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Liz Wilding

Liz Wilding portrait
  • ISLI Transnational Education Programme Director, leading the development of foundation and English language provision for current and future TNE partnerships
  • Foundation Year Programme Director for the NUIST 窪圖勛蹋厙 Academy, a Sino-UK joint educational institute in Nanjing, China.
  • Module Convenor IF0NU1 
 

Areas of interest

My scholarship and research interests include TNE, supporting student transitions to higher education, and technology enhanced learning.  I am currently leading a project on developing EAP assessment literacy in UK-China TNE, as part of a broader UK-China Joint Institute Alliance initiative funded by a British Council Going Global Partnerships grant. 

Background

I have over 20 years experience of teaching and leadership in English for Academic Purposes (EAP), with a focus on international foundation pathways and transnational education (TNE) contexts. I am a University Teaching Fellow and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 

Academic qualifications

  • PhD (University of Pennsylvania)
  • MA (SOAS University of London)
  • TESOL Certificate (UCLA)
  • BA (Brown University)

Professional bodies/affiliations

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
  • Co-convenor of the Transnational Education special interest group for BALEAP (the Global Forum for English for Academic Purposes Professionals)
  • Co-convenor of the TNE Hub (a community of researchers and practitioners in transnational education)
  • Editorial Board member of the InForm Journal

Selected Conference Papers and Presentations

Responding to student needs in the post-Covid T&L environment BALEAP Professional Issues Meeting: Back to the classroom new framework, new balance? Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.  (Plenary speaker). 2024.

&紳莉莽梯;EAP and the power dynamics of transnational (cross-border) collaboration,浮ALEAP Professional Issues Meeting: Collaboration, Power, and Influence. Kings College London (with Joanne Shiel). 2024.

'TNE: Emerging Conversations,' [Symposium]. BALEAP Conference, University of Warwick (with Stella Bunnag, Sofia Di Giallonardo, Jennifer MacDougall, and Samantha Wilson). 2023.

 A comparative study of TEEP and IELTS for transnational education (TNE) students and their relationship to subject study. CEAPA-BALEAP 2021 International Conference, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University (with Daguo Li, John Slaght, and Ouyang Ting). 2021.

 TNE Workshop: Opportunities and challenges of working in partnership. BALEAP Conference.  University of Glasgow (with Susan Finlay, Jennifer MacDougall, and Joanne Shiel). 2021.

Benefits and impact of a TNE partnership: a case study of a UK-China joint institute. TNE-Hub Symposium, Kings College London (with Daguo Li). 2021.

&紳莉莽梯;. British Council THINK TNE Webinar Series 2020: Reshaping UK-East Asia Transnational Education in the face of Covid-19. (Invited panelist). 2020.

 Challenges of Covid 19 in relation to TNE provision. TNE-Hub Open Forum webinar. 2020.

 International delivery of international foundation programmes: An I2FP model? InForm Conference, 窪圖勛蹋厙. (Plenary Chair). 2019.

&紳莉莽梯;An imagined community: reimagining students expectations of academic study. BALEAP Conference. University of Leeds. 2019.

 Opportunities and challenges of TNE. UK-China transnational education workshop. British Council, London. (Invited panelist). 2019.

&紳莉莽梯;The International Student Food Project. RAISE Conference, Sheffield Hallam University (with Huiqi Yeo). 2018.

&紳莉莽梯;Does social networking work? Lessons from our global community. Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference, Aston University (with Sarah Brewer). 2018.

Creating an EAP management network together. BALEAP Conference. University of Bristol (with Sarah Brewer). 2017.

&紳莉莽梯;MOOC-topia or MOOC-lear disaster? E-learning Symposium, University of Southampton.  2016.

&紳莉莽梯;Designing MOOCs to bridge cultures. Intel Education Summit. Istanbul. 2014.

&紳莉莽梯;Establishing global connections to engage international students. HEA Annual Conference. Aston University (with Steve Thomas). 2014.

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