| Gail Armistead, Associate Director, Global Engagement, University of Nottingham A Collaborative Mobility Project for Widening Participation Students Gail has over 20 years of experience in the field of study abroad and exchange and leads on the implementation of the University of Nottingham's global engagement strategy, overseeing an increase in participation in study abroad by more than 30% in the past 5 years. Following a review of the university's activity in 2017 and with a particular interest in the UUKi's report on Widening Participation, the university decided to increase the number of short term mobility programmes that they offered with an aim to increase participation in this area by 50% in 2 years. |
| Claire Belkadi, Head of Study Abroad, University of Birmingham
A Collaborative Mobility Project for Widening Participation Students Claire Belkadi has worked in UK Higher Education for over 12 years in international student recruitment, TNE and mobility. Claire is currently the Head of Study Abroad and Exchanges at the University of Birmingham where she manages all aspects of mobility. She is a graduate from the Grenoble École de Management, and her degree included a year of Erasmus exchange at Aston University. Claire is passionate about providing mobility opportunities for all students and is championing WP mobility activities at the University of Birmingham.
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| Dr Lindsey Carey, Senior Lecturer, Glasgow Caledonian University
Interdisciplinary collaboration underpins widening access to short term mobility opportunities at GCU: the case for impact Dr Lindsey Drylie Carey is a Senior Lecturer in Consumer Behaviour and Research Methods from Glasgow Caledonian University and she also leads on international development of partnerships across the Glasgow School for Business and Society. Her teaching expertise lies within the discipline of Marketing and she teaches at both undergraduate and Masters levels and Doctoral level. She is actively involved in research in the area of consumer behaviour and sustainability particularly looking at the context of organic food (including farmers' markets), ethical fashion and organic beauty products. An emerging area of interest is also wellbeing and social media, particularly through blogging and influencer marketing. She has presented on these topics at conferences and published in peer reviewed academic journals. She is also an external examiner, a reviewer for academic journals, member of the scientific committee of a research methods conference and she is called upon to comment on consumer and retail issues within the national press as she is currently the consumer expert for the Mail on Sunday (Scotland).
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| Wim Gabriels, Project Officer, Erasmus Student Network International
Enhance cooperation with student organisations: higher education institutions and the Erasmus Student Network
Wim Gabriels is Project Officer at the Erasmus Student Network with a focus on Inclusion and Social Impact of International Student Mobility. He gained experience in European Project Management and Student Support as International Relations Officer at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. Wim combines his expertise in the field of Higher Education with entrepreneurial and communication elements, having a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Karel De Grote University College, followed by A Bachelor's Degree in Communication studies and a Master degree in Strategic Communication and Media Sociology at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
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| Professor Bob Gilmour, International Mobility Lead, Glasgow Caledonian University
Interdisciplinary collaboration underpins widening access to short term mobility opportunities at GCU: the case for impact Bob is a Professor of Learning and Teaching with a PhD in Public Health Engineering and 20+ years experience in Academia including Programme Leader and Research Centre Director. He developed learning environments for students outside the classroom (European Study Trips and Constructionarium) and led the Programme to 100% overall satisfaction in the NSS. As Principal Investigator of a 3 year multidisciplinary and multicultural Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership his focus now is the development of employability attributes for students. He is International mobility lead for the University actively supporting staff and students to grasp the numerous opportunities of international study trips.
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| Chloe Hale, NCOP Officer, Aston University Pre-university mobility scheme for widening participation students: the Explore Berlin project
Since Graduation Chloe has worked in a range of different Higher Education Institutions, working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to make informed and aspirational decisions about their future. Chloe is passionate about the importance of social mobility and widening participation and has relished the opportunity to adapt more holistic and unique methods to increase the cultural capital of the young people we work with. Chloe is proud to be in the first WP team to ever run an international residential, and has been thrilled to see the impact on the students and schools involved.
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| George Kearney-Bambridge, NCOP Manager, Aston University
Pre-university mobility scheme for widening participation students: the Explore Berlin project
For over 5 years, George has worked in schools, youth organisations and higher education institutions to support widening participation students in accessing higher education. George currently works with Aimhigher Plus as part of the National Collaborative Outreach Project. This project has allowed for the funding and resource to create innovative solutions to some of the challenges we face as higher education institutions in engaging the most hard to reach students. This year the Aimhigher Plus Aston team has been extremely proud to have piloted the UK's first international outreach mobility programme for pre entry students.
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| Yassin Khalil, National Representative, Erasmus Student Network UK
Enhance cooperation with student organisations: higher education institutions and the Erasmus Student Network Yassin is the National Representative of the Erasmus Student Network UK. As National Representative of ESN UK, Yassin's role consists of acting as the link between the local level, the sections, the national level, ESN UK, and ESN International. Yassin has gained deep experience in multiple fields within ESN through active engagement and participation at the international level, taking this experience back to ESN UK to help enhance the local sections. Experience in ESN beyond ESN UK extends to being Head of Employability and President of local section ESN City London for 2 years. Yassin joined ESN in February 2017. Yassin is a final year student completing his Investment and Financial Risk Management BSc at City University of London.
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| Mira Koseva, Global Talent Programme Officer, Bournemouth University Home and away: innovative approaches to comprehensive Internationalisation
Mira is managing the Global Talent Programme at Bournemouth University. Before joining the programme in October 2017, Mira has worked on a number of projects and implemented interventions to enhance individual and organisational performance and improve people's skills. With her educational background in psychology and behaviour change and experience in HR, IT and research from both the private and public sectors, she has been engaged in a variety of initiatives ranging from diversity and inclusion network development, staff experience and engagement, wellbeing at work, and IT systems implementations.
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| Dr Samantha Leahy-Harland, Head of Operations Global Engagement, Bournemouth University Home and Away: Innovative Approaches to Comprehensive Internationalisation Dr Samantha Leahy-Harland is Head of Operations (Global Engagement) at Bournemouth University and provides leadership for coordinating and delivering the university's international engagement activities. Samantha works with stakeholders across the University and beyond to deliver the University's vision for internationalisation which includes overseeing international partnership development, staff and student global mobility, and collaborative delivery of a range of high-profile and complex projects. Samantha previously worked for over ten years in the Home Office, a central government department in the UK, specialising in police research and policy development. Samantha studied Psychology at Dundee University, Criminology at Cambridge University and completed her PhD on the Police Interviewing of Serious Crime Suspects at the University of Leicester.
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| Monica Marie, Student Mobility Officer, University of Westminster
Commiting to Westiminster's Stand Out pledge: how a collaborative effort has led to success
Monica has worked in the UK higher education sector for twelve years and has been in her current role since 2016. She is a linguistics graduate from the University of Bologna. Her degree included a year-long Erasmus exchange at the University of Bonn where the enthusiasm she has for student mobility was ignited. In 2017, Monica helped coordinate the first two Westminster Working Cultures student trips - employability-focussed mobility programmes for students. Her current role includes administering and promoting outward mobility opportunities.
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| Alyssa Martin, Alumni Relations Team Manager, University of Westminster Commiting to Westiminster's Stand Out pledge: how a collaborative effort has led to success
Alyssa has worked in alumni relations for five years and with international volunteers in the non-profit sector before that. In 2017 Alyssa launched and now continues to manage a key part of the University of Westminster's Stand Out Campaign, Westminster Working Cultures, an employability-focussed outward mobility programme for current students. Alumni sit at the heart of the programme and Alyssa identifies and recruits volunteers from a range of academic and professional backgrounds in specific destinations around the world to engage with students during the programme, supporting the development of professional and soft skills they'll need to be successful following graduation.
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| Rose Matthews, Head, Global Opportunities, Cardiff University
Tips and hacks for funding short-term programmes Rose has worked at Cardiff University since 2005. In 2014, she established the Global Opportunity Centre to support the University's strategic target of increasing the number of undergraduate students who work, study or volunteer abroad.
Her team works to support the University in its aim to send 30% of the undergraduate student population abroad, for a minimum of three weeks, by 2023. They develop and promote a wide range of opportunities appropriate for, and appealing to, the diverse student population at Cardiff.
Having worked in international education for more than 12 years, Rose has considerable experience in managing both long and short-term outward mobility opportunities. She also has experience of international student recruitment and marketing.
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| Anna Moscrop, Study Abroad Manager, University of Exeter Tips and hacks for funding short-term programmes
Anna Moscrop is Study Abroad Manager at the University of Exeter with responsibility for the global mobility opportunities of students and staff. She oversees the development of new programmes and initiatives including summer schools and weeklong immersive Global Leader programmes as well as traditional semester and yearlong placements ensuring the University of Exeter is offering students the opportunity to attend mobilities which fit all circumstances and budgets.
Exeter is an institution dedicated to the learning and development of graduates of distinction. To achieve our ambitions we foster a global culture that permeates the student experience at Exeter, where different perspectives are welcomed and diversity celebrated. The global experiences available to Exeter students enable them to excel in an increasingly global workplace whether in the UK or overseas. Study, internship and work abroad opportunities for our students are fundamental to offering a global education experience alongside a curriculum which considers a wide variety of global perspectives.
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| Isobel Mosley, Global Engagement Manager, University of Nottingham A Collaborative Mobility Project for Widening Participation Students
Isobel is responsible for managing international summer schools for the Office of Global Engagement, including liaising with partner universities to create bespoke programmes and increasing global summer school opportunities for University of Nottingham, UK-based students. Isobel’s current focus is developing the current range of short-term global opportunities, to broaden accessibility among University of Nottingham, UK-based students, with an emphasis on access to opportunities for Widening Participation students and working with the Campaign and Alumni Relations Office to explore funding for these opportunities through philanthropic donations.
In 2018, Isobel organised and managed the Global Leader Experience Abroad programme for the University of Nottingham in collaboration with The University of Birmingham, The University of Hong Kong and Common Purpose. Isobel managed the promotion and recruitment of students for the University of Nottingham, provided support to the students prior to departure as well as accompanying the students to Hong Kong and providing in-country support.
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| Beverley Orr-Ewing, Deputy Director International and Head of Global Opportunities, University of Bristol Tips and hacks for funding short-term programmes
Beverley Orr-Ewing is Deputy Director International and Head of Global Opportunities at the University of Bristol. She is responsible for the leadership and development of international mobility and short-term programmes at the University including summer schools.
As one of the top UK universities, Bristol has a progressive and ambitious international strategy of which mobility forms a cornerstone. Providing a range of opportunities for undergraduate students underpins this in addition to offering study abroad programmes of the very highest quality for their incoming students and developing and supporting a range of partnerships with other institutions.
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| Paraskevi Pandazi, Treasurer, Erasmus Student Network UK
Enhance cooperation with student organisations: higher education institutions and the Erasmus Student Network
Paraskevi grew up between two European countries, studied in a third, did not miss out on an Erasmus exchange in a fourth and has so far lived in nine cities. She is now the Treasurer of the Erasmus Student Network UK, combining her passion for mobility and love for numbers, which helped her complete a Masters in Physics. She was the first student from her department to complete a full academic year abroad in Germany, and worked with the RIO and her department to promote Erasmus and inspire others to follow her footsteps upon her return to Glasgow. She is interested in the "diffusion" of skills, ideas and expertise made possible by mobility programmes like Erasmus. |
| Sunita Patel, Senior Public Engagement Officer, DeMontfort University
#DMUglobal and #DMUlocal - Global opportunities for public good
Having joined DMU’s public engagement team in November 2019, Sunita has taken on the operational and strategic management of the University’s Award Winning Square Mile India programme. Square Mile India is DMU’s award winning global student volunteering programme, where students travel to India to engage in various academic and volunteering activities in the local community. Sunita is also managing a local programme of community engagement with refugees and asylees in Leicester.
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| Annie Pillans, Erasmus & Mobility Officer, The University of Northampton
The Art of Collaboration – "Working with the Enemy" Starting out in the hotel & catering industry, Annie returned to study at the University of Northumbria as a mature student, graduating with an HND in Business Studies before moving into theatre administration at the Sunderland Empire and Royal & Derngate Theatres in Northampton.
In 2005, following redundancy from the Theatres, Annie moved into HE as PA to the Director of the International Office at the University of Northampton where she supported the Director in the significant growth of International student recruitment. Here she became involved in the Erasmus programme and after a restructure of the Professional Service departments at the University, was appointed the Erasmus & Mobility Officer for the institution.
Responsible for the strategic management, development and administration of the University's Erasmus+ programme, Annie has worked closely with Administrative and Professional Services colleagues across the University to develop the programme at Northampton which now offers a significantly increased range of opportunities for staff and students to study and work abroad.
A strong believer in the benefits of collaboration as a force for influence and change, she continues to work with colleagues at Northampton and its Erasmus partners to identify and facilitate opportunities for collaborative activity. As a member of the HEURO (Association of Higher Education European Officers) Committee for some years, she is particularly keen to share the knowledge and experience she has gained over the years to support colleagues in the sector, particularly those who are new in the field of Erasmus and mobility.
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| Dr Sarah Price, Global Engagement Officer, Bournemouth University
Home and Away: Innovative Approaches to Comprehensive Internationalisation
Dr Sarah Price is the Global Engagement Officer at Bournemouth University. She provides operational support for delivering the University's strategy for global engagement. Sarah joined the Global Engagement Team in 2016. Her main projects in the Global Engagement team are to support international partnership developments as well as the Global Festival of Learning and Erasmus+ KA107 mobilties. Having been an international student herself, as well as having worked all over Europe as part of her PhD, the global outlook of staff and students at Bournemouth University is something Sarah is passionate about. |
| Owen Sheridan, Deputy Head of #DMUglobal, De Montfort University
#DMUglobal and #DMUlocal - Global opportunities for public good
Owen is Deputy Head of #DMUglobal – an international experience programme for De Montfort University, Leicester (UK) students, which aims to enrich studies, broaden cultural horizons and to develop key skills valued by employers.
In his current position, Owen manages an international experience programme that sends over 3000 students overseas per year on a combination of study, work and volunteering activities. #DMUglobal has received a Times Higher Award for Outstanding International Strategy and an Honourable Mention in IIE Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education, in recognition of the innovative and accessible approach to student mobility that #DMUglobal has taken.
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| Krassimira Teneva, Head of International Experience, Sheffield Hallam University The Global Citizenship portfolio - recognising global experiences at home or abroad Krassimira Teneva leads a specialist team responsible for providing an international experience of all students in Sheffield Hallam University. The International Experience Team offers extensive social and academic transition support for international students, and services to all students to internationalise on campus or abroad. Krassimira works with academic staff in the University to develop curriculum internationalisation projects with a focus on inclusive learning and teaching, and embed co-curricular or extra-curricular models which promote internationalisation on campus, in course curricula. The Global Citizenship Portfolio is an example of this work.
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| Helene Turley, Head of The Workplace, University of Wolverhampton
Increasing BAME students uptake in Traineeships
Helene Turley is originally from the North East of England and has spent the last 30 years in the West Midlands working in student employment at the University of Wolverhampton. Helene sat on the National Association of Student Employment Services (NASES) board for over 7 years and chaired the association for 2 years. Helene’s current role includes the management of the student job shop, volunteering, graduate recruitment and international student and graduate placements. Helene’s passion is student employment, and in 2018 was awarded a Doctorate in Education for her work on the development of student career aspirations.
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| Sofia Tyrla, President, Erasmus Student Network UK
Enhance cooperation with student organisations: higher education institutions and the Erasmus Student Network
Sofia Tyrla, originally from Greece, is the President of the Erasmus Student Network UK. She gained International Student Support experience from helping International Students through ESN in her former University (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), where she helped her ESN society to cultivate an excellent cooperation with the IRO of the University, that lead to the co-hosting of the biggest Mobility Fair in Greece (April 2019). Sofia is a great supporter of mobility and a mobility ambassador as she has been on Erasmus in France and for a Masters in the UK.
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| Professor Gabriele M Vosseberg, Associate Dean International & Development, University of Exeter Business School
The Art of Collaboration – "Working with the Enemy" Gabriele is Associate Professor of Accounting and Associate Dean International and Development at the University of Exeter Business School, responsible for internationalisation, alumni engagement and fundraising, as well as corporate engagement and international accreditations (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA).
Involved with international activities since 1995, Gabriele has lead on the internationalisation agenda for business schools, formulated institutional internationalisation and partnership strategies, and developed institutional Double/Dual Award frameworks. She set-up co-tutelles and research-focused partnerships, managed Double/Dual programmes with European and Chinese partner institutions and initiated faculty wide set-ups of academic/staff exchanges.
Gabriele has presented at numerous various national and international conferences on topics such as internationlisation of the curriculum, international programme collaborations and recruitment partnerships. She is a member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) International Committee and academic member of the HEURO Executive Committee (Association of UK Higher Education Officers).
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| Christine Zarb, Work Experience and Placement Officer, University of Westminster
Committing to Westminster’s Stand Out pledge: how a collaborative effort has led to success
Christine has worked in the careers sector for over 10 years, in Welfare To Work, Further Education and Higher Education. Her current role of Work Experience and Placement Officer at University of Westminster sees her supporting students, employers and academic colleagues with work-based learning opportunities. Christine also manages the University’s Westminster Working Cultures London programme, working collaboratively with the Alumni and Student Mobility teams to offer widening participation students an insight into leading employers, alongside careers support and mentoring.
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