Teaching Global Citizenship: The Global Leadership Initiative, its Impact and Challenges. Issue 1 (10th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dobson, Hugo; Bishop, Matthew L.; Enns, Charis; Horn, Philipp; Stiles, Gregory
• Is Part Of: Global policy. Volume 12:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 131
• Page End: 139
• Publication Date: 2021-01-10
• Subjects: Globalization -- Periodicals; International relations -- Periodicals; World politics -- Periodicals; 327.1705
• DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12905
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1758-5880

Abstract

Abstract: In 2015, as part of the University of Sheffield's strategic commitment to innovation in its approaches to internationalization, as well as recognition of both the importance of student employability and growing opportunities in student‐led research, the Faculty of Social Sciences established a unique learning and research initiative in the shape of the Global Leadership Initiative as part of the Global Learning Opportunities in the Social Sciences programme. Its mission reflects both a desire to develop Social Sciences students as global citizens with an international outlook and a belief that staff and students can, and should, collaborate as partners in research. To this end, these initiatives have provided students, who would not normally have the opportunity, with the means to blend an international experience into their studies and understand the Social Sciences in this context. At the same time, they have sought to provide students in the Faculty with a unique Social Sciences research‐based opportunity that will enhance their employability. This article outlines the development of these Global Citizenship Education initiatives before exploring the pedagogical benefits and challenges of the programme from an academic and student perspective based on semi‐structured interviews, surveys and student evaluations. Abstract : The need for programmes like The Global Leadership Initiative could not be more urgent. From a commercial perspective, if carefully designed and executed they still provide Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with a unique selling point at a time when student recruitment will be increasingly crucial to the financial survival of HEIs.