Professor Jon Braddy teaches Queer Theory at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he’s been for the past 22 years. He first began teaching the course in 2013 before taking a break and bringing it back as a virtual exchange in 2023. “It was a hot topic at the time,’ he
Dr Mirjam Hauck hails from the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University in the UK. She is a founding member of UNICollaboration and has been a passionate and dedicated scholar in the field of VE for the past 25 years. For the last 4-5 years, her
Konstantinos Petridis is Associate professor and Vice Rector of Internationalisation at the Hellenic Mediterranean University. He is a physicist specialising in laser physics with a PhD from St Andrews University in Scotland. Dr Petridis researches continuous wave laser systems. In particular, how to engineer the physical and mechanical properties of
Twenty-two-year-old Sophie Brazil is studying History and English at the University of Regensburg in Germany and wants to be a teacher of English when she finishes. Currently she is undertaking a virtual exchange with students from Israel and Turkey. They are all trainee teachers and the main goal of this
More from behind the scenes at UC “Our training team has been beavering away behind the scenes working on some new offerings,’ explains UNICollaboration’s Managing Director, Sara Pittarello. “We met over the summer, here in Padua, where we reflected, analysed and discussed what we thought was missing in the field
Preeti Suri is originally from India. She’s currently living and studying in the UK at Coventry University, having recently completed a Masters’ in Applied Linguistics and English language teaching. It was in the UK that Preeti had her first experience of virtual exchange. Preeti is undertaking a PhD now, and
Fabian Krengel, PhD candidate, began his virtual exchange journey at the University of Göttingen in the centre of Germany. He’s undertaking his design-based VE at Regensburg university in Bavaria focusing on using VE to train pre-service English Language teachers on how to perceive English as a global language to encourage
Netherlands-based former student, Louisa was studying during the pandemic, when she found participating in a virtual exchange helped her make the best of a tricky situation. “My Erasmus exchange was cancelled’, explains Louisa. “I was supposed to go to the United States but that didn’t happen. I decided to make
Kleiberth Romero Is an 18-year-old software programming student currently living in Colombia. He’s originally from Venezuela. Fiana Annisa Is an English major student from Indonesia. Although geographically divided, they have both been delighted with their recent experience of taking part in the International Virtual Exchange project initiated by Australia-based Eric
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