Whistling Woods International (WWI) Students are all set to receive an increase in international exposure and academic opportunities as the institute has announced its collaboration with yet another international academic partner, the University of Colorado Denver’s (CU Denver) College of Arts and Media (CAM) in the USA.
The filmmaking department from both universities will be working together to facilitate staff development, knowledge exchange, joint research, co-production, and cultural dialogues for the faculty and students.
Speaking about the partnership, Rahul Puri, the Head of Academics of WWI, says, “Since our start, we have consciously instituted academic connections with centers of excellence across the world. This ensures that the students have access to opportunities that will add to their careers. We are happy to partner with CU Denver’s College of Arts and Media (CAM) and we believe that the association will fuel greater discussions at an international level.”
Roma Sur, Faculty Lead of Bollywood Connections, CU Denver, says, “I am truly excited about this partnership between the film program at CU Denver’s College of Arts and Media (CAM) and Whistling Woods International (WWI) of Mumbai. The two schools have been collaborating for the first time in 2019 after CAM students had gone out to produce a short bilingual film that is going to be collaborating with their cohorts at WWI. This partnership will be opening up unlimited learning opportunities for students from both the institutions and many cross-cultural narratives are to be born from fiction and non-fiction cinema.”
This partnership is an addition to WWI’s global expansion list. The institute has previously collaborated with several other international educational institutes across the globe in countries like Australia, Europe, the UK, and the US such as Academia Costume & Moda, University of Bradford, University of the Arts London, DePaul University, Metfilm, Syracuse University, University of Greenwich, University of Melbourne (Victoria College of the Arts) are a few to be named out of many.
These collaborations have resulted in many advantages like international degree qualifications, student and faculty exchanges, short-term courses, workshops, joint film projects, and active study groups.
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