Went to the L&T Conference today, which was enjoyable.
So glad I carry crayons
Loads of ideas about working with international students... a brain dump:
- Need to create early opportunities for international students to make friends with British students
- They would really value field trips
- The extent of alienation international students feel is on every level - homesick, language, culture, society, study methods
- Confucian constructs DO have criticism but it's internal - we have external criticism - remember they do not even have freedom of speech!
- I really want to teach MKT3017 next year - I could do a lot more with them and the module now I understand their profile (recommendations already put into module review document)
Other highlights..
Also I spoke to Caroline Stainton about continuing research, found out there is a journal I can get an article into, also she will help me to work on a proposal for an HEA bid to further NILE.
URB@N: Charlotte did her poster presentation. Bit of a shambles as there wasn't enough space, but she seemed to be buzzing and did a good job.
Saw a thinly veiled sales pitch from QuestionMark - online testing software. I may have been a bit harsh. Software looks great, but since we don't have it and it's not free... but he did make a compelling argument for testing as a method of learning. I'd like to do it.
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