Academic sojourners, teaching and internationalisation: The experience of non-UK staff in a British University

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 649-659

  Luxon, Tony ^a   Peelo, Moira ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; International faculty; Internationalisation; Language; Sojourners; Teaching practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449117645     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510903315233     Document Type: Article

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