Resources for Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions in India
Unipi Team Leader: Giovanni Federico Gronchi, Vice Rector for Cooperation and International Relations
Unless Indian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) make Curriculum Internationalisation (CI) their priority, 97%+ of Indian students, who cannot benefit from international mobility schemes, will be continuously failed by the system–they will not be ready to work & live in our increasingly globalised world.To create institution-wide thriving cultures of Internationalisation-FOR-ALL & help every student become a global professional and citizen, RISHII Partners will work on(1) Strategic Planning for CI &(2) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for CI.RISHII will create and support Indian Partners in adopting procedures, tools, human recourse, training materials and procedures necessary to reach the Internationalisation-FOR-ALL goals.14 Indian and 5 EU Partners will jointly achieve the following:1. develop Continuous CI Plans for each Indian Partner2. offer face-to-face CPD activities focused on CI through introducing competence-based student-centred approach to a high number of academic and non-academic staff in each Indian Partner3. ensure a learning-by-doing training for Institutional Internationalisation Teams, who will become CI Champions capable of running CI CPD activities after the project lifetime4. empower Indian project participants to create Online Resources that will benefit all Indian academics, as well as Global Higher Education Community5. hold National Dissemination Events to reach Indian HEIs beyond the consortium.Summary of expected results:* 14 Strategic CI Plans developed,* 90 persons formed as CI Champions capable of running CI CPD activities,* 536 CI Workshops run by Indian project participants,* 10,000+ Indian academic & non-academic staff upskilled thanks to RISHII CI Workshops* 14 Online Resources on Curriculum Internationalisation and Stronger Collaboration among Faculty and International Relation Offices launched* 8 National Dissemination Events on CI held throughout India* Over 2 million Indian Students benefited.
Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE LA IGLESIA DE DEUSTO ENTIDAD RELIGIOSA
Other participants:
UNIVERSITA DI PISA (Italy)
EDUCATION IN AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD (Belgium)
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI (India)
THE SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY (India)
GOA UNIVERSITY (India)
THE MANGALORE JESUIT EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY (India)
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA (India)
G D GOENKA UNIVERSITY (India)
JAGRAN LAKECITY UNIVERSITY BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) (India)
ADAMAS UNIVERSITY (India)
MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (India)
VINOBHA BHAVE UNIVERSITY (India)
THE IIS UNIVERSITY TRUST (India)
MIT ART DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY (India)
UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO (Portugal)
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN (Netherlands)
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY (India)
Start date: 15-01-2020
End date: 14-01-2024
EU Grant: 969.119 €
Project website: https://rishii-project.com/
