About UNICOIL

UNICOIL is a consortium-based network which seeks to stimulate the scaling up of COIL and COIL-related research at universities across Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Great Britain through forming and sustaining a supportive COIL community.

It is steered by a Steering Committee made up of 15 colleagues from the following universities:

Atlantic Technological University
Cardiff University
Dublin City University
International University of Applied Sciences
Queen's University Belfast
Robert Gordon University
Sheffield Hallam University
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Trinity College Dublin
University College Dublin
University of Leeds

In particular, UNICOIL seeks to:

Scale up COIL capacity: raise awareness of COIL amongst students, faculty, and staff; identify and/or establish Teaching and Learning opportunities to develop COIL skills; develop COIL resources; seek funding streams to support COIL projects, including pilot projects.
Research COIL: conduct baseline surveys of COIL offerings at members’ HEIs; establish pilot COIL projects for the purposes of study; establish and disseminate mixed-method studies of COIL projects, with control groups, to evaluate the impact of COIL on intercultural learning and to refine COIL pedagogy.
Develop a supportive COIL community: establish a strong UNICOIL Network presence on social media; organise virtual symposia and workshops; hold an annual hybrid conference, including student participants; leverage existing COIL expertise in international alliances and partnerships.