Navigating unknown waters: Duty of care for students who travel abroad

Duty of care might mean different things in different countries based on laws and regulations, just like institutional definitions vary regarding responsibility for the learning outcomes and safety of outgoing students. This poster looks at who is responsible for travel security, personal safety and learning outcomes. What are the goals when preparing students for their time abroad? Do these clash or complement each other? And what does this mean when institutions prepare students to go abroad?

Topics

• Leadership, strategy and policy
• Risk assessment
• Student and staff mobility
• Student exchange and study abroad

Speakers

• Charlotte Kristensen, 

  University College Copenhagen, Denmark

• Adam Lipski, 

  Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany