I feel honored to have been appointed Distinguished Professor at Baoji University of Arts and Sciences in China for my contribution in research on education and linguistics.

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应我校邀请，芬兰赫尔辛基大学Fred Dervin教授将来我校举行学术报告，报告题目为《跨文化能力：是什么？如何研究它？》。

第一场：5月16日（星期五）8:00-10:00，新校区音乐厅；

第二场：5月16日（星期五）16:30-18:30，老校区教学主楼603教室。

欢迎广大师生届时光临！

About Baoji University of Arts and Humanities

In this letter to Dr Andreas Schleicher, director of the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment, academics from around the world express deep concern about the impact of Pisa tests and call for a halt to the next round of testing.

The Guardian, May 2014

One-day conference organized by Turku University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the Education for Diversities Research Group (Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki) and the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication (UPM – Universiti Putra Malaysia). 

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Higher education in turmoil – how should we prepare for internationalization in the future?

When? Wednesday, June 4th, 2014, 10.00-16.30

Where? Turku University of Applied Sciences, ICT City, Auditorium Lamda, Joukahaisenkatu 3, 20520 Turku

Conference Description:

Internationalization of higher education is set as a strategic goal of many national economies worldwide. Higher education institutions strive to increase level of internationalization-related capabilities, develop internationally recognized brands, improve image, reputation and international rankings and attract students from all over the world. But what does internationalization of education actually mean? Which strategies and practices are applied, which work, which don’t? How do higher education institutions perceive and prepare for the mobility which comes along with internationalization?

This conference brings together international experts from the fields of academia, administration and business to discuss three key issues in educational internationalization policies: 1) Academic Mobility and Interculturality, 2) The internationalization of Higher Education and 3) Commercialization of academia.

The event is organized by Turku University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the Education for DiversitiesResearch Group (Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki) and the  Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication (UPM – Universiti Putra Malaysia). The event is open to everyone who is interested in gaining a new perspective towardsthe internationalization of higher education.

The conference is free for participants. Please note that lunch will be at own expenses. We kindly ask you to register by sending an e-mail to interculturalcompetences@gmail.com before 23.05.2014.

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ESCALIER 4 (Sanoma Pro)

Here is a recording of my plenary talk at the conference Inter vs. multicultural education (London, Canada, 2014). Enjoy!

Discourses on education for diversities: Views from the media

Vanessa Andreotti’s and Julie Byrd Clark’s talks are available here:

http://upload.uwo.ca/videoPage.aspx/andreotti.mp4 http://upload.uwo.ca/videoPage.aspx/byrd-clarke.mp4