Isolation, Hybridity or Biculturalism? Chinese Students’ Integration Dilemma in the West
November 2, 2014
By Flair Shi, Currently Studying Comparative Literature (MA) at University College London, Graduate of the School of English University of Nottingham Ningbo, BA in English Language and Literature. Recently, an article titled “Foreign Language Di
Understanding Chinese Students’ Decision-making in Participating in Higher Education in the UK: A Bourdieusian Perspective
September 5, 2014
By Jingran Yu, MSc Culture and Society, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science. Recent decades have witnessed Chinese students’ widening participation in higher education in the UK, which has raised wide-ranging academic interest in attributing for the causal powers underneath. In addition to existing literature, this short essay intends to provide …
Vocational education, why we need it for China’s higher education reform
April 16, 2014
By Dr. Youqing Fan, Assistant Professor at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China. China’s higher education system has long been directed towards cultivating academic talents, whilst the value of technique and skill-oriented vocational education has been downplayed. This tendency is reflected in the way that high school students are …