A presentation from the TIS International Conference - Internationalisation of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education: Exploring New Frontiers 2011.
This presentation discusses the outcome of a two-year British Council funded research project promoting UK student mobility.
The funding served to support an evolving programme of international placements for social work students at Bournemouth University in keeping with the University's strategic aim of the internationalisation of the curriculum. The sustainable development of the placements was created through the forging of Memoranda of Understanding with two participating universities: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak in East Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang. The dilemmas of how such partnerships may be fostered to mutual benefit in terms of expectation and reciprocation are considered here which has relevance to international partnerships between institutions where for example significant socio-economic differentials may exist.
