This module covers:
• The meanings, history and development of internationalisation in the UK HE sector, considered in relation to institutional, national and international policy objectives, for example: The Bologna Process;
• Internationalisation and the student experience – from mono-culturalism to integration?
• Pedagogy and the internationalised HE sector (teaching students for whom English is an additional language; the academic expectations of international students; interrogating a 'Western curriculum');
• Contemporary challenges in internationalisation: Marketisation and internationalisation : a critical exploration of selling the UK student experience overseas;
• The international academic: working in a global labour market – collaborations and partnerships;
• A critical appraisal of internationalisation in practice including a consideration of the role of the University of Kent as the UK's European University.
10 hours
This module is only available to members of staff who have to complete the PGCHE as part of their probation.
This module is assessed through one 3000 word academic essay.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
At the end of the module, successful participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of the political, cultural, and educational developments that have influenced the internationalisation of the HE sector. (PGCHE Knowledge and Understanding 1 and 6) (UKPSF V4)
• Demonstrate an understanding of, and critical engagement with, current research and scholarship relating to the internationalisation of the HE sector. (PGCHE Knowledge and Understanding 1; PGCHE Intellectual Skills 1) (UKPSF K6)
• Critically analyse recent national and/or institutional policy documents which impact upon the internationalisation of the HE sector. (PGCHE Knowledge and Understanding 3; Skills and Other Attributes C3 and C4; and Transferable Skills D2.) (UKPSF K6)
• Critically reflect upon, analyse and describe your own practice and/ or the practice of others, including HEIs, in terms of internationalisation. (PGCHE Knowledge and Understanding 2; Intellectual Skills 1 and 2; Subject-specific Skills 2) (UKPSF V2)
• Demonstrate an ability to reflect critically upon HE practice. (PGCHE Transferable Skills 1,2 and 3)
• Demonstrate an ability to evaluate critically HE policy. (PGCHE Transferable Skills 1, 2 and 3)
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