One of the recent imperatives in higher education worldwide has been internationalization of the curriculum. The object of this article is to explore student perceptions of internationalization across diverse course offerings within one school of the University of South Australia (UniSA). UniSA is notable in the Australian context as a university which from very early in its development enshrined internationalization among its seven ‘graduate qualities’. In this preliminary study, we explore the notions of internationalization of the curriculum as represented in the literature, describing the context for internationalization at UniSA before exploring student perceptions. Our data reveal that on the whole students appear to have a deep and integrated sense of internationalization of the curriculum which at times clashes with a less developed conceptualization defined by their course of study. From our study we are able to begin to define certain principles which foster internationalization of the curriculum and draw some challenging conclusions about its future in higher education.
Contextualising the special issue This special issue sets out to explore the responses of norm-receivers to EU export of norms and values. The main focus of this special issue is on the Asian recipients of EU norms. The leading theoretical explanations-used by all contributors to this Issueare from the revisited analytical framework of 'Normative Power Europe' (NPE). NPE is a popular conceptual paradigm that has informed debate about the EU since the early 2000s. Introduced in the seminal work by Ian Manners (2002), it remains a useful and intellectually attractive model to understand the EU and its actions both internally and externally. Its appeal lies in its emphasis on ideas; its open, eclectic and critical nature; and its focus on explanations of power beyond state-centred models. In recent times, there appears to be a divergence of views with regard to the attractiveness, role and importance of NPE as a vehicle for deeper understanding of the EU and its actions. For some, the appeal of the NPE approach is waning (Nicolaïdis and Whitman 2013). For others, substantial revisions are needed (Whitman 2013). This situation is not in the least due to the fact that the topography of the NPE scholarly debate features a number of blind spots. The most recent attempts to map the NPE legacy (Nicolaїdis and Whitman 2013; Björkdahl et al. 2015) indicate a distinct analytical terra incognita, namely conceptualisation of the receiver of the NPE messages. While the majority of NPE scholarship has been-and remains-Eurocentric, there is a growing demand to understand the factor of external norm-takers in a
The period of development of a new state brings with it many experiences spanning the political, social and economic. The individuals and communities that make up the new state together forge a path that does not always run smoothly. The movement of people within the new borders and across borders is often a result of reactions to events both internal and external, and the resulting experiences can impact on people's lives in very fundamental ways. The experience of exile, its causes and consequences, can shape the development of a state and change the course of history. The Czech Republic or Czechoslovakia as a newly created state in 1918 had in the relatively short span of about seventy years brought to the people residing within its territory a number of different experiences of exile. The focus of this paper is on the Sudeten Germans, a former minority in the Czech lands sent into exile at the end of World War 2, my specific interest being to analyse key periods in exile experiences between 1918 and 1995. The development of the relationship between the Czechs and the Sudeten Germans still remains problematic in the eyes of many of the protagonists. Among the many questions raised by that relationship is whether this form of exile was a legislated banishment or a form of mere displacement. In addition, the question of guilt has arisen over the years, both as a mechanism for invoking the forced transfer of a population and also as a justification for receiving recompense.The conceptual basis for this paper centres on nationalism, identity politics and minority rights as an underlying framework for analysing the experience of exile of the Sudeten Germans and their complex relationship with the Czechs, in the attempts to establish a homeland.The end of the First World War brought with it many changes to the geo-political landscape of Europe. It resulted in the defeat and dismantling of empires, and gave independence and new international standing in the form of statehood to territories which Vadura Exile in the Czech Republic had previously been under their jurisdiction. The peace settlements after the war resulted in the creation of a number of new nation-states including Czechoslovakia. As the granting of statehood had been based on the right to self-determination according to the principle of nationality, a common problem for all of the newly independent states was the place of minorities. This extended to how to include or integrate these sometimes-reluctant minority groups into the new state framework. The German minority in the Czechoslovak state found itself to be part of a state that it had not wanted to join, and in a subservient position, a reversal of its previous majority status.The exile experiences in the Czech lands occurred after significant political upheavals that destabilised the institutions and structures of the state. These population movements occurred after the two world wars and also as a result of border revisions and regime changes, and they impacted on all nationalities in the new sta...
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