Exploring cultural aspects of student mobility – what do we know about students’ perceptions of their own and host culture of learning.
Presentation / Conference
Foster, M. (2015, May)
Exploring cultural aspects of student mobility – what do we know about students’ perceptions of their own and host culture of learning. Paper presented at SEDA Spring Teaching Learning and Assessment Conference 2015: Internationalising the Curriculum: What does this mean? How can we achieve it?, Manchester, UK
In an increasingly globalised education, with universities aiming to develop student mobility through exchange and study abroad programmes (Sweeney 2012), this study used the ...
Student destination choices in higher education: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian students to study in the United Kingdom
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2014)
Student destination choices in higher education: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian students to study in the United Kingdom. Journal of Research in International Education, 13(2), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240914541024
Cross-border education provides evidence about international student destination choice including the push and pull model of international student choice. The research upon wh...
Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK.
Conference Proceeding
Foster, M., Macdonald, I., Firth, R., & Zhou, V. (2014)
Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK
Following previous Teaching Fellows funding to undertake a joint research project between Business School and the School of Arts & Creative Industries we would like to present...
The Beauty and the Abuse: A handbook on relationships and emotions in Academia
Book
Munar, A., Caton, K., Eger, C., Jeffrey, H., Khoo-Lattimore, C., Lynch, P., …Young, E. (2017)
The Beauty and the Abuse: A handbook on relationships and emotions in Academia. Copenhagen Business School
This handbook encourages dialogue and reflexivity on human relationships and emotions in academic environments. Fifteen vignettes inspired by real stories are presented. These...
SEDA Workshop - Working with Cultural Diversity in Higher Education.
Presentation / Conference
Foster, M. (2012, May)
SEDA Workshop - Working with Cultural Diversity in Higher Education
The evolving dialogue about internationalisation in the Higher Education has moved from considering issues surrounding teaching international students to recognising students ...
Student destination choices in international education: exploring Brazilian students’ attitudes to study abroad
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2013)
Student destination choices in international education: exploring Brazilian students’ attitudes to study abroad. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 8, 176-202
Increasing cross-border education and student mobility calls for a better understanding of international student destination choice and the benefits of study abroad to the stu...
Is This for Real? Authentic Learning for the Challenging Events Environment
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Junek, O., & Lockstone-Binney, L. (2012)
Is This for Real? Authentic Learning for the Challenging Events Environment. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 12(3), 225-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2012.704245
This article explores a set of emerging competencies that education providers will be increasingly compelled to consider and, more importantly, embed in their event management...
Enhancing the experience of international students in UK HE.
Presentation / Conference
Foster, M. (2009, January)
Enhancing the experience of international students in UK HE
Invited SEDA workshop.
Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education)
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2011)
Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education). Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education,
In the current educational landscape, with increasingly diverse student groups on programmes, traditional induction many not always be best suited to the needs of the students...
The Accidental Podcaster
Book Chapter
Robertson, S., & Sholl, S. (2016)
The Accidental Podcaster. In C. Penman, & M. Foster (Eds.), Innovations in Learning and Teaching. Merchiston Publishing
The aim of this chapter is to explore student use of podcasts, employing longitudinal data from large cohorts to demonstrate to other teachers their potential as a relevant pe...