Abstract
This article reports the experience of a team of teachers from four universities in four different countries, that have collaborated to deliver four Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs) on international social work. We describe the development and delivery of each BIP and how they informed subsequent iterations. We consider factors that promote or limit opportunities for cross-cultural collaboration, the experiences most valued by students and the implications for academic and administrative staff.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 44-58 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | European Education |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 11 Jan 2026 |
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| Publication status | Published - 11 Jan 2026 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2026 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLCThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Funding
We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Mark Bex, UCLL and Tonje Strugstad, Nord University to the development and delivery of our Blended Intensive Programme on International Social Work and this article.
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