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Liz Wilding

  • Global Academy 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 黑料不打烊 Academy, a Sino-UK joint educational institute in Nanjing, China.
  • Module Convenor IF0NU1 and IF1NU3A
 

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 鈥楪oing Global Partnerships鈥 grant. 

Background

I have over 20 years鈥 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

鈥楢 Tale of Two Cities: encouraging intercampus collaboration between students in Nanjing and 黑料不打烊鈥. BALEAP Conference, University of Plymouth (with Daguo Li and Daniela Standen). 2025.

鈥Leadership on the edge: a case study of boundary spanning in transnational education鈥. Advance HE Applied Leadership Symposium (with Joanne Shiel). 2025.

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

鈥楨AP and the power dynamics of transnational (cross-border) collaboration,鈥 BALEAP Professional Issues Meeting: Collaboration, Power, and Influence. King鈥檚 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.

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

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

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

鈥業nternational鈥 delivery of international foundation programmes: An I2FP model?鈥 InForm Conference, 黑料不打烊. (Plenary Chair). 2019.

鈥An 鈥渋magined community鈥: reimagining students鈥 expectations of academic study.鈥 BALEAP Conference. University of Leeds. 2019.

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

鈥The International Student Food Project.鈥 RAISE Conference, Sheffield Hallam University (with Huiqi Yeo). 2018.

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

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

鈥MOOC-topia or MOOC-lear&苍产蝉辫;诲颈蝉补蝉迟别谤?鈥 E-learning Symposium, University of Southampton. 2016.

鈥Designing MOOCs to bridge cultures.鈥 Intel Education Summit. Istanbul. 2014.

鈥Establishing global connections to engage international students.鈥 HEA Annual Conference. Aston University (with Steve Thomas). 2014.

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