Engaging in conversations about the power of inclusion related to internationalisation is important and timely. However, worldwide, a very small minority of students have the opportunity to avail of an international experience as part of their studies; this is also the case in Ireland. This is undoubtedly a missed opportunity for student development as we enter a post-globalised world.
This inaugural symposium will explore ways to make internationalisation more available to all and more inclusive at a challenging time in world history. We greatly look forward to the conversations.
Topics will include the following:
- Internationalisation at home
- Internationalisation of the curriculum
- Intercultural communication and intercultural competence
- Collaborative online international learning (COIL)
- The roles of Languages in internationalisation
- Tandem language/cultural exchange
- Internationalisation at a distance
- Internationalisation for student development.
Keynote address by Eveke De Louw
Inclusive internationalisation: lessons learned at The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Creating equal opportunities for international and intercultural learning for all our students through an internationalised home curriculum is what internationalisation at home (IaH) is aims to achieve.
More and more international educators as well as higher education institutions realise that we have to change our perspective and move from gaining international experience through mobility to designing an internationalised curriculum and from output-based to outcome-oriented internationalisation for all students. Internationalisation at Home is a comprehensive and inclusive internationalisation approach; its systemic implementation is complex as it requires the involvement of many stakeholders, including staff at all levels of the institution, from the leadership, administrators and international officers; from lecturers, educational developers and IT departments.
So how can we make sense of this complex ecosystem, and what does IaH look like in practice? In this keynote address we draw on lessons learned at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and question if IaH is truly inclusive of all.
Eveke de Louw
Eveke de Louw is an experienced internationalisation practitioner and an expert in curriculum internationalisation, with more than 20 years of experience. In her professional career at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, Eveke has performed in key coordinating roles at departmental and institutional level, ranging from International Student Co-coordinator, Coordinator of Internationalisation, and Senior International Officer.
She is currently a researcher on Internationalisation at Home and an academic developer, supporting lecturers and degree programmes in internationalising teaching and learning. Eveke is also a steering group member of the ‘Internationalisation at Home expert community’ of the European Association for International Education (EAIE) and the 2019 winner of the EAIE Award for Outstanding Contribution.
Eveke has given numerous presentations at international conferences, such as the EAIE, AIEA, and CAIE and has published on the topics of internationalisation at home and curriculum design.
For further details please contact the event organisers:
Dr Don O’Neill, Senior Lecturer, South East Technological University, (Waterford)
Dr Veronica Kelly, Senior Lecturer, South East Technological University, (Wexford)