Fulbright US-UK Foundation
Project Title
For a project that pairs US/UK teaching faculty of higher education institutions in a virtual exchange on a given global challenge
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
40 months
Description
To solve complex problems, we urgently need to bring together a diversity of experiences and perspectives to learn from each other and collaborate. International education exchange is one tried and tested way of doing this. But traditional, in-person exchange is under severe economic and environmental pressure and, crucially, is not a viable option for everyone. The US-UK Fulbright Commissionhas shown for overseventyyears the transformational impact of cross-national immersive academic experiences. The US-UK Fulbright Commission seeks to democratize international education exchange by creating a sustainable infrastructure designed to widen participation in international education and global learning. This initiative, Global Challenges Teaching Awards, promotes innovative ways of co-designing and co-teaching a virtual exchange course that address key global challenges and provides an inclusive and equitable pathway for faculty and students to acquire international experience, test ideas and to learn new skills to aid in their participation in a global economy. Corporation supportwill alsoaid to the research base of this burgeoning field and codify best practices that will be disseminated to analogous organizations and higher education institutions.