The School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications is proud of our strong international ethos.
We have students from over 58 different countries studying a variety of subjects including Law, Deaf Studies, Media, Policing and English.
The School offers a truly internationalised curriculum, in part due to the development of our transnational education (TNE) programme.
TNE is where education provision from one country is delivered in another. The School has well established partnerships with institutions from across the world and we work with them to deliver our programmes internationally.
Our TNE partnerships include:
Our academic staff travel to partner institutions to deliver modules, usually on a block basis. The staff ensure that teaching material is contextualised, so it is not UK centric and is relevant to the international students' experiences and knowledge. They use local examples to support concepts, theories and processes and in turn the lecturers bring that information back and weave it into their teaching in the UK.
The School also offers our students genuine opportunities to study modules abroad at our partner institutions, giving them the opportunity to add more context to their studies and learn in a new environment. Those students who choose not to study abroad also have the opportunity to experience an international approach to their studies, as part of the TNE; when lecturers from partner institutions visit and deliver modules at Wolverhampton.
In addition to this the School is also developing work experience and graduate placement opportunities abroad for our students to further widen their experience. We currently have students undertaking work experience within the Oil industry in Russia and we are planning opportunities for Legal work experience in Mauritius.
Our strategy is not simply about students coming here or us having partnerships overseas. We believe and endorse the concept of the 'global citizen'. Wider internationalisation of the curriculum really makes a difference to the mindset of our students and it helps them to become more employable when they graduate.
There is also a lot of value in terms of the benefits for staff. They learn from staff at our partner institutions about the different learning and teaching pedagogies, cultural aspects and building international case studies that can be used with students studying at home.
The School has also established research centres within Russia and China, where our staff and students have the opportunity to undertake research projects.
