Stepping Up, Standing Out: Supporting international taught postgraduates to make the most of their year in Leeds

In this episode of LITE Bites, Hayley Bullard is joined by Clare Wright (Professor of Linguistics & Language Teaching), Alison Leslie (Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes) and student partner Sally Heier (Research and Innovation Service) who will be discussing their recently completed project titled Stepping Up, Standing Out: Supporting international taught postgraduates to make the most of their year in Leeds.

To find out more about their project, visit their LITE page which also has a link to their full snapshot of the project. Alison and Clare have also published work from their project in the Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal.

Episode topics/timings

1.16 Introductions of research team

3.49 - What inspired the project: collaboration and a need for change

9.25 Research design: changing approach and putting student co-creation first

15.56 Sally’s student experience of research recruitment and the importance of active student participation

19.50 Flipping the deficit narrative of international students

26.48 Using infographics to communicate findings and strategies for dissemination

31.51 Engaging hearts and minds in HE

40.03 Outputs of the project

47.01 Advice for people considering pedagogical research