What is a poster session?
Conference participants appreciate poster sessions for their intimate, in-depth discussions. The combination of text and graphics in a poster format is used as a starting point for discussion on research or new procedures and technologies being used in the internationalisation of higher education.
This year you will find a variety of posters giving you the chance to have one-on-one discussions with presenters who are passionate about their projects and research.
All presenters will be available for their presentation at the following timeslots on Friday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30.
poster 1 Staff training: tips for globalising your workforceFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster will present best practices on cross-cultural training for your employees. The success or failure of international partnerships relies upon strong communication skills. The research presented in this session will help you to develop a training programme you can use to help expand the intercultural communication skills of your employees.
Speaker: Margaret Bacheler, Holy Family University, USA
poster 2 Joint management of international placementsFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster looks at the practicum component of student’s education and proposes a joint management of international placements by the International Relations and Career Services offices. It provides guidelines to manage law placements in order to ensure maximum integration of international incoming students into the labour market, and help them to take as much advantage as possible out of their experiences abroad.
Speaker: Olga Lasaga, Universitat Abat Oliba CEU
Professional Guidance, Spain ; Mar Coll i Opisso, Universitat Abat Oliba CEU, Spain
poster 3 JOIMAN: Joint Degree Management and Administration NetworkFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster will present the JOIMAN project. The project is a network aimed at surveying the existing administrative procedures for the management of joint programmes and developing new guidelines and tools in order to overcome administrative and legal constraints in the management of joint programmes. Outcomes and methodologies will be presented.
Speaker: Francesco Girotti, University of Bologna, Italy ; Svend Poller, Universität Leipzig
International Centre, Germany
poster 4 - CANCELLED Nurturing intercultural communicative competence through study abroadFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster presents a case study of the language and (inter)cultural learning of student sojourners. Ethnographic data was supplemented by the Intercultural Development Inventory, which measured their intercultural sensitivity. This session will stimulate dialogue about multifarious factors that may affect the development of intercultural communicative competence.
Speaker: Jane Jackson, CUHK, China
poster 5 Cultural preparation for North African and Middle Eastern students coming to EuropeFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
We developed a cultural preparation course for students from North Africa and the Middle East who started, or were about to start, a study experience in Europe. It aims to improve the accessibility for the targeted students, to further knowledge and cultural awareness of European cultures, the EU and the EHEA and to increase the intercultural skills of the incoming students.
Speaker: Koen Delaere, Brussels Education Services, Belgium ; Artur Schmitt, University of Granada, Spain
poster 6 Bringing the world to those that stay putFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
One of the missions of an International Office is to conceptualise internationalisation at home. Umeå University, Sweden, arranged their first International Week in November 2008. The event attracted attention to international aspects on campus by showcasing different tangible aspects of culture.
Speaker: Jenny Eriksson, Umeå University
International Office, Sweden
poster 7 Sustainability abroad: connecting young greensFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
Middlebury College is piloting an assessment tool called the Sustainability Tracking and Rating System (STARS). STARS applies to an entire campus and evaluates social responsibility and environmental stewardship. STARS serves beyond the home campus in conjunction with international partners to assess and make recommendations for a greener study abroad environment.
Speaker: Kim Griffin, Middlebury College in Spain, Spain ; Mónica Pérez-Bedmar, APUNE, Spain
poster 8 Implementing a study visits programmeFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
The action ‘Study Visits’ is a part of the transversal programme of LLP. Higher education professionals can apply for a scholarship to take part in such a visit. This is not very well known despite the fact that there are a lot of interesting themes for policy makers in higher education institutions offered in the catalogue of the study visits programme.
Speaker: Ásta Erlingsdóttir, University of Iceland
Research Liaison Office, Iceland ; Magalie Soenen, Ministry of Education and Training
Department of Higher Education Policy, Belgium
poster 9 Connecting people, building bridges, enhancing intercultural competencies and skillsFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster demonstrates an approach that has been successful in building lively partnerships between Europe and India. Students and staff are encouraged to experience each others’ worlds, economies, cultures and professional functions. The project empowers and enables them to build more bridges in future, leading to a succesful working relationship for education and research related projects.
Speaker: Kondepudy Sreenivas, Delhi University, India ; Mitchell Alexander, Hogeschool Utrecht Business School, University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
poster 10 Enhancing student mobility through short-term exchangesFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster outlines a measure to make a short-term stay for Australian students in Salzburg both an interculturally and academically relevant experience with full credit-transfer and curriculum integration for both institutions. An Australian professor teaches a regular blocked course in Salzburg over three weeks, with students from both partner institutions participating.
Speaker: Scott Foley, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria
poster 11 How summer schools connect continentsFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
Summer schools and other short-term course programmes offer a unique opportunity to allow students from all over the world to share knowledge and ideas. Experiences from previous years show what challenges and benefits await a host university creating such an intensive international experience.
Speaker: Inez Meurs, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands ; Jelly Offereins, Hogeschool Utrecht Business School, University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
poster 12 ESN survey 2008: exchanging culturesFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster presents the results of the ESN survey 2008 which aimed at describing the topic ‘Exchanging Cultures’. We analyse the impacts of an experience abroad on the personal abilities to overcome cultural differences and to benefit from the new cultural environment.
Speaker: Veeli Oeselg, Erasmus Student Network, Belgium ; Tajana Nikolic, Erasmus Student Network, Belgium
poster 13 Creating the universal citizen: a study on student globalisationFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
The National Society of High School Scholars, an honours society founded by Claes Nobel, senior member of the family that established the Nobel prizes, conducted a special survey that provides information about the students' ideas, challenges, and hopes regarding studying abroad.
Speaker: Jim Lewis, The National Society of High School Scholars, USA ; Yun Mi Yi, The National Society of High School Scholars, USA
poster 14 Virtual innovative university simulation – let’s play!Friday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
Virtual Innovative University Simulation (VIUS) is a non-profit, learning game project (virtual-uni.org). Players hold ‘positions’ in a simulated ‘university’, and interact on on-line platforms to create an innovative, global, virtual institution with a mission, vision, strategy, policies, processes, etc. The first of three phases of the game will be presented.
Speaker: Russell Jones, Virtual Innovative University Simulation, Germany
poster 15 PhD programmes: a possibility for an intercultural dialogueFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster will provide details on a PhD programme on new media communication which allows not only mobility opportunities for students and teachers but also integrates intercultural dialogues into the curriculum. The basis for this dialogue is the unique combination of teachers from different countries and continents, who each bring their own educational methods, language and culture to the classroom.
Speaker: Marjan Druzovec, University of Maribor
Institute of Informatics & Media Communication, Slovenia ; Tatjana Welzer, University of Maribor
Institute of Informatics, Slovenia
poster 16 Disability services in Spanish universitiesFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
This poster will display the state of disability services in Spanish universities and will enhance understanding of cross cultural differences, policies and practices. Not all universities in Spain have an office for students with disabilities and, where available, services differ in terms of official hierarchy, budget, staff, etc.
Speaker: Mirabel Campo, University of Salamanca. Institute on Community Integration, Spain ; Emiliano Diez, INICO. University of Salamanca, Spain ; Sergio Sanchez, INICO. University of Salamanca, Spain
poster 17 The realisation of the TEMPUS project SEXTANTFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
SEXTANT “Student EXchanges and credit Transfer Assisted by New information Technologies”
This poster will provide information on the Russian higher education system within the context of the Bologna and Lisbon Declarations. It will discuss the introduction and implementation of new information and communication technologies in selected Russian HE institutes.
Speaker: Inez Adriaensen, University College Ghent, Belgium ; Geert Baekelandt, University College Ghent, Belgium
poster 18 TANDEM: learning between language and cultureFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
The Tandem Learning Project was founded for international and regular students to structure intercultural learning outside the classroom. Students offer a skill that they can ‘teach’ to others – usually their mother tongue. The project has become an important instrument for the social and academic integration of incoming students.
Speaker: Ingrid Gehrke, FH Joanneum
University of Applied Sciences, Austria
poster 19 Give20: ESN fundraising campaignFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
Give20 is an unprecedented fundraising campaign organised by Erasmus Student Network to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The funds, raised from January to October 2009, will be donated to a UNICEF project in Bhutan. Our goal is to significantly contribute to improving living conditions and access to primary education for Bhutanese children.
Speaker: Marketa Tokova, Erasmus Student Network (ESN), Belgium
poster 20 Towards inclusive universities: empowering disabled studentsFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
TIU, an EU project (Civil Society Dialogue Program, Turkey), partnering with the EAIE Disability Issues Worldwide Special Interest Group and other organisations, is investigating effective support for disabled university students across Europe through exchanges of information and best practices, empowerment of disabled students and the development of common standards of practice.
Speaker: Nucan Köse, Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey ; Claire Ozel, Engelsiz ODTU
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
poster 21 Towards a common higher education area: the EU, Latin America and the CaribbeanFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
PROMHEDEU-LAC is an EU–Latin American and Caribbean consortium aimed at promoting European HE in order to increase the flow of Latin American students to Europe by means of bi-regional cooperation. PROMHEDEU-LAC´s believes that in order to enhance the attractiveness, visibility and accessibility of European HE in LAC, European institutions should take into account that HE cooperation implies not only the transfer of knowledge but also the sharing of values.
Speaker: Emily Felt, University of Barcelona
OBREAL, Spain ; Nicolas Patrici, OBREAL, Spain
poster 22 - Cancelled Coming to AmericaFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the increased number of secondary age British students considering undergraduate study in the United States. The research took place at three different sixth form schools in England. The study examined students' experiences and how these experiences relate to their interest in undergraduate study in the United States. The results include, but are not limited to, the participants desire to take a multitude of coursework, the ability to postpone choosing one’s major and their interest in student life at universities in the United States.
Speaker: Bethany Schweitzer, Ohio University, USA
poster 23 EMIS (European Universities International Services in the Erasmus Mundus Framework)Friday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
The Autonomous University of Barcelona is coordinating an Action 4 ERASMUS MUNDUS project called EMIS (European Universities International Services in the ERASMUS MUNDUS Framework). The project aims at enhancing the attractiveness of European higher education institutions by fostering the quality of international support services throughout Europe. The project has researched one of EU’s most prestigious programmes at master level, the Erasmus Mundus programme, which attracts students and scholars from all around the world.
Speaker: Mireia Gali, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain ; Anna Ripoll, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
poster 24 The Rotary Foundation Educational ProgramsFriday 18 September 10.00–11.00 and 15.30–16.30
The Rotary Foundation’s educational programs promote international understanding by bringing together people from different countries and cultures. The Rotary Foundation offers international scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students and vocational opportunities to qualified professionals.
Speaker: Jill Gunter, The Rotary Foundation
Educational Programs, USA
