Host Students' Perspectives of Intercultural Contact in an Irish University

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Providing a positive learning experience for international students studying at UK universities: A literature review (2014, background): “Andrade (2006) emphasises that students cannot be expected to adjust to a new country and educational system without appropriate support, while Dunne (2009) notes the importance of the orientation week, suggesting this is a critical time to develop intercultural relationships and interventions that…”
Cultural Transitions in Higher Education: Individual Adaptation, Transformation and Engagement (2012, background): “The critical role that local students may play in international students’ sociocultural adaptation has attracted attention in recent research, with a few interview studies eliciting exclusively home students’ experience of intercultural engagement on multicultural campuses (e.g. Colvin, Volet, & Foz”
Investigating the impact of personality and early life experiences on intercultural interaction in internationalised universities (2012, background): “Similar findings emerged from a comparable study in Ireland (Dunne, 2009), where a fear about negative judgements from international students (about lifestyle or academic commitment) was also an important factor in limiting contact.”