The schedule for the #ChinaHE20 conference is listed below with links to session recordings. Please click on the individual sessions to see abstracts for the presentations.
Monday, December 7
Session 1: Conference Introductions and
‘Knowledge domains of Chinese doctoral returnees’
Chair: Jenna Mittelmeier
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/097b6111-3ff4-4106-955c-1a5cd5ceacb6/
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Conference co-organisers | Welcome and introduction |
| Catherine Montgomery (Durham University) | Looking for ‘new domains’ amidst uncertain futures: Chinese doctoral research as knowledge of future global higher education |
| Yudan Zhang and Xiaoqing Wang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) | Hotspots and trends of domestic literature research on academic returnees of Chinese universities from 2007-2019: A vizualised analysis based on Citespace |
Session 2A: Post-pandemic considerations for higher education
Chair: Helen (Choen Yin) Chan
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/b89c4ef4-090b-41ca-90ad-75169428e4b5/
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Chi Zhang (University of St Andrews) | Post-pandemic authoritarian resilience in higher education |
| Leigh Lawrence (University of Cambridge) | China’s higher education governance during COVID: A mixed methods study of policy analysis and student perspectives |
| Heather Cockayne and Jenna Mittelmeier (University of Manchester) | Global interpretations of Chinese international students during COVID-19: A thematic analysis of Twitter data |
Session 2B: China and UK higher education
Chair: Huili Si
Session recording avialable at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/3fc436b8-9169-4a13-8591-665e9581f84d
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Michael Natzler (Higher Education Policy Institute) | Evolving narratives around ‘China’ in higher education policy: A view from a think tank |
| Xi Tao (University College London) | Becoming a global citizen through study abroad: A longitudinal study of Chinese postgraduate students’ experience in the UK |
| David Law (Keele University) | Sino-British joint education institutes: Policy issues for university leaders in UK (Work in Progress paper) |
Keynote Session:
Ka Ho Mok (Lingnan University)
‘The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on international higher education: Chinese student perspectives’
Chair: Miguel Antonio Lim
Sesion recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/5e7fd831-703e-46f1-ab08-73fe32187a11
Keynote abstract and speaker profile are available here.
Tuesday, December 8
Session 3A: International students’ experiences in China
Chair: Jingran Yu
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/07c10595-f039-435f-955b-9c4f23cd0f15
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Tinghe Jin (University of East Anglia) Paiwei Qin (University of Jyvaskyla) Palitha Edirisingha (University of Leicester) | Experiencing and reflecting Chinese Higher Education (CHE): Interviews with international students in mainland China |
| Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh (La Trobe University) | International students in China and their employability perceptions: A qualitative study |
| Ming Han (University of Nottingham Ningbo) | Cultures of learning: Exploring the learning experiences of international students in China (Work in Progress paper) |
Session 3B: Evaluating systems of university practice
Chair: Bowen Zhang
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/72f2f2eb-d7cf-45c1-a4f3-b9a656a47f71
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Yui-yip Lau and Tsz Leung Yip (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) | Social transformation of education in Hong Kong: Changes of student mix and behaviours |
| Bing Liu (University of Manchester) | The definition of the world-class university in China’s higher education |
| Andrea Střelcová and Yuzhuo Cai (Tampere University) | European researchers in Chinese academia: What are their motivations, satisfaction and career trajectories? |
Session 4: Global experiences of international students during COVID
Chair: Ying Yang
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/baedbbd5-2000-4a0e-aaed-4eb28182d293
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Angela Lehmann (Australian National University) | Being international at home: Australia’s offshore Chinese international students during COVID-19 |
| Hong Yang (University of Reading) | Chinese students’ learning experience in one British university during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Carolyn Hu (University of Edinburgh) | International postgraduate students’ learning experience within a crisis context: A qualitative study in the UK |
| Yizhe Huang and Michael Lanford (University of North Georgia) | The experiences of Chinese international students in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic (Work in Progress paper) |
Early Career Writing Workshop
Chair: Helen (Choen Yin) Chan
What does it mean to write effectively? A workshop on key elements of good academic writing
Jelena Brankovic (Bielefeld University)
Melina Aarnikoivu (University of Jyvaskyla)
ECHER – Early Career Higher Education Researchers
Workshop abstract and speaker profiles are available here.
Wednesday, December 9
Session 5 (Parallel Session): 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (UK time)
(7:00 to 8:00 pm China; 6:00 to 7:00 am EST)
Session A: Chinese international students’ experiences and identity formation
Chair: Xueting Ban
Sesson recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/4d4a8737-5851-48b3-8450-de5392db2b6c
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Meng Xiao (University of Toronto) | Passive learners? Rethinking Chinese international student identities in Canadian post-secondary institutions |
| Lemin Shen (Zhejiang Wanli University) | Developing host students’ intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in a multicultural class in China |
| Shan Lu Concordia College Moorhead, USA; University of Toronto | A look at COVID-19 impact on two colleges’ international mobility plans and policies: United International College and Concordia College (Work in Progress paper) |
Session B: Teaching experiences in uncertainty
Chair: Heather Cockayne
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/06faf146-93b1-49c2-a05c-d8c677decb3a
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Annie McCartney, Phillippa Watkins, Clare Kell, Dawn Story, and Shane Galvin (University of South Wales) | The contractual and educational challenges in delivering ‘high quality’ online tuition to Chinese students across disciplines in the ‘New Normal’ |
| Kannass Chan, Laura Zhou, and Leo Chon (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) | Responding to COVID-19 in transitioning to online teaching: Challenges and concerns from teachers’ perspectives at a university in Hong Kong (Work in Progress paper) |
Session 6: 12:15 to 1:15 pm (UK)
(8:15 to 9:15 pm China; 7:15 to 8:15 am EST)
Chinese international relations and higher education
Chair: Miguel Antonio Lim
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/ca277376-cec8-44fc-bef2-cc70db096172/
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Que Anh Dang (Coventry University) | How China and the UK influence ASEAN to navigate and engage with a changing higher education world? |
| Bowen Xu (University of Cambridge) | China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Reimagining, reshaping, and regionalizing a Sino-centric higher education space |
| Natalia Leskina (Ural Federal University) and Emma Sabzalieva (York University) | Central Asian education at the crossroads: Between post-soviet regionalism and China’s Belt and Road Initiative |
Session 7: 2:45 to 3:45 pm (UK)
(10:45 to 11:45 pm China; 9:45 to 10:45 am EST)
Macro systems of Chinese higher education
Chair: Xi Xi
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/341d5d88-97ea-4c48-af1c-d4d10981dd9b/
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Leping Mou (University of Toronto) Michael O’Shea (University of Toronto) Lu Xu (University of Pennsylvania) Ross Aikins (University of Pennsylvania) | Communicating COVID-19: Analyzing insitutional responses from Chinese universities |
| Abigail Smith (Pace University) Tavis Jules (Loyola University) | SINO-CARICOM: The fate of education and economic integration amidst COVID-19 |
| Ryan M. Allen (Chapman University) | A mixed-method exploration of perceptions and cooperation of China’s C9 league |
Keynote Panel: 4:00 to 5:00 pm (UK time)
(12:00 to 1:00 am China (Thursday); 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST)
Chair: Jenna Mittelmeier
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/7344d869-dfbe-4729-a515-cf1321eecf9d/
Jenny J. Lee (University of Arizona)
Brendan Cantwell (Michigan State University)
John P. Haupt (University of Arizona)
Wen Wen (Tsinghua University)
‘What is the future of US-China research collaborations?’
Panel abstract and speaker profiles are available here.
Thursday, December 10
Session 8: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (UK time)
(7:00 to 8:00 pm China; 6:00 to 7:00 am EST)
Soft power and knowledge diplomacy
Chair: Huili Si
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/7a7310a1-722a-4786-900c-952941260272/
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Anabela Santiago (University of Aveiro) | Chinese higher education trends in a post-pandemic era: still a tool of soft power? |
| Bingqing Shen (University of Toronto) | An attempt at knowledge diplomacy in Chinese higher education development: A rethinking of China’s Confucius Institutes |
Session 9 (Parallel Sessions): 12:15 to 1:15 pm (UK)
(8:15 to 9:15 pm China; 7:15 to 8:15 am EST)
Session A: International academics working in China
Chair: Bowen Zhang
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/fb229768-0182-4d0c-8b33-b17e4fc524c7/
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Yan Liang (University of Nottingham) | Expat academics in China: A future of opportunities, challenges, and uncertainties |
| Xin Xu (University of Oxford) and Giulio Marini (University College London) | The mobility of international faculty to China: Motivations, challenges, and future patterns |
| Jiexiu Chen (University College London) and Junwen Zhu (East China Normal University) | False anticipation and misfits in a cross-cultural setting: Exploring international scholars’ working experiences in Chinese universities |
Session B: Higher education systems in China
Chair: Bing Liu
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/3f0010d5-d93e-4812-9f90-5b40192e177f/
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Xiaoling Wang and Yangfan Li (Dailan University of Technology) | The evolution and features of programs adjustment mechanism in Chinese Universities since 1949 |
| Xu Liu (Southern University of Science and Technology) and Yitao Wang (Suzhou University) | Can independent colleges really be independent in China? |
| Cassidy Gong (University of Toronto) | Factors Contributing to the Regional Variation in the Growth and Development of Private Universities in China, Towards a Conceptual Framework (Work in Progress paper) |
Keynote Session: 1:30 to 2:30 pm (UK time)
(9:30 to 10:30 pm China; 8:30 to 9:30 am EST)
Chair: Miguel Antonio Lim
Session recording is available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/9920a97d-e70b-4a2b-ac4e-e685654f91b7/
Wenqin Shen (Peking University)
‘International academic mobility: Academic careers in China and the challenges ahead’
Keynote abstract and speaker profile are available here.
Friday, December 11
Session 10: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (UK time)
(7:00 to 8:00 pm China; 6:00 to 7:00 am EST)
Policies of internationalisation
Chair: Xueting Ban
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/c32ba097-848d-428e-a123-80cf22c98abb/
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Na Wei (National Institute for Curriculum and Textbook Research) | Case study: Going to an overseas university, a choice for a Beijing-born student who does not have the right to take the national entrance examination in Beijing |
| Jiaqi Liu (University of California San Diego) | Between embracing and controlling: The politics of student emigration in China |
| Huili Si and Miguel Antonio Lim (University of Manchester) | COVID-19, a new driver to optimize China’s transnational higher education? |
Session 11 (Parallel Sessions): 12:15 to 1:15 pm (UK)
(8:15 to 9:15 pm China; 7:15 to 8:15 am EST)
Session A: Pivots to online learning
Chair: Jenna Mittelmeier
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/2773fa6f-63a9-46ac-acfb-c1c8d3e352c5
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Yidan Zhu (Lingnan University) Yun Xia (Shanghai University) Yu Yan (Shanghai University), and Yufei He (Shanghai University) | Crossing boundaries through e-learning: Experiencing collaborative online international learning (COIL) in China’s Higher Education |
| Marieke Guy and Pip McDonald (Royal Agriculture University) | The certainty of uncertainty: Transnational online pivot in China (Work in Progress paper) |
| Yujun Xu (University of Edinburgh) | Data protection and privacy implications of online learning in international higher education (Work in Progress paper) |
Session B: Academic returnee staff in China
Chair: Jingran Yu
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/49db4402-e95a-48a1-8fae-d1dbb587be8c
| Presenters | Session Title |
| Yijun Hu (Griffith University) | Being and becoming academics: Returnees translating Western academic conduct to China |
| Jiaxin Chen (Lingnan University) and Xiaoxin Du (Fudan University) | Policy ambiguity for flexibility or uncertainty: The hidden rules in academic performance evaluation and academic returnees’ resocialization in Chinese universities |
| Bowen Zhang (University of Manchester) | The influence of Sino-Western exchange on internationalisation of Chinese higher education: Staff recruitment policy of Sino-Western universities in 20th and the 21st century |
Keynote Session: 1:30 to 2:30 pm (UK time)
(9:30 to 10:30 pm China; 8:30 to 9:30 am EST)
Chair: Heather Cockayne
Session recording available at: https://video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/8856f85434e41fb156ec49cee2ff2134/5977ad12-f6be-4dcf-b05e-bc414456eb4e
Johanna L. Waters (University College London)
‘Transnationalising higher education in Hong Kong: A new paradigm for (im)mobilities in HE?’
Keynote abstract and speaker profile are available here.
