NICE Online Modules
What are the NICE online modules?
There are seven modules that make up the online NICE platform. When you join the NICE programme, you’ll be put into a group with four other students from the partner universities and you’ll work through the modules together. You’ll learn about intercultural competence and entrepreneurship, having regular virtual meetings together with a facilitator to talk about what you've learned. You can see the landing page of the NICE online platform but you won’t be able to access any of the content.
The seven modules you’ll work through (and the time you’ll spend working through each module with your team) are:
Introduction
Working as a team
Identifying entrepreneurial opportunities in your Global Challenge
Testing ideas
Asking for resources
Making decisions
Now then…did it work?
Throughout the modules you’ll complete matching games, read practical theory, watch videos and answer key questions about the module content. You’ll also catch up with your team and facilitator each week to discuss the week’s activities as well as your thoughts on the things you’ve been learning.
You can find out a little bit more by watching the video below and don’t forget, as you and your group work through the modules, you’ll also create your solution to your Global Challenge!
A 2019 participant in the NICE programme who attended the summer school in Dublin had this to say about the online modules:
“The online modules involved a lot a self-teaching through different mediums and a final discussion that was had once a week as a group… it was a really fun experience going to the summer school having completed the online modules with a whole new perspective on intercultural communication and the nuances involved. It was interesting actually being able to appreciate and utilise our cultural similarities and differences, while understanding why they are there, and how to embrace them in the ways the NICE online programme taught us to.”
Please keep in mind that to meet virtually with your team each week you’ll need access to a reliable high-speed internet connection and a device with a webcam and a microphone.
You should expect to spend ten hours per week once you and your team have started working on the modules (see the timeline on our How to apply page). Please keep in mind that this is just an estimate and while some weeks you will spend less time working on NICE, other weeks you will spend more time. You should plan to meet with your team at least once per week to push your project further.