for higher education institutions worldwide

The UK Higher Education International Unit (IU) has reported on the growing importance of internationalisation for higher education institutions across the world. Reporting on recent research undertaken by the International Association of Universities (IAU) in 1,336 institutions from 131 different countries, they note that 53 per cent of higher education institutions now have an internationalisation policy/strategy with another 22 per cent reporting that they are preparing one. Continue reading →

HEA and British Council promote international mobility for students

A new report launched by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the British Council calls on UK universities to commit to securing 20% participation in mobility amongst all higher education students by 2020. The report, entitled ‘Going Mobile: Internationalisation, mobility and the European Higher Education Area’, highlights some of the challenges and opportunities for UK universities in increasing student mobility. Continue reading →

HEA and British Council promote international mobility for students

A new report launched by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the British Council calls on UK universities to commit to securing 20% participation in mobility amongst all higher education students by 2020. The report, entitled ‘Going Mobile: Internationalisation, mobility and the European Higher Education Area’, highlights some of the challenges and opportunities for UK universities in increasing student mobility. Continue reading →