Building INTERNATIONALisation in Pakistan Erasmus Project

Project Title

Building INTERNATIONALisation in Pakistan

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Whilst trends in internationalisation continue to develop, from its beginnings as the inward recruitment of international students, moving on to outward mobility and now, to internationalisation at home, Pakistan’s involvement on the global stage has been limited to the outward mobility of students, transnational education programmes and international research collaboration limited to a small pool of internationally ranked universities. The majority of staff and students will receive little to no international experience.Adopting a comprehensive approach to internationalisation, there are clear areas where building capacity will have significant impact on higher education in Pakistan: internationalising research and accessing funding, increasing international partnerships, internationalisation of the curriculum, support for international students on campus, and providing international experiences for all to build global soft skills. In short, enhancing the quality of HE provision that Pakistan is working towards.B-International will begin with training on internationalisation and strategy development for key people within the partner HEIs, it will then work to provide an “induction” for all staff on concepts and practicalities of internationalisation and online learning on subject areas such as TNE, Bologna Processes and developing international partnerships for collaboration, which will be targeted at all staff and will build comprehensive knowledge. Students and staff will benefit from international experiences through the development of on-campus programmes for intercultural exchange and international skills development, improving graduate employability and building an internationally connected network. Equipment will be provided to support the development of the training programme and to enable international connections. This will be collated in to a toolkit for use nationally.

Project Website

https://b-internationalproject.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 649246 Eur

Project Coordinator

CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY & Country: UK

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES ANDTECHNOLOGY AT ISLAMABAD
• LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
• COMSATS UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
• PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF FASHION AND DESIGN
• ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
• ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES