Presentation
This large economic area is increasingly creating opportunities for the free movement of its citizens through the development of mechanisms and conditions which have led to a new culture of mobility. Mobility is becoming an integral part of individual identity.
This broad concept of what constitutes citizenship clearly has implications for policies in relation to language learning and education and training. In this context both European Studies and Intercultural Studies will play a new role and will gain a new interdisciplinary dimension.
At the moment IPS (Setubal Polytechnic) is looking for ways to strengthen its internationalization strategies, by supporting initiatives in each college, with new services and new organisational structures. As this process of adapting our courses comes to an end and at time of so many changes in the name of European integration, we need to evaluate our the success of our response at an institutional level and to compare our experiences with others in a collective setting.
Goals
- To reflect on the process of internationalisation of education;
- To evaluate the Bologna Process and the new courses;
- To reflect on the importance of mobility in the context of education and training;
- To explore new dimensions in European Studies and Intercultural Studies;
- To discuss our courses in the area of mobility;
- To create a forum for integration and the exchange of experiences of mobility between students and lecturers of various nationalities.