Register to attend conference on international foundation programmes
Thursday, 13 June 2019
The International Foundation Programme (IFP) at the University is hosting the annual InForm Conference on Saturday 29 June.
Focused on the theme of Evolution of international foundation programmes – recognising a new environment and adapting to change, it will feature 21 presentations delivered at our Whiteknights (UK) and Johor Bahru (Malaysia) campuses. A video link will connect the events at the two campuses.
Talks cover a broad range of highly relevant and interesting topics:
- Transnational education (TNE) – delivery of IFP overseas
- Developments in English language teaching and language support
- Identifying and developing quality in IFPs and pathway programmes
- Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) – opportunities, risks and programme development
- Student recruitment – appealing to a new generation of applicants
- Private providers – overview and future
- Enhancing student engagement, transition to UG and the student experience
You can find more information in the programme overviews for UK and Malaysia, which show the schedule of the day with titles and abstracts of each of the presentations.
To attend, please register at the conference’s online booking site. There is a charge to attend (£70 for UK event; £35 for Malaysia), which includes refreshments throughout the day and lunch.
The deadline for registration is Monday 17 June. Any registration enquiries after this date should be made to inform@reading.ac.uk.
International Foundation Programmes are generally one-year programmes. They enable international students – who don’t have the necessary academic or language qualifications for direct entry to undergraduate programmes – to progress onto their chosen degree upon successful completion of the foundation year. The IFP at the University was one of the first such programmes and is now in its 34th year.
InForm is a journal and annual conference that is run by the International Foundation Programme at the University of Reading. It has over 300 subscribers including 81 institutions in the UK and around the world.
More information about InForm including copies of the InForm Journal and slides from previous events can be found here.