What is Global IQ Connect?
Global IQ Connect is a 5-week extra-curricular intercultural program, closely linked with the Adelaide Graduate Award and CaRST. It is open to all students regardless of degree or year.
The program is offered On-campus and Online.
You will have the opportunity to participate in cultural workshops and learn about other cultures from fellow students. Workshops will be run on a weekly basis for all participants and culturally diverse groups of 3-4 students will be created who will catch up each week after a workshop. You will grow your cultural intelligence (CQ) and develop intercultural communication skills, which can be applied to any workplace or society.
You will also:
- Increase your employability, at home and abroad
- Develop openness, respect and empathy for people from other cultural backgrounds
- Gain the confidence to embrace diversity
- Develop skills to manage unconscious bias
- Gain confidence and feel prepared for your study overseas experience
- Be able to use and further develop the intercultural skills acquired while studying overseas
- Receive a certificate of completion for your resume
For your group catch-ups, you can use any online methods of communication like zoom meetings, facetime, whats app video calls or meet face-to face. It’s your choice.
In addition to discussing the tasks you will be given after each weekly workshop with your group members, some culturally interesting topics you may wish to discuss are:
- The role of sport
- The importance of family
- Celebrations and festivals
- Food in your country (including the way food is eaten)
- Respectful relationship between men and women
- Music and its importance to you
- Political issues
- Language(s) spoken
- The way you express ‘No’ and ‘Yes’
- Typical hand gestures and their meaning
- The relationship between generations
- Social changes
- Popular games played
- Leisure activities
- The importance of ‘time’ in your culture
- Environmental protection
- Education system
- The role of media
- Freedom of speech and the press
- Religion
- Gender issues
- Importance of animal welfare
- Alcohol and the drinking culture
This video features six students who completed the online program:
- (top L-R) Szeyan, Charlotte, Jessica,
- (bottom L-R) Ranjith, Manika, and Sneha.
Additional benefits
Count Global IQ Connect towards the Adelaide Graduate Award or CaRST.
Get the additional benefit of counting your participation in Global IQ Connect towards the Adelaide Graduate Award or CaRST.