September 2024
JaSt contributed to the UCD Global Week (24 Sept. 2024) by offering a poster/talk session entitled ‘Echoes of Japan: UCD’s Community Engagement’.
The University-wide Elective Module ‘Gateways to Japan’ (DSCY10080) was launched as a Discovery Module in 2019. (the list of Discovery Modules can be found:https://www.ucd.ie/students/registration/discoverymodules/)
For the session, Ms Nobuko Ijichi (CEGL / JaSt / SPWJ) gave a talk, outlining her community and outreach work in recent years. Together with the UCD Japan Group (est. in 2016), Experience Japan National Festival / the UCD Japanese Society, the Centre has been very active in ‘outside-classroom learning’, while connecting the UCD community with secondary schools and various other stakeholders outside the university. The Centre’s module and activities are leading examples of ‘Internationalization at Home’ which is now promoted by the university.
Prof. Emma Sokell (School of Physics / JaSt) took the lead in compiling selected posters designed by our previous “Gateways” students. The poster session was attended by the Vice President of Kyoto University, Prof. Mika Yokoyama, and students from Asia, France and the United States.
(Photos by Dr Kodate @ JaSt)
You can find more information in the Centre’s Annual Reports (accessible from our website here: https://www.ucd.ie/japan/newsevents/)
About our Gateways to Japan, please find the weblinks.