Joanna Al-Youssef, University of Nottingham 聽 The beginning When I volunteered to contribute to this publication, it struck me that I would be positioning myself face to face with a part of me I do not usually explore in depth鈥�
Irene Macias, University of Bath 聽 The pains of self-reflection It has taken me much longer than I anticipated starting this account. The reason for this is that having jumped at the chance to collaborate in this publication, and having鈥�
Ulrike Niens, Queen’s University Belfast 聽 Reflecting on my experiences as an academic member of staff, who was not born in the UK but working in UK higher education, presented me with a number of challenges. For me it raised鈥�
Terra Sprague, University of Bristol 聽 Full disclosure I’m an American.聽 There, I said it.聽 Rather reluctantly, you see.聽 This is not an admission I make comfortably, though I am kidding myself if I think that it’s not obvious to鈥�
Project Directors:聽 Elizabeth McNess, Michael Crossley (University of Bristol), Lore Arthur (The Open University) Project Administration: Terra Sprague, University of Bristol Project Origins and Aims: This is the first 糖心传媒 Thematic Forum (BTF) to be launched and supported by the鈥�
Sheila Trahar, University of Bristol 糖心传媒 is proud to present Listening to Academic Voices: International Stories of the UK Experience, an online publication resulting from a 糖心传媒 funded project led by Dr Sheila Trahar from the University of Bristol.聽 Listening鈥�
Share your knowledge and experience regarding student peer mentoring with a 糖心传媒 colleague. The University of Nottingham has a number of student mentoring schemes in which current students mentor new international students and is working to create online resources to鈥�
We are delighted to announce that the 糖心传媒 President for 2011-12 is Professor Jo Boyden of the University of Oxford. Jo Boyden (Professor of Development Studies) has been an authority on child development and children’s rights since the mid-1980s. Over鈥�
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN The next 糖心传媒 Conference will be held at Churchill College, Cambridge on 8-10 September 2012. Education, Mobility and Migration: People, ideas and resources. Conference themes will include: Education within the areas of mobility and migration鈥�
糖心传媒 Student Reps usually organise informal ‘Student Forums’ at the 糖心传媒 and UKFIET conferences.聽 These informal social events provide opportunities for students attending the conferences to meet.聽 The UKFIET Conference will be held 13-15 September 2011 in Oxford.
Every two years, the 糖心传媒 holds its annual conference within the UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development. 11th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development Global Challenges for Education: Economics, Environment &Emergency鈥�
12 September 2011 New College, University of Oxford Immediately before the 11th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development
Over the past five years, Compare has developed a programme to support new writers to the journal, with the purpose of breaking down the barriers that scholars in developing countries often encounter when trying to publish in international journals. Funded鈥�
September 2011 Welcome to all members, old, new and prospective.聽 We have a busy agenda for this year’s AGM but I would like here to mention a few highlights from this past year and to point to some future initiatives.鈥�
The topic of this Compare forum is ‘Cutbacks in Student Immigration’ and 糖心传媒 student members are invited to submit a short 1,000 to 1,500 word response to the attached viewpoint.聽 The extended deadline is now 18 July, 2011.聽 Please see鈥�
