Dr Bowen Zhang 张博文

I AM…BEYOND EXCITED TO SHARE I’LL JOIN @DUSofE FROM THIS SEP AS A LECTURER. No word can describe how thrilled and grateful I am. I’m ready to contribute in such a warm and supportive environment. This is my starting point after PhD, which will absolutely be a rewarding journey…

The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and…

CALL FOR UK ACADEMICS Do you write academic references for undergrads applying to Master’s programmes? I'm researching the invisible labour behind reference writing 💬 Looking to interview UK-based staff – online/in person, 45 mins. 📩 [email protected] 🔍 More info ⬇️

17 year olds writing their UCAS personal statement

Thrilled and grateful to be a part of this important conversation on enhancing transparency in UCAS personal statements. The traffic light approach is valuable to promoting equality & transparency in admission guidance. Thanks to @TomFryer4 and @StevenJones_MCR for including me!

We are starting a new academic journal! 🧵 Introducing the Journal of Global Higher Education @GlobalHigherEdJ, an open access and independent journal Aims and scope: drive.google.com/file/d/1PZCoXt… Call for editorial board members (due Nov 15): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

And we are doing hybrid too!⬇️ Join Zoom Meeting durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/94605008709?… Meeting ID: 946 0500 8709 Passcode: 950782

The image of Chinese doctoral supervisors in Western academia is riddled with stereotypes. I analyse 450 Zhihu comments & derive 3 images : (1) ambitious and supportive, (2) sneaky and exploitative, and (3) colonised. Read my critical analysis: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The School of Education research seminar series kicks off with "Rethinking Internationalisation: A Study of Chinese Transnational Higher Education Beyond Westernisation" by Dr Bowen Zhang Scan the QR code below for more details! 📍Confluence Building CB-1017 📅9/10/24 🕐13:00

I’m at a conference today. The organisers just told me that I can’t bring my daughter to the networking session or the dinner tonight. I couldn’t get a babysitter. This is one of those times, as a single parent, that you really miss out. It felt like a gut punch.

It’s my great pleasure to kick off the research seminar series at @DUSofE as a new lecturer. In this talk, I will look beyond the Westernisation critique of transnational higher education and focus on the lived aspects of internationalisation. Join us! ⬇️ durham.ac.uk/departments/ac…

It is such a delight to have been involved in #BERAWERA2024! I shared thoughts on the way university websites construct internationalisation. Always a pleasure meeting old and new friends and connecting academically, or not:)

A highlight of the @BERANews @WERA_EdResearch conference: seeing our @EducationUoM PHD & early career colleagues presenting their work. So good to see how our PhD alumni are doing in their new roles and the exciting new ideas of our current doctoral colleagues!

Looking forward to #BERAWERA2024

Day 1 as a lecturer in @DUSofE: completed ✅

And congratulations to @charlzhang1996 on her doctorate!

This is me graduating from my PhD! Dr. Zhang from now on 🎉

Overwhelmed by all the kind words - thank you so much! I have many people to thank, especially my PhD supervisors @SE_Lomer, @JLMittelmeier @miguel_a_lim. Also, I want to express my special thanks to @ola_demk and @TomFryer4 for their invaluable job-seeking and preparation tips!

Literally everyone right now waiting for it to get dark #auroraboreale #NorthernLights #aurorauk

Met my supervisory team @SE_Lomer @JLMittelmeier @miguel_a_lim for a proper celebration and they gave me an embosser with words “from the library of Dr. Bowen Zhang”🥺 Never felt so sentimental about finishing PhD😭