Internationalising Higher Education

This poster will discuss the University of California Education Abroad Programme in the UK and Ireland, and how students are supported throughout their exchange. Study abroad exchange programmes were established to bring diversity and greater choice to students. The number of University of California students going on study abroad programmes to the UK and Ireland has increased steadily over time, and the characteristics of students in these programmes now demonstrate a greater ethnic, national and academic diversity than ever before. Academic restrictions have been a key reason for students not participating in such programmes, as well as the more obvious reason of financial hardship. University of California has introduced various measures to encourage students from different academic backgrounds to apply and then to retain students in their study abroad programmes. This poster will discuss how students are supported throughout their exchange, academically and in other ways, the sources of this support and coordination of efforts between different stakeholders throughout the process.