International Staff Week
Do you want to expand your field of expertise?
What does it mean to teach a course to a diverse group of students? How do international colleagues approach that same topic? What are best practices when it comes to teaching your courses? More and more lecturers are dealing with a diverse student body, so answers to these questions prove to be more relevant than ever. Therefore, the International Staff Week aims to provide lecturers with all tools necessary to answer such questions.
Teach across borders
The International Staff Week gives you the opportunity to teach one or more classes in your field of expertise in Management or Applied Computer Science to a group of students. You will, however, also have the time to share best practices with international colleagues, to strengthen existing or establish new partnerships, and to discover both our Leuven and Limburg campuses.
Social and cultural activities are organised to allow participants to meet their colleagues from other countries also informally.
Information sharing & new approaches
During this event, lecturers will teach one or more classes to a diverse group of students at UCLL University of Applied Sciences in Belgium. They will have to rely on their knowledge of their discipline, but at the same time they will be challenged to look for new approaches. During this week, all lecturers will also have the opportunity to meet international colleagues who are interested in knowledge transfer between institutions.
Preliminary Programme
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday*** |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Morning |
Check-in Guest lectures |
Guest lectures Guest lectures: presentations for UCLL students* |
Guest lectures in Leuven and Limburg |
Guest lectures Sharing best practices among guest lecturers and academic staff** |
Guest lectures |
Afternoon |
Check-in Guest lectures |
Guest lectures |
Social activity in the city you are teaching that day |
Guest lectures |
Guest lectures |
Evening |
Opening ceremony with reception |
Guided tour through Leuven |
Social activity in Leuven |
Formal dinner in Leuven |
5 pm - Check-out |
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Monday |
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Morning Check-in Guest lectures |
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Afternoon Check-in Guest lectures |
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Evening Opening ceremony with reception |
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Tuesday |
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Morning Guest lectures Guest lectures: presentations for UCLL students* |
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Afternoon Guest lectures |
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Evening Guided tour through Leuven |
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Wednesday*** |
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Morning Guest lectures in Leuven and Limburg |
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Afternoon Social activity in the city you are teaching that day |
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Evening Social activity in Leuven |
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Thursday |
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Morning Guest lectures Sharing best practices among guest lecturers and academic staff** |
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Afternoon Guest lectures |
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Evening Formal dinner in Leuven |
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Friday |
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Morning Guest lectures |
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Afternoon Guest lectures |
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Evening 5 pm - Check-out |
*Guest lectures’ presentations for 2nd year students: we will provide everyone of you a stand at the fair with a table and a display board, so please feel free to bring along promotional material.
**Sharing best practices: a round-table session will give the opportunity to exchange best practices.
*** Program coordinators will decide if you are going to teach at our campus in Limburg or Leuven and will arrange transport to that campus.
Registration
- Sign-up is possible via this registration form. We will send you an e-mail to let you know whether your application has been accepted. Apply before 30 September 2025.
- Coordinators will make a selection based on topics and areas of expertise in the field of management by 6 October 2025. In the selection we strive to welcome a variety of our partners.
- Coordinators: Robrecht Van Goolen, Nico Nijsten and Griet Barrezeele
