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Dr Xiaojun Zhang got his PhD degree at Xi’an Jiaotong University. He joined Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University as the Deputy Director of Institute of Leadership and Education Advanced Development (ILEAD) in 2013, which was created by him under the support of university leaders. Now Xiaojun is Chief Officer of Education at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and Team Leader of Entrepreneur College (Taicang) Collective Leadership Team. He also takes roles including inaugural Executive Dean of the Academy of Future Education, and Acting Dean of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Hub.Xiaojun is an edupreneur who initiated all the four units within the Academy of Future Education. He was appointed as Head of ILEAD in 2017 when ILEAD became a department of Education. He restructured the faculty development centre at XJTLU and built the team of Educational Development Unit (EDU) in 2018. The Department of Educational Studies (EDS) was created by Xiaojun in 2019, and Learning Institute for Future Excellence (LIFE), as an innovative platform to support student transfarmation and global citizenship competence development at XJTLU, was created under his leadership in 2021.Dr Zhang led the development of several projects with national level impact. He created XJTLU National University Teaching Innovation Award in 2016, developed the Association for Sustainable Faculty Development in Higher Education in 2018 with more than 90 institutional members, and initiated the ILEAD Talk series established in more than 20 cities in China.Dr Zhang is a Principal Fellow of Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) in UK.One of Xiaojun’s current work focuses on educating the educators in universities, including teachers, professionals, and institutional leaders and managers. He has developed many professional development programmes for educational practitioners across the country. His programmes were attended by more than 15,000 staff from more than 500 Chinese universities. Since 2013 he has been invited for more than 200 speeches for educational practitioners and researchers on the topic of education and teaching innovation. Xiaojun created one of the most influential community for teaching innovation in China: XJTLU National University Teaching Innovation Award. More than 4,250 innovative teachers from 500 Chinese universities applied for this award since 2016. Every year there are millions of online visits to this events, and there has accumulated more than 500 excellent teaching innovation cases.Dr Zhang’s research area includes institutional change and institutional logics; Educational leadership; Syntegrative Education; Internationalization in Higher Education, especially the Sino-foreign Cooperative universities; Future education in the AI era; University transfarmation and teaching innovation, in particular research-led learning and teaching; student-centred education; student transition etc. Dr Zhang welcomes PhD applications in these areas.Xiaojun has published more than 100 academic papers and 5 books. His research focus on problems in practice and pay attention to practical implications. Most of his research has been adopted in his training programmes for higher education practitioners. One of his most recent books titled University Transfarmation: From Teacher Dominated to Student-Centred published by Tsinghua University Press is a guidebook for education practitioners who want to transform their education. Xiaojun proposed the diamond model of teaching innovation in AI era and highlighted ten key directions of teaching innovation in his another recently published book Future-oriented Teaching Innovation by Economic and Management Press.
Research interests
Higher education internationalization (Sino-foreign Cooperative institutions)
Research-led Learning and Teaching
Future University
Student-centred Education
Student transition
Qualitative Research Methodology
Organizational Change
Institution Theory
Educational Leadership
Experience
Chief Officer of Education, XJTLU, 2023.8-now
Team leader of XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang) Leadership Team, 2023.8-now
Acting Dean, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Hub, XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicnag), 2022.8-now
Executive Dean, Academy of Future Education, XJTLU, 2021.5-now
Dean, ILEAD, XJTLU, 2020.9-2022.10
Head of Department, ILEAD, XJTLU, 2018.2---2020.8;
Deputy Director, ILEAD, XJTLU, 2013-2018
Executive Academic Assistant to Executive President, 2013.5-2018.2
Teaching
Professional support to learning and teaching, short course
Educational internationalization, short course
Research-led Teaching, short course
Educational Leaderhsip, short course
Awards and honours
2012, Outstanding research achievements in Social Science, Department of Education, Shaanxi Province.
2012, Outstanding research achievements in national education science, Chinese Ministry of Education.
2012, Best paper award, The 17th annual conference of Chinese System Engineering Association, The Chinese System Engineering Association.
2013, Best paper the first prize, The 7th conference of Jiangsu social science association, Jiangsu Social Science Association.
2015, Best PhD thesis award, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2015.
2015, Best PhD thesis award, Shaanxi Province, China, 2015. (I am the only winner in Business Administration area)
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Principal Fellow, Advanced Higher Education, UK, 2020
PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2012
Bachelar, Xidian University, 2007
Person Types
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Digital Game-Based Innovative Teaching for Student-Centred Active Learning
Li, N., Huijser, H., Kim, J., Lu, J., Limniou, M., Wang, Q., Zhang, Q., Tay, T. T., Zhang, X., Purwanto, E., Zhou, Q., Albano, S., Ji, Q., Xiong, L., Zhao, Y., Fu, J. & Ma, T.
1/03/23 → 31/03/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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The influences of a 4C instructional strategy on learners’ emotional intelligence and learning effectiveness in a Block Mode learning environment
Quadir, B., Zhang, X. & Mostafa, K.
2/01/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Internal Research Project
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Pedagogical research and practice: H5P-assisted curriculum design for hybrid learning in XJTLU
Li, N., Wang, Q., Purwanto, E., Song, P., Zhang, X., Albano, S. & Reis, C.
1/06/22 → 31/08/24
Project: Internal Research Project
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Research on the Path of International Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Suzhou——A Case Study of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Wang, R., Lu, J., Zhang, X. & Fu, J.
20/04/22 → 23/09/22
Project: Governmental Research Project
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The symbiosis mechanism of network organizations: an action research
Xi, Y., Zhang, X., 唐方成, 张敬博, 徐钊 & 朱小燕
1/01/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Role of middle managers in dealing with hierarchy and network logics: exploration in the context of Sino-Foreign Cooperative University
Li, J. & Zhang, X., 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 1328675.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acculturation and enculturation of the majority group across domains
Hang, Y. & Zhang, X., Nov 2023, In: International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 97, 101893.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Combining differentiating and integrating over time to sustain multiple institutional logics: a case study of a higher education institution
Jiang, Y. & Zhang, X., 24 Aug 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 14, 1218569.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Double transitions of Chinese students in the ‘2 + 2’ articulation program under the influence of field coupling and social capital
Zhang, X. & Hang, Y., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Studies in Higher Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Educational change with technology in higher education: an institutional perspective
Li, N., Zhang, X. & Xi, Y., 2023, 2023 AERA Annual Meeting. American Educational Research AssociationResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
Activities
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Annual Conference for Education Innovation
Xiaojun Zhang (Organiser)
8 Jul 2022 → 11 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Moodle-based Interactive Hybrid Learning in Computer Science Education: Insights from Structural Equation Modeling
Na Li (Speaker), Erick Purwanto (Speaker), Xiaojun Zhang (Speaker), Feng Cao (Speaker), Kok Hoe Wong (Speaker) & Xiangru Chen (Speaker)
21 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Annual Conference for Education Innovation
Xiaojun Zhang (Organiser)
21 May 2021 → 24 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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2021年度“江苏省社科应用研究精品工程”优秀成果二等奖
Na Li (Participant) & Xiaojun Zhang (Participant)
2021 → 2022Activity: Other
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Annual Conference for Education Innovation
Xiaojun Zhang (Participant)
4 Jul 2020 → 7 Jul 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …