PICASAUniversity of Roehampton, London

Professor Claire OzanneDeputy Provost (International)

Bridget Middlemas – Project Lead

PICASA

Promoting Internationalization of HEIs in Eastern Neighborhood Countries through Cultural And

Structural Adaptations

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Aims of PICASA

To promote the recognition of Eastern Neighboring Area HE systems, through the development and integration of internationalization dimensions into structural and cultural components of HEIs management

University of Roehampton 9,000 students

– 6,500 undergraduate– 2,500 postgraduate

700 academic staff 140 nationalities on campus 700 International students (8%) Campus university near central London

2013 Quality Assurance Review

“ a clear and attractively produced guidance handbook”

“ overseas agents are trained and monitored by the International Office.”

“ The International section of the website is comprehensive and

detailed”

“ A detailed explanation of English language requirements and routes to

meeting them are clearly explained.”

“ the website offers some international student profiles”

“ The international section of the website represents good practice. “

The PICASA Project European Union funded (TEMPUS scheme)

€1,000,000 budget for whole project

26 partners from 9 countries

Roehampton leading on development of staff training resources

Five EU Partners Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (Leuven University

College) – Belgium

Centro Studi ed Iniziative Europeo – Italy

World University Service (WUS) - Austria

University of Roehampton – United Kingdom

University of Genoa - Italy

PICASA: Kick-off

Partners: EU Eastern Neighbors Armenia: Yerevan State University (leads)

Plus:– 5 universities in Armenia– 5 universities in Belarus– 5 universities in Georgia – 5 universities in Ukraine

PICASA team at Roehampton Lead academic – Bridget Middlemas

Deputy Provost (International)

4 academic staff

Research assistant

Administrator

Working closely with our International Office and Students Union officers

Workpackages 1 - 3 WP1: Institutional capacity building

WP2: Development of internationalization framework for HEIs

WP3: Operationalization of internationalization (University of Roehampton, see next slide)

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WP3: Operationalization of Internationalization

Identification and revision of 2 academic programmes per HEI in line with internationalization principles

Organise staff workshops for the revision of academic programmes

Develop resources for embedding internationalization approaches into scholarly collaboration and research

Pilot an internal evaluation of each HEI’s internationalization approaches against the MINT tool http://www.nuffic.nl/en/expertise/quality-assurance-and-internationalisation/mapping-internationalisation-mint/mapping-internationalisation-mint

Design and deliver in-house workshops for disseminating internationalization strategies

Workpackages 4 - 7 WP4: Quality control and monitoring

WP5: Dissemination

WP6: Sustainability

WP7: Management of the project

PICASA Conference, LondonThe Internationalisation of Higher Education –

Policies, practices and pedagogies

Friday February 13th, 2015

University of Roehampton, London

Further details on our PICASA website at: http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/Services/Learning-and-Teaching/Research/PICASA/

ISEP Structures and governance

Opportunities for sharing good practice– Ideas and concrete plans– Curriculum development– Staff development

Value of staff exchange

Follow up PICASA website, University of Roehampton

http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/Services/Learning-and-Teaching/Research/PICASA/

EU Tempus information at: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus/

Email the PICASA team: PICASA@roehampton.ac.uk

https://twitter.com/UKPICASA

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