Sheila Trahar, University of Bristol BAICE is proud to present Listening to Academic Voices: International Stories of the UK Experience, an online publication resulting from a BAICE funded project led by Dr Sheila Trahar from the University of Bristol. Listening to Academic Voices reflects the rapid changes we are experiencing in higher education. It is a compilation of reflective writing from four international academics from different backgrounds in the UK and an editorial by Dr Trahar. Click here to get…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Bristol September 2009 The main purpose of the event was to initiate conversations with colleagues from mainland Europe who are researching and publishing in the field of cross-cultural complexities in learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. This project was funded by BAICE and ESCalate. Participants travelled from throughout the UK, from Sweden and the Netherlands. For full report of the event click here.
Continue ReadingInternationalising Education Research Cultures and Graduate Training: BAICE East of England Partnership Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia May-June 2009 Through funding from BAICE, two linked workshops were held in May and June 2009, with the aim of establishing an East of England partnership to bring together staff and graduate students working on educational or education-related research in the Centre for Commonwealth Education and the Centre for Education and International Development in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and…
Continue ReadingCultural Relationships in PhD Supervision: a symposium to explore the experiences of international doctoral students and supervisors in UK universities University of Brighton 14th May 2009 The Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton held a Symposium on 14th May 2009, designed to encourage discussion and debate among supervisors and international doctoral students about the influence of cultural factors on cross-cultural doctoral supervision. This event was funded by BAICE, in conjunction with the University of Brighton;and the…
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