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VIRTUAL EVENT: Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) doctoral seminar

10 March 2021, 12:00 pm–2:00 pm

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In this webinar, two doctoral students from the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) will outline their research in the field of higher education studies.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES)

This event is open to all and will be of particular interest to doctoral students, research associates and faculty members within the Department of Education, Practice and Society (EPS).

Presentations

The relationship between institutional strategy and undergraduate teaching in world-class universities - the case study in the United Kingdom and Mainland China

By Kaiyun Feng

Kaiyun's study is trying to provide an insight of how institutional strategy as 'plan' and 'pattern' may influence the undergraduate teaching in the context of globalisation and internationalisation of higher education. She explores this through a case study in the United Kingdom and Mainland China to shed light on the development of world-class university, the utilisation of strategy in the educational context, the quality of undergraduate teaching, and teaching and research nexus. 

Supervisors: Dr Tatiana Fumasoli and Dr Vincent Carpentier.

A study of English university governing body roles - preliminary case study findings

By Alison Wheaton

Studies of university governance mostly overlook governing bodies.   

Alison's research has three aims:

  • to identify how the roles of English university governing bodies are characterised and indicated at sector level
  • to understand how university governing body members perceive their roles and to explore what influences these perceptions
  • to identify any discernible patterns and potential relationships with underlying governance theories. 

She intends to share preliminary findings regarding the second research question based on findings from five university case studies. 

Supervisors: Dr Tatiana Fumasoli and Dr Giulio Marini.

CHES research events

CHES research events provide a forum for academic debate, policy analysis and practice insight in higher education, supporting the exchange of theories, methods and data across social sciences.

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About the Speakers

Kaiyun Feng

PhD student at the IOE

Kaiyun’s research focuses on the relationship between institutional strategy and undergraduate teaching in world-class universities from a global scope (China, the United Kingdom and Canada), which includes research interests of organisational theory, institutional strategy, teaching quality, teaching and research nexus, and teacher education.

Alison Wheaton

PhD candidate at the IOE

Alison earned an MBA from the Wharton School and a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University, including study at the LSE.

Alison’s previous executive board-level positions span sectors and functions. In 2019, the Higher Education Policy Institute published her discussion paper: Payment for University Governors? (Report 118).