09.45

Registration

10.15

Welcome
Sara Marsh, Chair of SCONUL and Director of Learner Support Services, University of Bradford

10.25

Keynote Speaker followed by questions: International students: issues and challenges
Dominic Scott OBE, Chief Executive, UK Council for International Student Affairs

11.15

Coffee break

11.45

Facilitated discussion with student panel on the experience of international students
Moderated by Claire Shaw, Community Journalist for the Higher Education Network, The Guardian

Participants include:

• Toyosi Adebayo, Kingston University graduate, studied at SUNY New Paltz
• Maxwell Greenberg, Convener of the International Students Action Group, University of Edinburgh
• Katarina Nordanger, VP Welfare, Queen Mary Students' Union
• Daniel Stevens, International Students’ Officer, NUS
• Yulin Zhang, PhD Student in Biochemistry, Oxford University.

12.30

Questions from the audience

12.45

Lunch

13.45

Workshops: Four facilitated workshops on internationalisation and related themes

• How can libraries ensure international students have a positive HE experience?, Steve Rose, Southampton Solent University
• Setting the social scene: how libraries can provide opportunities for intercultural mixing, Joanne Farmer and Ruth Sweeney, University of Northampton
• What particular additional services, if any, do international students need to meet the challenges of UK HE?, Sue Robson, Newcastle University
• University libraries overseas – strategies, set-up, and stumbling blocks, Caroline Williams and Christine Middleton, University of Nottingham

15.00

Coffee break

15.30

Keynote speaker followed by questions: Knowledge management on the global stage
Dr Joanna Newman, Director, UK Higher Education International Unit, Universities UK

16.20

Closing remarks
Sara Marsh, Chair of SCONUL and Director of Learner Support Services, University of Bradford

16.30

Close and departure