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Enhancing Global Engagement in Landscape Department: Case Study of Chinese University Collaboration

Explore the impact of hosting visiting international practitioners and academics from prestigious Chinese universities in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield. Enhancing diversity and strategic links through top-tier academic collaborations.

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Enhancing Global Engagement in Landscape Department: Case Study of Chinese University Collaboration

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  1. Visiting international practitioners Prof. Dr. Eckart Lange Department of Landscape The University of Sheffield

  2. Department of Landscape Staffing Core Academic Staff, 14 FT/PT University Teachers, 4 PT Administration and Technical Staff, 6 FT/PT 3rd party funded researchers (6) 3 Visiting Professors Associate Tutors (ca. 20) International Academic Visitors (ca. 5) International Visitors

  3. Department of Landscape 300 UG/PG/PGR students • Approx. 40% Home • Approx. 60% Overseas • majority from China • Staff • 1 Overseas • 4 EU

  4. Shouldn’t there be a more diverse input?

  5. Motivation: strengthen strategic links with leading Chinese Universities

  6. Rankings of Chinese Universities At the very top Tsinghua University Peking University Very top in our field Beijing Forestry University Tongji University • Several members of the Department have visited Chinese Universities on several occasions in recent years. • I have visited/lectured at all four in 2012/2013

  7. Internationalisation • Visiting academics and practitioners • 3 high-profile guest speakers from China • Prof. Kongjian Yu, Peking University • Prof. Hu Jie, Tsinghua University • Prof. Binyi Liu, TongjiUniversity • All three have their own design practices • Visiting groups • Students • professionals (China Landscape Architecture magazine)

  8. Piggybacking on existing arrangements PhD students were sent to pick them up. London: 1st class rail Manchester: Taxi

  9. PR E-mails to Landscape Institute Sheffield City Council Faculty of Social Sciences …

  10. Effect on students • a very positive effect on our international students. They all know the speakers, but most of them will have never met them. • a very positive effect on our home students. They realised that in China innovative projects are undertaken. Appreciation of the diversity in the department.

  11. Huge PR effect for the Department. • Before • Posters in the Department • E-mails to faculty • E-mails to the profession, Landscape Institute • Facebook • Twitter • After • Newsletter • Website • Video available online • Facebook • Twitter

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