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Dr Jian Chen, Associate Professor, currently serves as the Acting Head of Institute of Leadership and Education Advanced Development (ILEAD), the Division Head of New Professional Education and the Director of Research Center for Internationalization at the Academy of Future Education, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. His expertise and research interests lie in international comparisons in higher vocational education and training (VET), transnational higher education (TNE), industry-academia collaboration (IAC), and teacher professional development (TPD).

Dr Yingchun Li is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Academy of Future Education in Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University. Dr Li obtained her PhD in Education from the University of Exeter, UK, in 2007. She was awarded the Certificate in Professional Studies by the University of Liverpool, UK., and Fellowship of the UK Higher Education Academy in 2016. Her research interests include: dynamics in classroom interactions, the construction of learning opportunities, technology-enhanced teaching and learning, learning culture, and Postgraduate transition studies.

Ling Wang is currently an Educational Developer at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), working closely with academics by providing assistance and guidance on peer review, curriculum and assessment design, and other learning and teaching projects. Previously, Ling worked as the English Language Lecturer and the inaugural head of Programme Management and Quality Assurance Office at XJTLU. She holds MSc in Education in the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She is currently pursuing an EdD degree from the University of Bath, UK. Her research interests include assessment, feedback, quality assurance and quality enhancement, teacher training and development.

Dr Tim London is Director of Learning and Teaching at the Academy of Future Education in Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University. His research and teaching focus on leadership, organizational design and redesign, and systemic improvement. He holds a BA in Psychology (Colgate University, USA), an MA in Educational Leadership (University of Illinois–Springfield, USA), a GradCert in Human Resource Development (Indiana State University, USA), a PGCert in Higher Education Teaching and an LLM in Corporate Governance and Public Policy (both from Queens University Belfast, UK), an MBA focused on Entrepreneurship (University of Liverpool, UK), and an EdD in Leadership, Policy, and Organizations (Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, USA).