Teaching International Students - A BPP Business School Compendium

Impact and Reflective: Teaching International Students

BPP Business School: A compendium created by the Teaching International Students Scholarship Group

International students inspire us every day as we understand their different academic journeys, prior experiences and challenges they may face in adapting to a new culture and new higher education system.

As a community we are honoured to play our part in the future of so many young people from different regions of the world and it is incumbent on us to continuously strive to enhance their experience and for us to learn from them.

Our ethos which shapes our thinking towards our international students is ‘Connect First, Educate Second’ - the belief that we need to invest in making everyone feel comfortable and part of BPP before we can expect effective learning can begin. By using our 4-step learning methodology – prepare, apply, collaborate, and consolidate supported by a rich virtual learning environment we can create a structured routine across all modules enabling familiarity and effective skills development with minimal uncertainty.

But beyond institutional systems and structures, the true impact of what we do comes from our faculty and their commitment to ensuring a positive, inclusive, and joyful experience for our students. By creating a space for scholarship and innovation within our context of teaching international students we have been able to foster creativity and thought leadership which in turn drive tangible benefits almost immediately. Our scholarship goes beyond the expected areas of internationalisation and begins to address topical, sector-wide issues with a clear purpose of setting high standards for ourselves and our students.

The work in this compendium shows how we are breaking down barriers between our preconceptions of what students want and what works for them, how we are challenging each other to expand our teaching methods in the classroom and online, and how we are embracing what technology is bringing to our work both now and in the future.

We hope you find it of value.

DOI: 10.25416/NTR.28512590

An accessible text version of the compendium in Word is also uploaded here.