%0 Journal Article
%T Tensions and Rewards: Behind the Scenes in a Cross
%A Bonnie Rose Stanway
%A Tony Cannell
%A Yihui Gu
%A Yiyuan Cao
%J Journal of Studies in International Education
%@ 1552-7808
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1028315318813199
%X In the domain of ˇ°internationalization of the curriculum,ˇ± this article introduces the rarely incorporated dimension of ˇ°engaging students as partnersˇ± (SaP) to address and explore challenges of increasingly diverse universities. The aim of this qualitative research was to explore engaging international students as partners in a modest and targeted internationalization innovation, which was specifically designed to address the needs of Chinese international students at a prominent Australian university business school. The innovation involved embedding WeChat, a prevalent Chinese social media platform, in a postgraduate learning module to form a cross-cultural bridge to better connect academics and learning support staff at the Business School with their Chinese international student cohorts. Staff and partnered Chinese international students in this small-scale cross-cultural partnership have coauthored this article, which reports on the identified tensions and rewards behind the scenes in this partnership. Findings mostly align with existing SaP literature; however, some unique benefits also emerged from having an explicit cross-cultural focus for the partnership
%K internationalization of the curriculum
%K engaging students as partners
%K WeChat
%K higher education
%K international education
%K Chinese international students
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1028315318813199