EDUCATION BACKGROUND

10/2008-09/2011      PhD in Higher Education

                                 Institute of Education, University of London (IOE), United Kingdom

10/2007-07/2008      Master of Research (MRes) in Educational and Social Research

                                  Institute of Education, University of London (IOE), United Kingdom

08/2005-07/2007      Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Higher Education

                                  Erasmus Mundus Programme, jointly taught by: University of Oslo, Norway; University of Tampere, Finland; 

                                  University of Aveiro, Portugal

09/2000-07/2004      Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemistry

                                  Beijing Normal University, China (BNU)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Selected English Books

Liu, S. (Ed.) (2018). External Higher Education Quality Assurance in China, Routledge.

Liu, S. (2016). Quality Assurance and Institutional Transformation: The Chinese Experience. Springer, Singapore.

Selected English Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Liu, S., Liang, W.& Zhang, Y. (2023). Brighter or the richer? Understanding Chinese college students’ choices to study abroad, International Journal of Education Deveopment, 102(1). [SSCI]

Zhao, B., & Liu, S. (2023). Westernization or internationalization? Academic expectations and challenges faced by international postgraduates in China. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1-22.

Zhang, Y., Shen, M., Shi, S., & Liu, S. (2023). Supportive supervision and doctoral student creativity: the double-edged sword of family support. Studies in Higher Education, 1-16. [SSCI]

Tan, M., & Liu, S. (2023). A Way of Human Capital Accumulation: Heterogeneous Impact of Shadow Education on Students’ Academic Performance in China. SAGE Open, 13(4), 21582440231207189. [SSCI]

Liu, S., Zhao, B. & Yang, X. (2023) High quantity but low quality? Analysing the Education of international students in China from the perspective of institutional logics, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, online priority. [SSCI]

Liu, S., Liang, W., Onuma, M. & Rithkerda, T. (2022). A study of the academic challenge, s faced by the Western students in Chinese universities, International Journal of Education Deveopment, 90(1). [SSCI]

Liu, S. & van der Sijde, P.C. (2021). Towards the Entrepreneurial University 2.0: Reaffirming the Responsibility of Universities in the Era of Accountability. Sustainability, 13, 3073. [SSCI]

Zhang, Y. & Liu, S. (2021): Re-professionalisation or de professionalisation: how do Chinese high school teachers respond to the new professionalism?, Professional Development in Education,[通讯作者] [SSCI]

Liang, W., Liu, S. & Zhao, C. (2021). Impact of Student-Supervisor Relationship on Postgraduate Students’ Subjective Well-being: A Study based on Longitudinal Data in China, Higher Education, 82, 273-305. [通讯作者] [SSCI]

Liu, S. (2021). Can ranking contribute to the quality assurance of higher education? An examination of the Chinese Disciplinary Ranking, Cambridge Journal of Education, 51(2), 263-281. [SSCI]

Lo, W.Y.W. & Liu, S. (2021). Are university rankings still important? Perspectives from Greater China, In E. Hazelkorn & G. Mihut (eds) (2021) Research Handbook on University Rankings: History, Methodology, Influence and Impact. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Liu, S. & Liu, Y. (2020). Autonomy and Accountability in Higher Education, Asia, in P. Teixeira and J. Shin (eds.) Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Springer.

Liu, S., Cai, L. & Zhao, X. (2019): The role of mass media in education policies: A Chinese case study, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 41(2), 186-203. [SSCI].

Liang, W., Liu, S. (corresponding author) & Ye, X. (2019). Internal migrant children in Chinese classrooms: Do they influence students’ achievements? International Journal of Educational Research 98, 106-122. [SSCI]

Liu, S. & Zhao, X. (2019). How Far is Educational Equality for China? A Policy Analysis of Education for Migrant Children in Beijing, Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 18(1):59-74.

Stensaker, B., Lee, J., Rhoades, G., Ghosh, S., Castiello-Gutiérrez, S., Vance, H., Çalıkoğlu, A., Kramer, V., Liu, S., Marei, M., O’Toole, L., Pavlyutkin, I. & Peel, C. (2018). Stratified University Strategies: The Shaping of Institutional Legitimacy in a Global Perspective, The Journal of Higher Education, Online Priority. [SSCI]

Liu, S. & Liu, J. (2017). Quality Assurance in Chinese Higher Education, in M. Shah and Q. Do, The Rise of Quality Assurance in Asian Higher Education, Elsevier.

Liu, S., Liu, F., and Yu, Y. (2017). Educational equality in China: analysing educational policies for migrant children in Beijing, Educational Studies 43 (2), 210-230. [ssci]

Ashraf, M.A., Liu, S. Tsegay, S.M., and Ismat, H.I. (2017). Choice of Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives of Students from Different Provinces in China, Frontier of Education in China 12(3): 414-435.

Liu, S.  (2016). External Higher Education Quality Assurance System in China, Chinese Education & Society 49 (1-2), 1-6.

Liu, S. (2015). Higher Education Quality Assessment in China: An Impact Study, Higher Education Policy, 28 (2), 175–195. [ssci]

Liu, S., Tan, M. & Meng, Z. (2015). Impact of Quality Assurance on Higher Education Institutions: A Literature Review, Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 9(2), 17-34.

Liu, S. & Yu, H. (2014). Study of the Impacts of the Quality Assessment of Undergraduate Education Policy in China: Students’ Perceptions, Higher Education Studies, 4(2), 52-60.

Liu, S. & Yu, H. (2014). “The themes and paradigms of educational research in Beijing Normal University”, in Cowen, S., Jin, T., Cowen, L.J. & Pan, Z. (eds.) New Directions for Education in China, IOE Press, London. 

Liu, S. (2013). “Quality Assessment of Undergraduate Education in China: Impact on different universities”, Higher Education, 66(4), 391-407. [ssci]

Liu, S. (2013). “The Chinese student experience”, in Kandiko, C. and Weyers, M. (eds) The Global Student Experience: An International and Comparative Analysis, Routledge, New York.

Liu, S. (2013). “External quality audit in the UK: An impact analysis”, in Shah. M and Sid Nair. C. (eds.) External Quality Audits: Has it Improved Quality Assurance in Universities? Woodhead Publishing Ltd, London.

Liu, S. (2010). “Accountability in China: Primitive attempts”, in Stensaker, B. and Harvey, L. (eds.) Accountability in Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Trust and Power, Routledge, New York.

Liu, S. and Rosa, M. (2008). “Quality Assessment of Undergraduate Education in China: A policy analysis”, Higher Education Management and Policy, 20(3), pp.70-87.

Selected Chinese Publications

Zhao, B. & Liu, S. (corresponding author). (2020). Localization of external quality assessment: Loose coupling as a dynamic mechanism, Higher Education Exploration, 3.  [CSSCI]

Liu, S. & Zhao, B. (2019). The multi-dimensional analysis of the policy implementation of migrant children’s education, Journal of Educational Studies,8. [CSSCI]

Liu, S. & Zhao, B. (2019). The influence of external quality assessment on university reform, Higher Education Exploration, 3. [CSSCI]

Yu, H. & Liu, S. (2017). “How do world-class universities train the talents of educational policy?”, Research On Education Tsinghua University, 3, 43-49.

Liu, S. “The investigation of quality of foreign postgraduate students in China”, Academic Degrees & Graduate Education, 8, 26-31.

Liu, S. (2014). “The external quality assessment schemes and their effects”, Jiangsu Higher Education, 3, 156-159.

Liu, S., Liu F. & Xu, Y. (2014). A Comparative Analysis of Education Policy Research and Subject development in Europe and North America and China, Journal of Educational Studies, 10(3), 62-68.

Liu, S. (2014). “The impact of public media on the design and implementation of educational policy”, Chinese Educational Law Review, 12.

Selected Conference Papers

Liu, S. (2018). “The perception of teaching quality of international students in Chinese universities”, CIES Annual Conference, March 25-29, Mexico City, Mexico.

Liu, S. (2014). “Educational equity for migrant children in China”, a paper presented at the CESHK Annual Conference, Feb 28- Mar 1, 2014, Hong Kong.

Liu, S. (2014). “Higher education quality assurance in China”, an invited report at the HEEACT International Conference.

Liu, S. (2013). “Educational equity for migrant children in China: A policy analysis”, a paper presented at the AERA Conference, April 27- May 1, 2013, San Francisco, US.

Liu, S. (2011). “The impact of the QAUE on the evaluated HEIs in China”, a paper presented at the EAIR Conference, August 28-31, 2011, Warsaw, Poland.

Liu, S. (2010). “The impact of the Quality Assessment of Undergraduate Education scheme on university change in China”, a paper presented at the SRHE Conference, December 14-16, 2010, Newport, UK.

Liu, S. (2009). “Globalization, higher education and the nation state”, a paper presented at the China Postgraduate Network Conference, April 23-24, 2009, Manchester, UK.

Liu, S. (2009). “Study of the impact of the Quality Assessment of Undergraduate Education policy in China: Students’ perceptions”, a paper presented at the INQAAHE Conference, March 31- April 5, 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE, granted by the INQAAHE Development Fund.

Funded Research Projects

06/2018-present     The Policy Implementation of International Education in China, 

                               funded by Humanity and Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China, 80000RMB

04/2015-12/2015   The Project Evaluation of Improving Education Quality of Rural Migrant Students in Private Schools, 

                               funded by Save the Children of UK, 50000 RMB

05/2013-12/2015    The Adaptation of International Students in Chinese Higher Education Institutions, 

                                Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars funded by Ministry of Education of China, 

                                15000 RMB

12/2012- 06/2016    Impact of External Higher Education Quality Assurance on University Change, 

                                 National Social Science Fund of China (CIA120142), 100000 RMB

Professional Activities

12/2015-present     Deputy Secretary-General of the Educational Policy and Law Association under the Chinese Education Association

01/2018-present     Editorial board, Higher Education Policy

01/2018-present     Editorial Board, International Journal of Comparative Education and Development 

01/2014-present     Peer reviewer, Higher Education, London Education Review, etc.

07/2009-11/2010    Coordinator, IOE-BNU Higher Education Workshop, London, UK

                               Coordinator, BNU-IOE Higher Education Workshop, Beijing, China

10/2008-10/2009    Chair, Chinese Study Society, Institute of Education (IOE), UK

FUNDING

12/2012-                 National Social Science Fund of China

05/2013-                 Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars

                               funded by Ministry of Education, China    

10/2008-09/2011    Centenary Scholarships for Doctoral students at IOE

10/2007-09/2008    Centenary Scholarships for Master students at IOE

08/2005-07/2007    Erasmus Mundus Scholarships for Master students in Europe

TEACHING COURSES

The Theoretical Foundation of Educational Policy (for post-graduate students);

Educational Policy Analysis (for post-graduate students);

Pedagogy (for post-graduate students);

Methodology of Social Science Research (for post-graduate students);

Pedagogy (for undergraduate students)

WORK EXPERIENCE

11/2011-present    Associate professor, Faculty of Education, BNU

07/2011-09/2011  Intern, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK

11/2008-06/2009  Data analyst, TSL Education Limited (Times Higher Education), UK

05/2008-08/2008  Research intern, Education, UNESCO Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand

10/2003-12/2003  Intern teacher in No.35 Secondary School, Beijing

HONORS

06/2004  Excellent Graduate Honor in Beijing

06/2004  Excellent Graduate Honor in BNU

02/2003  Excellent Young Volunteer Honor in Beijing

12/2001  Excellent Student Leader Honor in Beijing

12/2001  Academic Excellence Scholarships for Undergraduate students at BNU

BASIC SKILLS

Languages: English (fluent, with IELTS band score 7.0)

                     Chinese (native)

Computer: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

                   Statistic application softwares, such as SPSS and NVivo

Certificate: Professional Teacher Certification in China