In the first weeks after the outbreak of the pandemic, WILLIAM created a webpage of resources and consultation for international offices in institutions of higher education around the world, providing information and tools to help maintain contact and psychological support for international students during the current corona pandemic.
Given that many countries are encountering their second and third waves of increased cases and experiencing once again lockdown, this information continues to be timely for international offices to help their students cope.

During the Erasmus Days, WILLIAM broadcasted 8 workshops on areas related to Internationalization at Home. The topics of the workshops are:
•    Intercultural Dimensions of Internationalization at Home
•    Safety and Security for Incoming International Students
•    Understanding Cultural Influences and the Individual Perspectives
•    Creating an Information Brochure for Incoming International Students
•    Website Creation for Recruiting International Students
•    Engaging Students in Virtual International Collaborative Courses
•    Course Design for Online International Collaborative Courses
•    Virtual Conferencing Systems for Education (Hebrew)

Over this past summer, WILLIAM shared its best practices with institutions of higher education at the HEURO workshop. This year due to COVID-19, the event was run virtually via zoom, with approximately 100 participants. We presented on virtual mobility as a potential alternative to actual mobility based on the WILLIAM initiative.

On November 27, 2020, Prof. Mooli Lahad and Dr. Yael Israel-Cohen will present the WILLIAM COVID-19 Initiative at the IHES Conference. This conference focuses on Internationalization of Higher Education for Society and is organized by Global Impact Institute, Dr. Uwe Brandenburg, a partner in WILLIAM. All institutions are welcome to join, see link to registration here.

For tips on implementing Virtual International Classrooms, take a look at a recent article written by Dr. Yael Israel-Cohen, WILLIAM Coordinator, on institutional readiness for implementing virtual mobility based on the WILLIAM consortium experience.

As part of the WILLIAM project, each partner institution will be setting up a virtual international classroom. Take a look at a fun video that Tel Hai College put together introducing their classroom, purpose-built for joint virtual joint classrooms.

All institutions are welcome to join us for the following upcoming virtual webinars and conference. If you would like more information on either or both events, please e-mail us your details and we will add you to the distribution list.