Advancing Global Competencies in Education

Ourania Katsara, PhD, is Senior Teaching Fellow of English for Academic Purposes and Intercultural Communication at the University of Piraeus, Greece and the STAR Country Director for Greece.Krishna Bista, EdD, Professor of Higher Education at Morgan State University, USA, and CEO of the STAR Scholars Network.

• Section 1: Foundations of Intercultural Competence and Global Learning 1. Introduction: Advancing Global Competence in Education 2. Developing Culturally Sensitive Communicators: Addressing Challenges in the Greek Higher Education Language Curricula 3. Addressing Curriculum Imbalance: The Benefits of a Cross-Curricular Approach in English Primary Schools 4. Bridging the Gap: Integrating Academic and Career Advising to Support Student Success Section 2: Language, Identity, and Virtual Exchange as Tools for Global Engagement 5. Intercultural Competence and Adaptation: Evaluating the Tandem Project's Impact on East Asian Students in a UK HEI 6. Supporting Sustainable Transformation of Mobility and Intercultural Development: The Role of Internationalization at Home 7. Intercultural Learning in and Through Higher Education EMI Section 3: Intercultural Case Studies and Institutional Innovations 8. The France Strategy of the German State of Saarland – A Special Case or a Model for Other Linguistic Communities? 9. Advancing Global Competence Through International Service Learning: Bandhwari Women’s Project