New to International modules

How long is each module?

You can choose how long to spend on each module. You could skim read the text of each in about half an hour, or to engage more fully with the text and the activities might take you approximately one and a half to two hours. Some of the activities could be done in more depth, eg by researching a particular aspect of your institution's provision, or engaging with some of the reading and resources suggested at the end of each module.

What modules are available?

Click on the module name below to see the learning objectives for each module.

Getting started	Internationalisation
Cultural awareness	Communicating across cultures
Keeping safe	Partnerships
The international student journey	Outward mobility
Education systems and cultures	What next?

Module details

• Getting started will help you
• think about how you fit into international activity in your organisation
• identify internal and external resources available to help you
• provide an ethical framework for your work
• Internationalisation will help you
  • understand what internationalisation and globalisation mean for education
  • consider how institutions manage their international activity
• Cultural awareness will help you
  • understand dimensions of cultural difference and how these affect your work
  • consider the nature and impact of culture shock
• Communicating across cultures will help you
  • identify the different forms of communication you use regularly
  • consider how cultural differences can affect communication
  • learn to communicate effectively with people from other cultures
• Keeping safe will help you
  • understand when and how to use risk assessments
  • identify how to help internationally mobile students and staff stay safe at your institution and abroad
  • deal with crises affecting international students on campus or UK students and staff abroad
  • make safe plans for international travel
• Partnerships will help you
  • put partnerships in the context of achieving your institution's international strategy
  • identify issues in managing international partnerships throughout their development
  • understand the legal and cultural issues which are particular to international partnerships
• The international student journey will help you
• consider the "student journey" from the student's perspective
• identify areas where mobile students may need support
• consider how support is structured in your institution, and different models for providing support
• identify sources of information and good practice in the sector
• Outward mobility will help you
  • understand the pros and cons of studying or working abroad as part of a UK degree for both the student and  the institution
  • consider the arrangements which need to be in place to support outward student mobility at each stage of the process
• Education systems and cultures will help you
  • identify ways in which educational systems differ
  • learn about some issues UK institutions need to address when receiving international students from other educational traditions
  • consider how to prepare UK students to study in other countries
  • explore credential evaluation issues (including fraud) and identiy sources of expertise in this area
  • become aware of the international frameworks that impinge on international recognition and credit transfer
  • understand what English language tests tell us (and what they don’t)
• What next? will help you
  • identify next steps for your continuing professional development

Try our taster or register online

You can register online for our free taster module. To enrol for the whole course, contact our Training Administrator. Registration is free for all staff at UKCISA member institutions, or available to non-members at a cost of £100 per person.