{"id":4102,"date":"2017-04-19T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T11:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/?page_id=4102"},"modified":"2017-04-28T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T10:49:54","slug":"studywork-abroad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/studywork-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Study\/work abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Hallam University is committed to ensuring that all students engage with the world and broaden their horizons in order to\u00a0develop the skills to work and live in culturally diverse and global communities.\u00a0<strong>SHU\u00a0GoGlobal<\/strong>\u00a0is designed to foster and encourage international\u00a0activities and outlook through\u00a0promoting opportunities to work and study abroad, and inspiring Sheffield Hallam students\u00a0to participate in\u00a0projects at home which will boost your intercultural skills.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe individual benefits gained from outward mobility opportunities are well-known. This experience enables young people to develop skills that will serve them for the rest of their life. They increase their language proficiency, adaptability, self-confidence and employability. They learn to stand on their own two feet and to live and work with people from another culture. In short, they open their minds\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><strong>Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studying and working abroad\u00a0sharpens the creativity, cultural intelligence and problem solving skills necessary to compete in today\u2019s culturally diverse global economy. But\u00a0building cultural intelligence can be done through living\u00a0and engaging\u00a0in a multicultural environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHU GoGlobal<\/strong>\u00a0will connect you with a network of other projects, tell you about the opportunities available, enable you to see what you can achieve and help you\u00a0develop important attributes of a globally competent student which employers value. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A diverse and knowledgeable worldview<\/li>\n<li>Comprehension of the international dimensions of your major field of study<\/li>\n<li>Ability to communicate effectively in another language and\/or cross-culturally<\/li>\n<li>Cross-cultural sensitivity and adaptability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Hallam University is committed to ensuring that all students engage with the world and broaden their horizons in order to\u00a0develop the skills to work and live in culturally diverse and global communities.\u00a0SHU\u00a0GoGlobal\u00a0is designed to foster and encourage international\u00a0activities and outlook through\u00a0promoting opportunities to work and study abroad, and inspiring Sheffield Hallam students\u00a0to participate in\u00a0projects &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/studywork-abroad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Study\/work abroad<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":4178,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4102","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4RiUv-14a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4177,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4102\/revisions\/4177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}