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China Induction for 1st Year Engineering Students

An idea that developed out of students’ own experiences
The China Induction programme aims to improve Chinese students’ cultural competence and cross-cultural awareness by facilitating virtual exchanges among participants. The induction is a collaborative effort among current Chinese students and the UCL Engineering IEP Team.

“Communication, creativity, and teamwork are skills supported by all UCL Engineering programmes and will be helpful for student experience. When our Chinese students feel comfortable asking questions, chatting, and building a relationship with others, it means they are becoming better engineers.”
--- Dr Kate Roach, IEP Senior Teaching Fellow

To share our experience as Chinese students

The programme also introduces cultural skills that are immediately applicable to activities on and off-campus. The programme appeals to Chinese students in Engineering and prepares them to:

• Promote cultural awareness in personal and professional settings;
• Implement strategies for working effectively across cultural differences;
• Identify their own cultural preferences and have the tools to understand the preferences of others.

The virtual programme consists of three 90-minute live Zoom facilitated discussions with a post-event support component. Participants are enrolled in UCL Moodle for shared content and collaboration.

Session 3: Intercultural Skills & Writing Styles for Chinese Students Workshop 工程科学系中国新生活动

Session 3 prepares you to study in culturally diverse contexts. Intercultural skills you will develop in this session include getting to know your own cultural characteristics and how they might affect your working style, so as to more confidently manage cultural differences in multicultural or international settings. With those cultural variations in mind, Session 3 will also introduce you to the basics of technical reports at UCL. Writing style topics may include topic sentences, transitions between paragraphs/sentences, etc.

Each session is accompanied by one or two fun breakout activities to take part in, and the chance to win Amazon vouchers for attendees!

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