Jill Timms Ph.D!

We are delighted to announce that Jill Timms (one of our newest FIE faculty members, who taught on the Spring 2013 Open Enrolment Ethical Dilemmas: Business & the World course), recently achieved her Ph.D at London School of Economics and Political Science!

The study was entitled ‘Where responsibility lies: Corporate social responsibility and campaigns for the rights of workers’ in a global economy’. For this Jill investigated the development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) discourse and practice as it relates to the treatment of workers, particularly those involved in transnational supply chains. Three case studies were done of labour rights campaigns, to illustrate how competing agendas play out when the responsibilities a company has to workers are in dispute. It was shown that activist framing of the employment relationship in terms of CSR is being mobilised to achieve improved conditions of work and to influence debate of where responsibility lies.

Congratulations Jill!

‘Superhero’ Staff Members Run for Stroke Association and Warchild

On Sunday 19th May, members of the FIE team found their inner superhero at the DoItForCharity Superhero Run in London’s beautiful Regent’s Park. Read more here!

 

 

The Study Abroad Foundation (SAF) and FIE

FIE features prominently in this edition of SAF Connect – on page 2 of the bulletin (FIE’s Inaugural Student Global Leadership Conference) and page 8 (the inaugural International Career Development Programme which took place in March of this year. 

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Dr Julie Andreshak-Behrman (Chief Academic Officer) will be attending the Global Internship Conference (GIC) in Singapore in June 2013 which SAF is co-sponsoring, and Julie will be co-presenting with a staff member from SAF.

The GIC features on page 2 of the bulletin and there is also a link to the GIC website on the ‘Conferences’ tab.

Sustainability related conferences

As you know, at FIE we are dedicated to being actively engaged with, and aware of, our environmental impact and responsibilities. You can read more about FIE’s Sustainable Development Initiatives at http://www.fie.org.uk/about/mission/sustainable_development/

FIE is a member of AASHE (The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) and EAUC (The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges). See the ‘Conferences’ tab for info on these organisations’ conferences. Two additional sustainability related conferences are listed below:

ISCN 2013: The Future is Now

International Sustainable Campus Network ~June 18-20, 2013; Singapore ~ Hosted by National University of Singapore

2014 Energy & Sustainability Conference

Feb. 12-13, 2014 ~ Richmond, VA ~ Hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University

UK Universities open more overseas branch campuses

The UK now sits third behind the US and France in its number of overseas branch campuses (25) and many more are planned for the coming years. Read more about the benefits for the university, students, and the host country in this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/may/14/overseas-study-offers-broad-educational-experience

AASAP/UK has a new website!

AASAP/UK (Association of American Study Abroad Programmes UK) have just launched their new website http://www.aasapuk.org/! It has a contemporary new look and user-friendly navigation.

All of the member services on the old website are still present, including job postings, event listings and immigration information along with new functions such as a website search tool.

FIE is an Associate Member of AASAP/UK. Dr Grahaeme Hesp, FIE’s Associate Academic Officer sits on the Executive Committee. Check out the member services at http://www.aasapuk.org/services/.