@article{4ba4a2c302a6478086ad8de8970693a3,
title = "Post-COVID-19 Development of Transnational Education in China: Challenges and Opportunities",
abstract = "Transnational education is education delivered to students in a country other than the country in which the awarding institution is based. While the outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly affected higher education, transnational education has exhibited its resilience against the pandemic, and has been continuously expanding in China. In parallel with the golden opportunities for the expansion of transnational education in China after the pandemic, a series of challenges resulting from the transnational context needs to be taken into due consideration, and to be properly addressed. In this paper, the opportunities and challenges for the post-COVID-19 development of transnational education in China are systematically discussed, based on the transnational education delivery at a Sino-Foreign cooperative university. Following our observations on opportunities and challenges, several suggestions are proposed, to address the potential challenges for the stable post-COVID-19 development of transnational education in China.",
keywords = "COVID-19 pandemic, Sino-Foreign cooperative university, civil engineering, digital and intelligent era, flipped classroom, future education, higher education, transnational education",
author = "Yao Sun and Na Li and Hao, {Jian Li} and Sarno, {Luigi Di} and Lu Wang",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: This research was funded by Xi{\textquoteright}an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Academic Enhancement Fund on Engineering Education Research (grant number: DES-AEF-20220523001). Funding Information: TNE can also be beneficial for the career development of teaching staff [2]. The education system of XJTLU is highly similar to that of the UK, in terms of the curricula, standards, strategies and policies. Therefore, employment at XJTLU, for an early-career academic, can serve as a passport to future employment by other universities which have adopted the British education system. The transnational feature of XJTLU is also appealing to experienced academics, as they can easily adapt it into their academic life [25]. Working at XJTLU can well-prepare the teaching staff to become global citizens, with the requisite skills to work internationally and become qualified for a wide range of career opportunities, owing to the prestige of the UK-style experience that they have acquired at XJTLU. There are also various professional development opportunities in learning and teaching related to TNE. For example, the PGCert programme provides training activities for the XJTLU teaching staff about teaching in higher education, and helps them to improve their teaching skills in this regard. The programme is accredited by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), and successful completion results in both Fellowship of the HEA and a Postgraduate Certificate from the University of Liverpool. These professional development opportunities can also lead to cross-institutional scholarship opportunities, providing useful training for staff from other institutes, and in turn the teaching staff at XJTLU can gain access to a broader range of professional development programmes offered by other institutes. Furthermore, the rapid development of China has brought about the possibilities of developing research partnerships, and of potential professional opportunities in academic careers [26,27]. Funding Information: Acknowledgments: This work is financially supported by the Academic Enhancement Fund on Engineering Education Research from Xi{\textquoteright}an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. The first author is grateful to his research assistant Yinying Tao for her assistance in the coordination work. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
doi = "10.3390/educsci12060416",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
journal = "Education Sciences",
issn = "2227-7102",
number = "6",
}