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Linyao Wang

  • Module Convenor:
  1. ED1BED Discovering Education: An Exploration of Key Educational Issues
  2. ED2BED Critiquing Education: Where Theory Meets Practice
  3. ED3BRE Dissertation in Educational Studies
  • BA and MA in Education dissertation supervisor

Areas of interest

  • Migration and social (rural-urban) inequalities
  • Social identity and educational achievement/aspirations
  • Gender stereotypes in education
  • International education and student (im)mobility

Research projects

  • Girls and routes into crime – funded by the Ministry for Justice, UK via Thames Valley Violence Reduction (with Prof Jo Phoenix, Prof Carol Fuller, and Dr Fei Lian)

Background

Before joining the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, Dr Linyao Wang worked as a Lecturer at Century College, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. She delivered a comprehensive series of courses to more than 120 undergraduates in English Language and Literature, achieving the “Teaching Excellence Award” and being voted as Students’ Favourite Teacher for two consecutive years due to her passion, enthusiasm and commitment to teaching and supervision. Additionally, Dr Wang made significant contributions as a Research Assistant at Beijing Normal University, working within the Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment for Basic Education Quality. Her efforts focused on enhancing the quality and effectiveness of educational assessments across countries, supported by China’s Ministry of Education.

Academic qualifications

  • PhD in Education, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø
  • MA in Comparative Education, University College London
  • BA Hons English Language and Literature, Henan University of Science and Technology

Professional bodies/affiliations

  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Member of British Education Research Association (BERA)

Selected publications

  • Wang, L. and Lian, X. (2022). A Passion for Teaching. (Day, C., Trans). Shanghai: East China Normal University Press.
  • Wang, L. and Fuller, C. Tracing the Path from SES Through Parental Engagement and Cognitive Ability to Academic Performance in Chinese Migrant Children. (submitted)

Conference Presentations:

  • Wang, L. (2025) Differences Between Migrant Parents’ Expectations and Children’s Educational Aspirations, BERA’s Sexualities and Gender SIG. British Education Research Association (BERA) Sexualities and Gender Special Interest Group, Online, March 12th.
  • Wang, L. (2025) Gender Inequality and Aspirations of Migrant Girls on the Outskirts of Beijing, Gender and Education Association (GEA), Manchester, May 27th – 30th.

Enterprise Activity, External Roles and Consultancy

  • Above and Beyond Nomination
  • Community of Practice for International Tutors
  • Reviewer of Social Transformations in Chinese Societies
  • Reviewer of BERA Conference 2025, 2024
  • Leading Through Influence, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, 2025

Publications

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