Dr

Tingting Yuan

Personal statement

I am a senior lecturer in International Education at Bath Spa University.

I was a lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University from 2012 to 2016 after I gained a PhD in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol. My doctoral research was on ‘Donor Logic of Chinese Educational Aid to Africa’, which included fieldwork undertaken in Tanzania and China. I was awarded a BA in Educational Administration and an MA in Comparative Education at Beijing Normal University in Beijing, China.

My broader research interests include globalisation, public goods and education, international aid of education, China-Africa educational cooperation, British doctoral training policy and other educational issues particularly in higher education within the complexities of global political economy. I have presented papers on ‘donor logic’ and the political economy of Chinese educational aid at a number of international conferences in Europe, the USA and Asia, such as the World Congress of Comparative Education held by the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), the annual conference by the American Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and the UK Forum for International Education and Training (UKFIET) on Education and Development.

I am also an ordinary member of the British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) executive committee, member of the Development Studies Association (DSA), the American Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and the Network for Policy Research, Review and Advice on Education and Training (NORRAG). At Bath Spa University I am the award leader of MA International Education.

Professional qualifications

• PhD, University of Bristol
• MA, Beijing Normal University
• BA, Beijing Normal University
• FHEA.

Areas of expertise

• Education and development
• Comparative education.