Learning to live with others by living with others: Celebrating the homestay model

Homestays are a wonderful example of how we can connect currents through community and cultural exchange. They create opportunities for students to become fully immersed in their new environment, providing a safe space for lifelong social bonds to be forged and enabling intelligent internationalisation to become deep-rooted in the local community. This poster examines the benefits of homestays as experienced by international students, their institutions and the communities in which they live.

Topics

• Social responsibility
• Community engagement and dialogue
• Student and staff mobility
• Short-term programmes

Speaker

• Laura Spencer, 

  Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom