Trinity Education Project: Internships and Study Abroad Forum

Professor Juliette Hussey Vice-President for Global Relations

18 April 2016

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Internships

An academic internship is an approved and monitored work experience of a pre-professional nature that meets specific learning goals and is related to an academic field of study. The work at the internship site under the direction of a site supervisor is only part of the experience. The student has a faculty sponsor for the internship and an academic assignment for the student to complete.

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Internships

Structured and supervised one-term work experience that usually lasts about three months, aligning with the semester

May be paid or unpaid

Is different from a short-term job or volunteer work in that it has an intentional “learning agenda” in a structured work environment

Includes learning objectives, observation, reflection, evaluation and assessment

Often includes a mentor from within the host organization

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Internships/Programme placements

Currently many UG programmes in Trinity have work placements or internships as part:

Nursing, Medicine, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Radiation Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Social Work,

Engineering, Computer Science-

New Business Studies programme to have internship

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Study Abroad

Study Abroad is“[e]ducation that occurs outside the participant’s home country. Besides study abroad, examples include such international experiences as work, volunteering, non-credit internships, and directed travel, as long as these programs are driven to a significant degree by learning goals.”

The Forum on Education Abroad

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What Does Trinity Study Abroad Look Like?

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College-wide non-EU exchange programme:

•Since 2011/12 numbers have increased by 200%, with a 47% increase in 2014/15 alone.

•Newly implemented internal marketing plan and an improved curriculum mapping process.

•New summer school mobility programme: Creates mobility opportunities for students who cannot/do not wish to travel during the academic terms.

•Increased support for students on exchange: Provost’s Asian Travel Bursary and International Welcome Programme.

Overview of Student Mobility at Trinity

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School networks non-EU engagement

•Schools of Business, Law and Medicine – Schools with largest mobility programmes

•Overseas research placements, e.g. in Physics and Chemistry

Consortia

•UNITECH, TASSEP, Cluster, Coimbra, CASA (proposal under review)

Overview of Student Mobility at Trinity

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Erasmus

• Students outgoing increased by 28%, from 2011/12 to 2015/16.

• Further increase of 15.5% from 2014/15 to 2015/16.

• Required year abroad for courses in European Studies, Business and a Language

• Consistently fewer outbound Erasmus students than there are incoming to Trinity. Leads to imbalanced exchanges, raising capacity issue.

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Breakdown of overall Erasmus activity at Trinity 2011-2016

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16

Students Out 285 254 275 315 364

Students In 346 373 397 436 455

Teaching Out Unknown 10 13 4 8

Training Out Unknown 1 2 6 5

Erasmus

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Overview of Progress on Non-EU College-wide Exchange Programme, 2011/12 – Present

Breakdown of Trinity students taking part in college-wide non-EU programmes

*Data relating to incoming students before 2014/2015 is incomplete

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Student mobility – next steps for TrinityOutbound

• Over 23% of Trinity undergraduate students eligible to take part in a mobility programme are doing so

• Further expansion of the college-wide exchange programme

• Expansion of School level exchange

• Summer Schools and Volunteering Abroad opportunities

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Student mobility – next steps for TrinityOutbound

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

No. of UG students who

availed of mobility

opportunities

544 514 660 730

% of UG student population

eligible for mobility (typically

3rd year students) who avail of

mobility opportunities

18% 17% 21% 23%

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Questions?

TABLE 1 & TABLE 2 - INTERNSHIPS

QUESTION 1Identify at least 3 benefits to an internship experience.

QUESTION 2Identify 3 challenges to current internships/introducing internship opportunities in programmes

QUESTION 3What are the ingredients of a good internship experience?

*****************************************************************************************TABLE 3 & TABLE 4 - STUDY ABROAD

QUESTION 1Identify at least 3 benefits to a study abroad experience.

QUESTION 2Identify at least 3 challenges to current study abroad experiences/introducing study abroad opportunities in programmes

QUESTION 3What are the ingredients of a good study abroad experience?

Thank You