Putting Students at the Center: Formalizing COIL Leadership to Support Global Learning for Al - Session at European Association for International Education 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden.
COIL virtual exchange can democratize access to international engagement opportunities and their benefits—if these are equitably available to all. COIL access varies significantly within and between institutions. Chaired by a student, this session will ask leaders to re-examine the enablers and blockers to providing COIL access for all. It also considers strategies to move COIL from internationalization’s periphery to the center by placing students at the heart of the decision-making process.
Building COIL Capacity in the UK and Ireland
The thematic network lead, Izzy Crawford, has been invited to present about COIL@UArctic at the University of Leeds, UK in April 2025: Ward, M., Dawson. M., Satar, M., Hauck, M., Crawford, I. (2025). Building COIL Capacity in the UK and Ireland. University of Leeds: Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures Event. Thursday 24th April 2025. [International symposium]. Available from: Building COIL capability in the UK and Ireland | Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures | University of Leeds
General Assembly Meeting of the Himalayan University Consortium
The thematic network lead, Izzy Crawford, has been invited to serve as a speaker at the HUC Summit 2025, 16-17 April, 2025, on the work of Thematic Network on Collaborative Online International Learning and Biodiversity Education across the Arctic Circle.
International Graduate Student Research Cohort 2025 - Virtual Student Mobility
The International Graduate Student Research Cohort represents a partnership between the New England Ocean Cluster (NEOC), the University of Tromsø (UiT) – The Arctic University of Norway, and the Maine North Atlantic Institute (MNAI) at the University of Southern Maine (USM). The 2025 Cohort will also include students and faculty from Robert Gordon University (RGU) and Reykjavik University (RU). The International Graduate Student Research Cohort is an annual organized effort that brings together international students and faculty to collaborate on a research project resulting in a publishable paper and presentation at the Arctic Circle Assembly (ACA) in Reykjavik, Iceland in October 2025.
The Yellow Tulip COIL Project
The Yellow Tulip COIL Project is a voluntary, collaborative, online, international, learning opportunity (COIL). It is an innovative approach to addressing mental health stigma whereby students connect online from around the world to discuss strength-based approaches to addressing mental health; what self-care look like on their university of college campus; how mental health is addressed in their community; and to plant a Hope Garden on their campus or in their community.
COIL Training Webinars
Between November 2024 and April 2025, Steve Harbert from Robert Gordon University has delivered a series of webinars focusing on each stage in the process of developing a COIL project including: Introduction to COIL; Project Planning and Finding a COIL Partner; and Running a COIL Project.. The webinars include examples from COIL@UArctic and explain how to complete a COIL profile to share with prospective COIL partners on the website. For more information please contact the thematic network lead, Izzy Crawford i.c.crawford@rgu.ac.uk.
COIL@UArctic Thematic Network Meetings
COIL@UArctic Thematic Network Partner Meetings took place on 22nd January, 12th February, 12th March, and 9th April 2025. At each meeting the partners discussed how to increase engagement with COIL@UArctic activity, ideas for future training webinars, and how to improve the network's resources. If you would like to get involved, become a partner, or make suggestions for the network please contact the thematic lead, Izzy Crawford i.c.crawford@rgu.ac.uk
UArctic noth2north mobility funding secured
Two members of the team at Robert Gordon University have recently been awarded funds from UArctic north2north mobility programme, to visit the University of the Faroe Islands in May.
