Friday, 24 November 2023 Intercultural orientation and safety management for outgoing students: Staff Training at Ghent University

Colleagues from UP FAMNIT, Sanja Sandić from Communication Office and Tanja Labus from International Office, attended a Staff training at Ghent University, held from 22 to 24 November on the topic of Intercultural orientation and safety management for outgoing students.

The three-day programme included lectures on international and intercultural competences, preparation and safety abroad for outgoing students and topics related to student and staff mobilities to the Global South. Colleagues from UP FAMNIT also presented best practices on promotion of incoming and outgoing student mobilities.

The training was attended by 23 participants from 15 countries.

Lessons learned from the staff training include establishing structured educational programmes for outgoing students while utilizing different digital resources. One of the themes included is crisis management and debriefing after the mobility.

We are currently in a process of establishing a new Erasmus+ partnership with Ghent University.

Key findings and guidelines from the staff training will be presented to colleagues at UP in the following weeks.