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James KennedyJames KennedyDirectorDirector

International Office International Office

International ExcellenceInternational Excellence

• Undisputed world leader in research and scholarship

• Top 50 by 50th anniversary

Challenges: national and financiaChallenges: national and financiall

• Government support

• Browne review

• Comprehensive spending review

• Student contributions

International competitionInternational competition

• Best students

• Best academic staff

• International funding

• Not a zero-sum game

A cosmopolitan campusA cosmopolitan campus• Demand from international students growing• Cap on UK and EU numbers• A greater proportion of our students from outside the UK• Increase international diversity through a global widening

participation programme• The most gifted and talented students from around the

world

Internationally leading areas Internationally leading areas of research excellenceof research excellence

• Absolute commitment to quality• Defined areas of excellence• Extensive inter-disciplinary working, and

possibly fewer disciplines• Increased funding from European and

other international sources• Research engaged in solving global

problems• Global issues will also enter the curriculum• Student activism will refresh enthusiasm

Extensive research and teaching Extensive research and teaching with international partnerswith international partners• Jointly delivered global master’s degrees

(including Erasmus Mundus)• Collaborative PhDs• Majority of research projects will include

international partners• Partners will not be restricted to the current

designated core partners• Selected on the basis of shared ambition• State-of-the-art communication technologies

Worldwide alumni communityWorldwide alumni community

• Alumni journey begins with first enquiry

• Local groups will be established around the world

• The University will develop a new offer for alumni, based around the Lifetime Global Academy

• Digital technology will support this connectedness in distinctive and innovative ways

All students will be considered All students will be considered international studentsinternational students

• UK students will expect an international experience

• Mobility and virtual international contact

• All UK students will be encouraged to study languages

• Inter-cultural competence one of the core graduate skills for all students

• Support through Warwick Global Advantage

• Further student-led development of One World Week

Thank you.

James.Kennedy@warwick.ac.uk