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Personal profile
Joseph is an educational developer at the Educational Development Unit (EDU). As an educational developer he helps to deliver the PGC402 Pedagogic Research to Enhance Professional Practice module and PGC405 Industry-Integrated Education module for the PGCert and coordinates the Assessment and Feedback Community of Practice. His interests lie in assessment literacies, feedback literacies, and discipline specific assessment and feedback practices.
Experience
Educational Developer (Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University) 2023-
Language Lecturer (Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University) 2020-2023
Foundation Year Head (HBU-UCLan School of Media and Creative Industries) 2019-2020
EAP Teacher (HBU-UCLan School of Media and Creative Industries) 2017- 2019
Teaching
PGC402: Pedagogic Research to Enhance Professional Practice
PGC405: Industry-Integrated Education
Education/Academic qualification
MSc Educational Research (University of Exeter) 2024
MA Political Theory (University of Birmingham) 2013
BA Politics and Philosophy (University of Sheffield) 2010
Research areas
- Higher education
- Practice-based research
Keywords
- LB2300 Higher Education
Person Types
- Staff
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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AI & Teaching Materials - Stage 2
Georgiev, S. (PI) & Tinsley, J. (PI)
1/06/25 → …
Project: Internal Research Project
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SURF: AI literacies and GenAI use for academic writing: A case study of EAP learners
He, H. (PI), Tinsley, J. (CoI), Lyu, X. (CoI) & Gong, R. (CoI)
9/06/25 → 12/10/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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AI & Teaching Materials
Georgiev, S. (PI) & Tinsley, J. (CoPI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Internal Research Project
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Conversations with bots: teaching students how – and when – to use GenAI for academic writing
Tinsley, J. & He, H., 12 Feb 2026, Times Higher Education.Research output: Other contribution
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Investigating Chinese EAP learners’ usage and perceptions of generative AI in academic writing: A case study of a Sino-British university
He, H. & Tinsley, J., 29 Apr 2026, In: Developing Academic Practice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Let’s not patronise Gen Z students
Georgiev, S. & Tinsley, J., 9 Feb 2026Research output: Practice-based research output › Textual work
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Enhancing EAP students’ academic writing and AI literacies: practice at a transnational university in China
He, H. & Tinsley, J., 29 May 2025, In: Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Student insight can shape the way we use GenAI in teaching
Georgiev, S. & Tinsley, J., 15 Apr 2025Research output: Other contribution
Activities
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AI Literacy and Personalised Academic Writing Support: A Case Study of EAP Learners at a Sino-British University
He, H. (Speaker) & Tinsley, J. (Speaker)
15 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Structuring with AI, Teaching with Judgment: TPACK Insights from Materials Design
Tinsley, J. (Speaker), Xu, C. (Speaker) & Georgiev, S. (Speaker)
15 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Developing Teachers' Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) in Sino-Foreign Joint Education
Tinsley, J. (Speaker)
22 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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What's CEFR? Exploring EAP and disciplinary teachers' language assessment literacies (LAL) at a Sino-British TNE university
Tinsley, J. (Speaker) & He, H. (Speaker)
30 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Maximising EAP affordances at a transnational EMI university: An Academic Literacies approach
He, H. (Speaker) & Tinsley, J. (Speaker)
13 Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar