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

Programme

Programme and Abstracts 

The full programme (subject to change) and book of abstracts are available to view and download here.

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

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

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

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

Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor 

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

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

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

Seamstress - hybrid - 2nd Floor

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

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


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 

Denim Room  - hybrid - 2nd Floor

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

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

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


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 (TBC), University of Leeds

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

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

Cotton Room - in person only - 1st Floor

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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