Students as global citizens

Chinese students study abroad experience and sense of being global citizens

Speaker: Xi Tao

Given the dramatically increasing number of Chinese students who study abroad under the impact of globalisation, the new era of China’s development calls for international higher education with the aim of cultivating global citizens who are able to learn, participate and contribute to an interconnected world of diversity, complexity and uncertainty.

To fulfil the literature gap in understanding the relationship between Chinese students’ global citizenship and their study abroad experience, the speaker will discuss research exploring how Chinese international students perceive themselves as global citizens and what specific skills they have developed while studying in the UK.

Personalised and dynamic: Life experiences tailor how young people engage locally and globally

Speaker: Stephanie Mitsuko Kukita

In recent years, there has been a growing movement among higher education institutions to implement programs promoting global citizenship. Nevertheless, these programs have often been designed based on what key stakeholders determine as desired qualities of ‘global citizens’ without much consideration as to how their approaches may be received by learners.

Stephanie will talk about a study which consisted of interviews with 22 students in Japan when they were in senior high school, of which five were interviewed four to five years later as university students.

This event will be particularly useful for those interested in global students, higher education and study abroad.

Related links

• Centre for Global Higher Education
• Department of Education, Practice and Society