Language, Assessment & Disciplinary Specialism in UK-China TNE Conference

Programme, Recordings and Book of Abstracts

Programme, Recordings and Book of Abstracts

The full programme and book of abstracts are available to view and download here.

Please find the recordings of the sessions in the programme below.

Programme Overview 

Registration with coffee

08:30-09:30 GMT | 16:30 -17:30 CTS

Merchants Hall – Ground Floor

Welcome from the hosting institution

09.30-09:50 GMT | 17:30 -17:50 CST ​​​​

Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor 

Welcome message

Professor Rob Sturman, Pro-Dean International, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences,

University of Leeds 

Keynote speech

09.50-10:35 GMT | 17:50 -18:35 CST 

Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor

Academic Literacy Support in EMI Universities: Policy, Practice, and Collaboration
Professor Jim McKinley, University College London, Professor Heath Rose, University of Oxford

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Parallel sessions (A) presentations

10:40-11:05 GMT | 18:40 - 19:05 CST ​​​​​​

Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor 

Pushing the boundaries: how far is too far?
Louise Pullen, Russell Mayne, CITE, 
University of Leicester

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Denim Room  - hybrid - 2nd Floor 

Interdisciplinary Team Teaching to Enhance the Student Experience
Professor Karen Petrie, Charlotte Mahoney, Hanhe Lin, Napoleon Mannering, Pengpeng He, Tracey White, University of Dundee

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Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor 

Reflections on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in the Arts in a UK - China TNE setting
Elisabeth Mulders, Dr. Gareth Jones, University for the Creative Arts

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Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor 

Supporting professional reflection skills in Engineering
Anna Murawska, University of Leeds

Please note that this session was not recorded due to technical difficulties. 

Break with tea/coffee

11:05-11:30 GMT | 18:40 - 19:05 CST ​​

Merchants Hall – Ground Floor

Parallel sessions (B) presentations and lightning talks

11:35 -12:00 GMT | 19:35 -20:00 CTS ​​​​​

Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor 

Disciplinary differences: What do they mean for collaboration, language use, and knowledge construction?
Professor John Airey (Invited speaker), Stockholm University

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Denim Room  - hybrid - 2nd Floor 

"What's CEFR?" Exploring EAP and disciplinary teachers' language assessment literacies (LAL) at a Sino-British TNE university
Joseph Tinsley, Huimin He, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

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Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor

Engagement Tactics in Teaching Chemistry
Adriana Matamoros-Veloza,
University of Leeds

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Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor

From Epistemic Injustice to Epistemic Plurality: Re-theorising Assessment Literacy in UK-China Transnational Education
Arif Ahmed Zufi,
New Government Degree College Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Please note that the slides are not available for this recording due to technical difficulties.

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12.05 -12:30 GMT | 20:05 - 20:30 CST ​​​

Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor

The “Motivated but Silent” Learner in TNE: Towards an Integrated EAP–STEM Curriculum
Kamalanathan Kajan, Dr. Nasir Abbasi, Dr Costas Loizou,
University of Leeds 

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Denim Room  - hybrid - 2nd Floor

Investigating Disciplinary Literacy Needs at QMES
Alan Allman,
Queen Mary University of London 

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Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor

Developing Student Assessment Literacy: The Impact of Feedback on Pre-Sessional English Master's Students
Lulu Huang, Xinyi Chen, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Please note that this session was not recorded due to technical difficulties. 

Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor

Investigating the Oral Communication Needs of Engineering Students Studying in Two TNE Programmes in China
W. Y. Shi, Matthew Ketteringham, SWJTU-Leeds Joint School

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12.35 -13:00 GMT | 20:35 - 21:00 CST | 

Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor

Collaborating to make EMI work:  Lessons from the past
Diane Pecorari, University of Leeds

This session was cancelled due to personal circumstances.

Denim Room  - hybrid - 2nd Floor

Pre-emptive Corpus Informed Seminar Rehearsal for EMI Engineering: An Eight-Day Sino UK Pilot
Paul Jackson, University of Aberdeen

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Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor

Lightning Talks 

12:35 : Russell Savage, University of Warwick
12:40: Xiaoqing, Bi, Sam Evans, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
12:45: Zhao Xiaoxue, Kuiyin Chen; Thandokuhle Emmanual Khoza; Anisa Vahed, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
12:50: Adijat Inyang, Yamin Abdouni, Alan Allman,
Queen Mary University of London

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Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor

The changing role of EAP teachers in TNE contexts
Tom Spain, Simon Dunton, 
Oxford EMI  

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Group pictures & Lunch

13:00 - 14:00 GMT | 21:00-22:00 CST 

Merchants Hall – Ground Floor 

Parallel sessions (C) presentations

14:00 - 14:25 GMT | 22:00 – 22:25 CST ​​​​

Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor

EMI lecturer training: what, how and by whom?
Professor Katrien Deroey (Invited Speaker), University of Luxembourg

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Denim Room  - hybrid - 2nd Floor

The Impact of Workload on Sino-UK TNE Student Experience and the Case for Collaboration in Assessment and Subject Integration
John Fowler, 
University of Lancaster

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Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor

Developing Global Competence of Engineering Students through Transnational Education: Enhancing Technical and Communication Skills Through Collaboration
W. Y. Shi, Matthew Ketteringham, SWJTU-Leeds Joint School

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Parallel sessions (D) in-person workshops

14:30 - 15:30 GMT | 22:30 – 23:30 CST ​​​​​​

Herringbone suite - hybrid - 1st Floor

The EMI Corpus of Student Academic Writing and Reading: A new resource in EAP materials design
Dana Gablasova, Vaclav Brezina, Raffaella Bottini, Luke Harding, University of Lancaster

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Denim Room  - hybrid - 2nd Floor

Meeting in the middle: EAP, collaboration, and mediation in transnational educational partnerships
Alex Runchman, Stephen Kelly, Qinghui (Grace) Li, University College Dublin 

Please note that this session was not recorded due to its interactive workshop nature.

Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor

Bridging the Gap: A Triangular Approach to Supporting Final-Year Projects in UK-China Joint Programmes
Professor Anna Barney, Dr Jiahong Zhao, Lori-ann Milln, University of Southampton

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Break with tea/coffee

15:30 - 16:00 GMT | 23:30 – 00:00 CST ​​​​​​

Merchants Hall

Panel Discussion

16:00 - 16:45 GMT | 00:00-00:45 CST 

Merchants Hall

Closing remarks

16:45 -16:55 GMT | 00:45 – 00:55 CST 

Merchants Hall

Drinks Reception

17:00- 18:30 GMT | 10:00 – 02:30 CST ​​​​

Merchants Hall