The International Student Experience and Beyond Provisional/Preliminary Programme LUND Monday 13 April 08:00 – 08:30 Registration 08:30 – 08:45 Welcome to Lund! – Dep Vice-Chancellor, Lund University 08.45 – 09:15 An introduction to the university – Richard Stenelo, Deputy Executive Director, Division of External Relations 09:15 – 09:45 Introductions and practicalities 09:45 – 10:00 Coffee break 10:00 – 10:30 Quality from a Student Perspective Lund University Student Unions' Association will present their role and involvement in safeguarding the students’ rights at all levels of decision-making within the University's management. 10:30 – 11:30 Session – International Student Experience – Orientation, Arrival services The Student Experience coordinator gives a picture of the services Lund offers new international students 11:30 – 12.30 Session – Engage the students in the multinational Classroom LU teachers Henrik Norinder and Björn Fritz will elaborate on the challenges they face as educators by presenting their work in the multicultural eller international classroom. 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch 13:45 – 15:15 Session – Challenges in meeting/facing the student in cases of: a. Academic practice and behavior Ladaea Rylander, Student Support. How to adjust to a new learning environment, with new implicit and explicit academic rules and structures. b. A new everyday life, a new reality Jan Kjellström, Student Chaplain, and Ulrika Linse Strömland and Åsa Probert, Student Health. What happens to students when they find themselves in a totally new setting, and how can the university at large support them? 15:15 – 15:30 15:30 – 16:00 16:00 – 17.00 19:00 – Coffee break Session continued – How much help are we expected to provide to the students? Discussions Dinner Tuesday 14 April 8:40 Meet in front of University building for photography 09:00 – 09:15 Introduction to the programme of the day 09:15 – 10:30 Session – Certificate of International Merits Karin Frydenlund, head of International Office, Faculty of Medicine. Karin will present a new system developed for students in educations with little or no history of organized international experience, to be aware of the different possibilities to engage, and to formally recognize their achievements. 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break 10:45 – 12:00 Session – How do we help students make sense of their International experience after they have returned home? 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 15:30 Meet the Faculties at Biskopshuset 16:30 – 17:00 Campus tour (by bus) 17:00 To Malmö (by bus) 17:30 – Concert at the Malmö Academy of Music Dinner in Malmö Back to Lund and End of the Programme Wednesday 15 April Travel to Amsterdam On Wednesday, participants who so wish have the possibility to arrange separate meetings on their own with partners at Lund University in the morning, and at the University of Amsterdam in the afternoon. Please make the travel plan accordingly. The International Student Experience and Beyond Provisional/Preliminary Programme AMSTERDAM Wednesday 15 April 14:00 – 17:00 Optional - visit UvA’s Science Park 17:00 – 18:30 Welcome Reception 18:30 Dinner Thursday 16 April 09:00 – 9:30 Introduction to the UvA and Educational System of the Netherlands Ms Anouk Tso, senior Policy Adviser International Relations Ms Claudia van den Bos, Head of Admissions & Exchange Office Faculty of Economics and Business 09:30 – 10:30 Dutch language crash course 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break 10:45 – 12:15 Session – Exploring the boundaries of counselling international students Ms Esther Boucher & Ms Daisy Alsemgeest, Student Psychologists A cross-cultural perspective on psychological student services and the differences in treatment compared to counselling Dutch students 12:15 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:00 Session - Developing competences of exchange students through an engaging Student Ambassador Programme Mr Guido de Wilde, Student Exchange Coordinator Help students transcend the academic experience and improve student involvement on campus, promote cultural integration and form strategic partnerships. 15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break 15:15 – 17:15 Meet the international offices of UvA 17:30 – 18:30 Guided tour 18:30 – Dinner Friday 17 April 09:00 – 09:20 Meet in front of University building for photography 09:20 – 11:00 Session - When does an exchange experience end? Ms Gabrielle Buisman, International Office College of Social Sciences & Ms Sarah Plunkett, Department of Psychology How to support outgoing exchange students in developing and recognizing their intercultural competencies? 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 – 12:30 Session – Diversify the student mobility strategy Ms Willeke Jeeninga, Director International Student Affairs. Offering alternatives for semester exchange programmes, such as short term and internship programmes, and the effect on partner relationship, internationalisation strategy, and the day-to-day management of your international office. 12:30 –13:00 Signing documents, handing out certificates 13:00 –14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:30 Canal cruise and after that campus tour in city centre 16:30 – End of programme