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Internationalisation at Home Mini-Conference - 4th March 2025
The development of ‘Internationalisation at Home’ Strategy has been identified as a key enabler of this strategic aim. To this end, an Internationalisation at Home Strategy Working Group has been established, chaired by Rob Lynes. As a collegiate university with a strong WSE, we believe we have the potential to be sector-leading in this area. The aim of this mini-conference is to support colleagues in the development of Durham’s approach to I@H .
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Context and Rationale:
We know that those who study, work or volunteer abroad during their studies get better degree results and are more likely to be in a graduate level job six months after graduation than their peers who have not travelled.
Durham’s refreshed Global Strategy has a strategic aim to increase the employability of our students from all backgrounds, support the cohesion of our community and embed an ethos of global citizenship by ensuring that all students have an international experience during their time at Durham. Having these international experiences can help to build confidence, resilience, intercultural awareness and international networks, as well as to improve graduate outcomes. It also helps students to develop an understanding of the wider world and their place within it and enhanced engagement with society both locally and internationally.
Currently only about 10% of our students are able to or choose to undertake mobility abroad during their time at Durham and therefore it is crucial that we provide opportunities for developing these skills, competencies and understandings through ‘domestic internationalisation’ in order to reach all of our students. This is often referred to as ‘Internationalisation at Home’ and has been defined more specifically as:
‘the purposeful integration of international and intercultural dimensions into the formal and informal curriculum for all students within domestic learning environments, with activities that aim to develop international and intercultural knowledge, skills and attitudes for all students’.
The development of ‘Internationalisation at Home’ Strategy has been identified as a key enabler of this strategic aim. To this end, an Internationalisation at Home Strategy Working Group has been established, chaired by Rob Lynes and supported by Fiona O’Carroll with representation from across the University. As a collegiate university with a strong WSE, we believe we have the potential to be sector-leading in this area. The aim of this mini-conference is to support colleagues in the development of Durham’s approach to I@H.