Universities as Global Communities

Registration is required

Speaker

Speakers will include:
Professor Iwan Davies (Vice-Chancellor, Bangor University)
Vivienne Stern (Director of Universities UK International).

From: 13 Feb 2020, noon
To: 13 Feb 2020, 5 p.m.
Location: Bangor University, Other

This event is jointly organised by Universities Wales and the Learned Society of Wales

Part of the Society’s Wales and the World event series – deepening understanding and discussion of the nation’s ‘soft power’

The event will explore the full range of contributions made by higher education and research to Wales’s international profile – including student recruitment, research collaboration, international campuses, and the benefits of global connections to communities in Wales.

With participants, we will explore:

• What more can be done to strengthen the international position of Welsh universities?

• How can international collaboration be sustained and enhanced post Brexit?

• Can UK-wide bodies do more to promote Wales?

• How can we develop our international profile in the context of the Well-being of Future Generations Act?

• How can we project amongst people in Wales our vision of globally connected universities?

We will emphasise engaging discussion, active participation, and the development of practical recommendations for the sector.

The event is free of charge and open to all.

12.30: Lunch / networking / registration
13.30: Session 1 – What is the Welsh sector’s position within UK and global contexts?
14.30: Session 2 – How can the sector develop a more distinctive international image?
15.35: Session 3 – How can Welsh institutions work more effectively with international partners?
16.15: Session 4 – How do we project the vision to people in Wales?

Supported by Welsh Government and HEFCW

Website: https://www.learnedsociety.wales/universities-as-global-communities-programme/

Event created by: s.l.davies