The Rise and Fall of a Collaboration: Reflections on the benefits, challenges and lessons learned from a joint England-China teaching initiative

Robinson, Zoe P.; Cage, Alix G.; Szkornik, Katie; Haffenden, Austin; Oliver, Ian W.; Stimpson, Ian G.; Stott, Keziah J.; Ullah, Sami; Waller, Richard I.

Abstract

UK Higher Education Institutions are increasingly working with overseas institutions as a means of increasing numbers of international students. Transnational education (TNE) initiatives can take many forms, from overseas campuses, ‘flying faculty’ delivering teaching overseas, to arrangements giving advanced standing for students from a particular overseas programme
to enter higher years of a programme in the UK (e.g. a 3+1 programme). This paper describes a model where ‘flying
faculty’ from an English university deliver teaching at an overseas institution as part of years two and three of a student’s degree. The students then study at the English university for the fourth (final) year. This initiative was the first of its kind for the English
university and in a discipline area with limited previous experience in international teaching collaborations. This paper reflects on the different stages of the lifecycle of this collaboration from its establishment, its management and delivery, to its eventual termination. The paper identifies some of the benefits and challenges of the initiative and the solutions devised by the programme team.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 1, 2016
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: May 30, 2023
• Journal: The Journal of Academic Development and Education
• Print ISSN: 2051-3593
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: International Edition
• Issue: 5
• Article Number: 4
• Pages: 32-56
• Series ISSN: 2051-3593