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International Student Symposium

2024年2月7日更新

International Student Symposium of the EDI Program

EDI Program held the International Student Symposium on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 from 13:20-16:40 at Ochanomizu University, Inter-Faculty Building 2, Room 20. The symposium featured opening remarks by Trustee and Vice President Ishii-Kuntz Masako, student final report, and closing remarks by EDI Project Lecturer Misako Hirano.

Under the following program, first-term students（5 Ochanomizu University students, 8 international students）gave their final presentations in English, reviewing their study abroad experiences, global internships and the summer program in the EDI program. The Ochanomizu students presented their learning experiences related to EDI (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion), reflecting on their experiences of studying abroad in the partner-universities in the UK, Canada, and Australia. The international students who came to study in Tokyo at Ochanomizu University from July 2023 to January 2024 reflected on their experiences of the seven months and gave the presentations on the promotion of cultural diversity in the international community. There were Q&A sessions after the each 5-minute student presentations in which the students actively asked questions each other. Finaly, 4 students (2 Ochanomizu students and 2 international students) who participated in the long-term internship program of English education at the Ochanomizu Elementary School gave a presentation regarding the experiences of the internship. The English teacher from the elementary school gave a comment. In total, 33 participants (including 11 Ochanomizu students, 8 international students, 3 company representatives, and 11 faculty members) participated in the international student symposium.

[Student Final Report]

・Practical Attempt in Daily Situation to Improve Gender Equity in University (Riko Nagao, OU)

・Learning from Australia's Multicultural Model (Online, Nanaka Takeuchi, OU)

・Promotion of Inclusion and Respect for Diversity (Riko Ikeda, OU）

・Multicultural Coexistence and Respect for Diversity in Canada (Sakura Takahashi, OU)

・From Japan to the World (Rebecca Lu, UTS)

・Bridging Language and Culture Through EDI (Nina Tran, UTS)

・Discovering My Global Self (Anslie Feng, UTS)

・EDI Exchange and Sustainable Social Development (Kaatje Kempe, BUC)

・From London to Tokyo: My experience with EDI (Charlotte Melvin, UEA)

・My Time in Japan: A Self-Reflection on the EDI Program (Louis D'Alton-Harrison, UEA)

・EDI Program: In Retrospect and Prospect (Ben Redhead, UEA)

・A Male Experience of a Female Education (Eduardo Dalby Garcia, UEA)

・Efforts at University to Build Inclusive Environments (Online, Rikako Wada, OU)

・Global Internship (Long-term Internship) Presentation (Mio Inatani, Kotoha Fujita, OU,

Nina Tran, UTS and Kaatje Kempe, BUC)

Opening Remarks（Trustee and Vice President Ishii-Kuntz Masako）

Student Presentation

Group photo of students participating in the program and faculty members

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