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Festival of Learning – China 2018 Southwestern Capital University University of of Physical Finance and Education and Economics, Sports, Beijing Chengdu 22 March 2018 19 March 2018 GREAT Festival Dream Town, of Innovation, Hangzhou Hong Kong 21 March 2018 24 March 2018 www.bournemouth.ac.uk/global-fol

8630-03/18 www.bournemouth.ac.uk/global-fol CONTENTS Welcome & introduction 3 WELCOME Venues 4 Day 1 5 Day 2 6 Day 3 10 Day 4 13 Day 5 15 Speaker profiles 16 Booking and enquiries 20

Introduction

The Festival of Learning is our way of celebrating learning and knowledge, and what better way to showcase our Festival season than to be here with our international partners in China? The FOL-C will focus on some of the more to discussions around talent development pressing issues that are being faced in China in the creative industries in China and and the UK. Our theme this year is Global the UK. We look forward to engaging and Education 2050: The Future of Learning sharing thoughts with partners and other in China and UK, and across six days, in collaborators during the Festival. Chengdu, Hangzhou, Beijing and Hong Kong, The Festival of Learning is more than just we will explore change in the areas of sport, an event—it is how BU works closely with media and animation. our valued partners to co-create impact Together with the Southwestern University with communities and regions across the of Finance and Economics, Dream Town, globe. We are confident that you will meet and Capital University of Physical Education like-minded people, create new ideas, share and Sports, we have arranged a fantastic common professional ground, inspire others programme of keynotes, lectures, and panel and celebrate the joy of learning so that the discussions, covering topics ranging from Festival is both stimulating and rewarding. Photography and filming sport management, motion capture in sport

Photographs and video footage will be taken at the Festival of Dr Sonal Minocha Professor John Fletcher Learning - China for use in promotional material. If you do not want to Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement), Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and be featured, please let us know at the registration desk. Bournemouth University Innovation), Bournemouth University 2 3 Sunday 18 March 2018 5

DAY 1 Meet the expert – recruitment event | | event recruitment – the expertMeet Centre Crowne City Plaza Chengdu dinner Networking DAY 1 PROGRAMME DAY Chengdu 18 March 2018, Sunday, 4:00pm 6:30pm Visual Effects and applied research of of and applied research Visual Effects footprints. fossil Beijing: 22 March 22 March Beijing: 2018 will The third partGFOL-C the of Capital University in Beijing at place take and Sports Physical Education of (CUPES). be sport this will for The focus talent engagement. community and development 24 March Hong Kong: 2018 will The final partof the GFOL-C BU participatingfeature GREAT in the of focus The Innovation. Festival of of will be a BU Showcase this day

(Wednesday, 21 March) will feature a a 21 March) will feature (Wednesday, panel and presentations keynotes, of series talent in the discussions on the future of and China. UK industries in the creative Hangzhou: 21-22 March March Hangzhou: 21-22 2018 part the FOL-C of The second at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Chengdu Chengdu Plaza Hotel at the Crowne 18 March and at on Sunday Centre City and Finance of University Southwestern 19 March. on Monday Economics Chengdu Sports University, and Shanghai and Shanghai Chengdu Sports University, will hold a series we Sports University, and presentations workshops panels, of and Southwestern University of Finance Finance of University and Southwestern with Collaborating and Economics. from Chinese industry, representatives University, from Peking and colleagues Chengdu: 18-20 March Chengdu: 2018 will start at the in Chengdu FOL-C Centre, City Chengdu Plaza Hotel Crowne The FOL – China The – venues FOL 4 Monday 19 March 2018 Monday 19 March 2018

10:30am Presentations Lynda Challis, Bournemouth University Professor Yang Yuanbo, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Dr Debbie Sadd, Bournemouth University Professor Wang Zipu, Capital University of Physical Education and Sports DAY 2 12:00pm Networking lunch and close of morning session 12:30pm Interactive sport activities: A vehicle for physical development & social mobility 1:30pm BU Student video presentation 2:00pm Presentations Wang Xutao, Sichuan International Tennis Center Dr Xiaosong Yang, Bournemouth University Wei Liu, Chengdu Sport Institute

DAY 2 PROGRAMME 3:30pm Refreshments Monday, 19 March 2018, Chengdu 3:45pm Panel discussion Developing Chinese and UK talent for sport and 9:00am Coffee and registration | Southwestern University of events management Finance and Economics Chair: Dr Alastair Morrison, Bournemouth University 9:10am Welcome remarks Panelists: Professor Ma Xiao, Vice-President, Southwestern University of Linda Ladle, Bournemouth University Finance and Economics Lu Wenyun, Shanghai Sport University Dr Chen Congkan, Southwestern University of 9:20pm Dr Sonal Minocha, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement), Finance and Economics Bournemouth University Zhao Yu, Sichuan High Wave Sports Co.Ltd 9:30am Keynote address Lynda Challis, Bournemouth University Professor Yi Jiandong 5:00pm Closing National School of Development, Peking University 6:30pm Dinner 10:10am Refreshments

6 7 Monday 19 March 2018 Monday 19 March 2018 DAY 2 SESSION DESCRIPTIONS Motion capture and machine learning Panel discussion for sport performance analysis Developing Chinese and UK talent for Dr Xiaosong Yang, Bournemouth University sport and events management Utilising athlete stories to analyse Challenges facing the sports/events Chair: Dr Alastair Morrison, elite sport policy and systems industry in the future and equipping 2:20pm Bournemouth University Lynda Challis, Bournemouth University students to be ready for 21st century careers Athletes move at incredibly high speeds, 3:45pm 10:30am Dr Debbie Sadd, Bournemouth University simultaneously utilising multiple joints with great degrees of flexibility, while The UK sports industry is currently The session starts by examining athlete 11:10am covering large areas in a small space in worth around £23.8 billion, and China is stories in the form of narratives as time. This presents significant challenges aiming to create a sports industry worth a worthwhile and valuable tool for This session will discuss examples of the to the Mocap systems on the market, USD800billion (1% of GDP) by 2025. This enhancing policy analysis and its major developments predicted to impact which were originally designed for discussion will focus on education and application to the elite sport context our students including VR, big data, game and film production. Regardless of employability, considering in particular in the UK. Accepting that humans are medical/health considerations, sport for whether a vision or inertial sensor based the attributes that young people in the UK storied beings, it can be argued that end all, mobile integration and sustainability system is used, the captured data is often and China need to succeed in the sports user narratives expand understandings obligations. The session will also discuss noisy or incomplete. This then requires industries in their respective countries. of how policy may be interpreted and the essential attributes our students will cutting edge technological solutions What role do universities play in educating implemented in practice. Elite sport need to develop during their studies for the reconstruction, and analysis of, future talent in the sports industries, and policy is primarily measured using alongside the context specific studies high speed complex three-dimensional how is the balance best struck between data driven performance indicators around management, coaching and other motion. However by utilising state-of- knowledge-based learning and practice? to justify successful outcomes. These industry specific roles. Examples will the-art machine learning techniques, the This panel will address these questions. quantitative approaches tend to produce include case studies and demonstrations selected data can be refined and then in limited conclusions requiring further of exercises students undertake to develop turn correctly recognise motion in greater consideration of what works, for whom skills such as critical thinking, leadership, depth. Studies have shown that this and in what circumstances; rather than communication skills, organisation, methodology accurately produces a clean questioning did it work? The session perseverance and motivation, team input for sport performance analysis. applies narratives to the elite sport working, negotiation and persuasion, and policy context in the UK to build a case ability to work under pressure. study that centres on the stories of four elite athletes. The session closes by providing the opportunity for an open group discussion on the possibilities and value of applying narrative approaches to enrich the knowledge and understanding of sports development, management and practice in China.

8 9 Wednesday 21 March 2018 Wednesday 21 March 2018

2:30pm Refreshments DAY 3 2:45pm Panel discussion Developing Chinese and UK talent in the creative industries Chair: Professor Guy Starkey, Bournemouth University Panelists: Huang Hailin, CEO of Gen Media Peter Truckel, Bournemouth University Jamie Sergeant, Crowd, Bournemouth Leo Li, CEO of Versatile Media

DAY 3 PROGRAMME 4:15pm Close Wednesday, 21 March 2018, Hangzhou 9:30am Coffee and registration 10:00am Welcome remarks Representative from Dream Town 10:10am Dr Sonal Minocha, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement), Bournemouth University

10:20am Keynote addresses Ai Xiaojing, CICAF Organizing Committee

10:45am Refreshments 11:00am Presentations Bill Cotton, Bournemouth Borough Council Lolis Liu, Pearl Studio Peter Truckel, Bournemouth University

12:30pm Lunch

1:30pm Presentations Professor Hongnian Yu, Bournemouth University and Bao Xiaofeng, Zhejiang University of Media and Communication

10 11 Wednesday 21 March 2018 Thursday 22 March 2018 DAY 3 SESSION DESCRIPTIONS VFX industry in the UK of robotics in disaster rescues (in DAY 4 Peter Truckel, Bournemouth University particular fire-fighting) are revealed. The second part of the talk covers recent 12:00pm research conducted by the BU team in the past few years. This session will discuss the VFX industry in the UK, and will cover the origins of Bournemouth University’s National Centre Panel discussion DAY 4 PROGRAMME for Computer Animation, its underlying Developing Chinese and UK talent in philosophy and its position as the UK’s the creative industries Thursday, 22 March 2018, Beijing foremost school of Computer Animation Chair: Professor Guy Starkey, and VFX education and research. Work Bournemouth University 9:00am Registration | Capital University of by students and alumni will be screened Physical Education and Sports (CUPES) as a demonstration of their talent in this 2:45pm demanding field. The session will also 9:10am Welcome remarks show how the BFX student competition The UK has the largest creative sector in has evolved over the years and the way Europe, worth £92 billion per year to the 9:20am Presentation the world’s top studios support it. Learn UK economy and representing 5.2 per cent how the competition films are now being of the UK GDP. China is the largest market Xing Xiaoyan, CUPES made for national charities and are in the world for video games, accounting helping to change lives. for 25% of the global market. This panel 9:40am Presentation discussion will focus on how China and Dr Debbie Sadd, Bournemouth University the UK can prepare for a confident future Applications & Future to develop new global businesses, brands 10:00am Presentation Trends of Robotics and platforms in the creative industries. Barry Squires and Andrew Boland, Bournemouth University Professor Hongnian Yu, What do employers of creative industries Bournemouth University look for in new graduates? What skills and knowledge are most important, for the 10:30am Refreshments 1:30pm new generation of developers and content producers? This panel will answer these 10:45pm Roundtable discussion and other key questions for the creative As the fast development of Artificial Sport and Community Engagement in the UK and China industries of tomorrow. Intelligence and robotics, robots are Chair: Professor Wang Zipu, CUPES not only applied in the manufacturing Participants: factories, but also are gradually applied Barry Squires, Andrew Boland, Dr Debbie Sadd, Lynda Challis in medical and service industry and search and rescue tasks in the emergency CUPES Researchers, Amanda Zhou (Sports Education Project environment. This talk has two parts. Manager, British Council), FUSC Representative The first part concentrates on the history of robotics and its classifications. 12:30pm Lunch In particular HAM (Human Adaptive Mechatronics) is introduced and discussed. 3:00pm Beijing Middle School visit – Sports Delivery and Then the challenges and future researches Community Engagement

12 13 Saturday 24 March 2018 15 DAY 5 Bennett and Marcin Budka that allow tracks Bennett and Marcin Budka that allow in visualised and compared be captured, to and this software translated team The 3D. the police use by for freeware into knowledge crime scene in examining teams and forensic DigTrace, The resulting software, traces. The forces. police is in user trials with UK researchers are Bournemouth University who manage with Bluestar Ltd, working Database on National Footwear the UK’s and hope to Office, Home the UK behalf of so that it is available the system web-enable nationwide in the near future. Innovation, of Festival As part the GREAT of and Yu Hongnian BU researchers Professor part will take in a panel Yang Xiaosong Dr ‘Healthy discussion on digital health called Director Truckel, and Peter Partnerships’, Hub will be speaking about VFX the BU of in education in a panel reality augmented Learning’. ‘Connected discussion called The impact generated by the research on the research by The impact generated by will also be demonstrated footprints fossil the development showing a digital display the BU by and analytical tools software of Matthew Professors led by research team of a family of mammoths crossing White mammoths crossing of a family of The app will feature Mexico. Sands in New that provide pop-up windows several and can the narrative, added to information table top. on a simple white be deployed around the table walk Users will be able to angle leaving the creatures from any seeing move. tracks as they Over four days, the GREAT Festival of Festival the GREAT days, four Over thought- of will offer a series Innovation masterclasses, keynotes, and lively provoking installations and performances showcases, entrepreneurs, leaders, industry involving an futurologists to educationalists, artists, China, Hong Kong, from the UK, audience and wider region. South Korea Japan, through talks and hands-on events, 4, On Day sectors leading will learn how audiences gain a to with universities are collaborating linking higher strategically edge, competitive help research and business to education, tomorrow. create will showcase Bournemouth University combined visual effects use of innovative with cutting-edge research through an the story app that tells Reality Augmented DAY 5 PROGRAMME DAY Hong Kong 24 March, Saturday, Society Asia Innovation, Festival of GREAT 10am–6pm 10:00am internationally, which uses students at the which uses students at the internationally, Structured physical heart its delivery. of within programmes are delivered activity improve to local schools and communities and self-worth in a social mobility a child’s practical setting. highlights that students’ ability to to ability highlights that students’ along experiences with lifelong graduate the into to move with the confidence are as important market graduate the as This session will qualification. academic though sport and students, about how talk able been have engagement, community on their reflect time wisely, their invest to enhanced and form ongoing development personal skills and abilities in an ever labour market. graduate competitive from Bournemouth Examples are taken sports outreach programme, University’s and Bournemouth both local to Developing employability skills skills employability Developing the education outside in higher Sport Case classroom: Study Outreach Boland, Andrew and Squires Barry Bournemouth University differs from the skills Employability such obtain employment, to required writing and job CV skills, as interview McNair (2003) of work The searching. 9:40am

of the local communities. of organisation of the festivals/events whilst whilst the festivals/events organisation of volunteer a the role of also experiencing skill enhancements soft and the associated representatives alongside whilst working to work with local communities in in with local communities work to are These projects projects. volunteering gaining insight based around our students planning and the behind the scenes into University. The session will focus on how on how The session will focus University. with joint initiatives developed have we organisations and private both public This session will include examples from from examples This session will include the Rugby 2012 Olympics, the London as programmes as well 2015, Cup World Bournemouth designed and led by Community engagement around sport engagement Community and volunteering University Bournemouth Sadd, Dr Debbie DAY 4 SESSION DESCRIPTIONS SESSION 4 DAY

Thursday 22 March 2018 14 Speaker profiles Speaker profiles

Lynda Challis Lynda Challis has been a lecturer at Bournemouth University since 2004. She is a Level Tutor for BSc Sports Management within the Department of Sport and Physical Activity. Lynda has more than 13 years of teaching experience in her specialist subject areas of Sports Development, Policy and Governance at undergraduate level. An integral part of SPEAKER her teaching practice involves embedding her own scholarly studies into the units she PROFILES teaches to provide students with cutting edge research that is relevant to their degree course. Previously, Lynda worked as a sports development manager within local government for 8 years. This role has allowed her to bring a wealth of expertise and knowledge as a practitioner to her teaching of the subject areas: sports development, sports management and coaching science. Having a career as a sports development practitioner and academic has allowed her to contextualise research and theory into a real world setting to provide students with a realistic view of the challenges practitioners face with working in the sports development and management industry. Lynda is also studying part-time for her PhD. Her study seeks to explore how athlete stories can explain sports development systems and processes, and she will be sharing some of her recent findings during her presentation. Bill Cotton Regeneration specialist Bill Cotton is also Executive Director for Environment and Economy at Bournemouth Borough Council. His work history includes a successful spell as a town Dr Milena Bobeva planner and he was head of tourism and economic development in Bath. He recently helped Dr Milena Bobeva is a key advocate of education innovation through staff-student the Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership develop its business plan and his experience of collaboration and Technology Enhanced Learning. She is a Chartered Manager and a Fellow major regeneration spans London, Leeds, Wandsworth, Swindon and Bath and includes of the Chartered Management Institute in the UK, and a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher significant public realm improvements and work with the private sector to create world Education Academy. Over the past 10 years Milena has taken a number of programme class facilities. management and External Examiner positions for Business and Management programmes. Since 2014, in her role as the Director for the BU MBA, she has introduced a number of Linda Ladle changes that have revitalized this prestigious programme. Milena’s latest contribution to Linda Ladle joined Bournemouth University in 2013 and is the Careers & Employability the innovation and enhancement of the education provisions at Bournemouth University is Manager. She has over 20 years managerial and teaching experience spanning the Higher, through her roles as an Associate Dean (Global Engagement) in the Faculty of Management Further and Secondary education sectors in the UK and works with educators, employers and an Academic Lead for the university student-facing Global Engagement activities. and professional bodies to ensure our students and graduates are well prepared to enter Milena is a member of BU Senate. Applied research features prominently in Milena’s the competitive global labour market. professional practice. Her work is multi-disciplinary, focused on experiential project-based Linda holds strategic responsibility for placements and plays a key lead role in the learning, developing student employability through co-creation and co-production with corporate agenda related to careers and employability across the University. She is staff, reverse mentoring as a strategy for cross-generational learning and learning gains. passionate about the student learning experience and the challenges and opportunities The outcomes have been reported through a variety of channels, including academic that continue to present themselves in the educational arena. Her successful initiatives journal articles, contribution to a book on #EdTechRations, and numerous conference include the production of a Government funded publication on Interns Rights to support publications and workshops. and encourage actions by the professions themselves to remove barriers to professional Andrew Boland careers, especially for people from disadvantaged groups. Andrew Boland holds a PG Certificate in Teaching and combines his work as a Sports Linda graduated from Southampton University with a Masters in Post Compulsory Education Demonstrator in Faculty of Management on the Sport Development / Psychology & before completing a post graduate managerial qualification with the CMI. Linda is a Fellow Coaching Sciences degree pathway with his role as Project Manager for the Regional of the Leadership Foundation in Higher Education and currently serves on the Board of the Education Legacy for Art and Youth Sport (RELAYS). RELAYS offers students at BU practical Institute of Directors, Dorset with a view to increasing opportunities for women locally. leadership and development opportunities to complement their academic studies and Dr Sonal Minocha in doing so they can achieve a professional development bursary to help them take the Dr Sonal Minocha has over 15 years of senior management experience across the public next step with coaching courses. Andrew has a breadth of experience in sports coaching and private sectors in global HE. Sonal started her career as a business graduate from the via delivery in the education and community sector, and is the head coach of the BU University of Delhi before moving into an academic career which started at the University of Futsal programme. Northumbria, UK. Since then, Sonal has worked in both public and private sectors of higher 16 17 Speaker profiles 19 . His publications include Radio in Context (Palgrave Macmillan 2004; (Palgrave Context in include Radio His publications . Today John Moores, Exeter, Bradford, Staffordshire and now Bournemouth University in the UK. in the UK. Bournemouth University and now Staffordshire Bradford, Exeter, John Moores, and theses, Research by and 18 Master’s supervised 20 PhD theses He has successfully examiner. and external theses as both internal PhD/MPhil students’ 30 over has examined journal 200 He has published over fellows. research He has trained 12 post-doctoral research grants worth about eight He has held several research papers. and conference as as well AWM, and the European, Society, the Royal EPSRC, million pounds from the UK consortiums large as a coordinator. international He has managed several from industry. project network international funded £158K an EPSRC (PI) of Examples are 1) coordinator partners; UK partners Japanese and 7 which includes 7 Mechatronics Adaptive on Human which FUSION project the EU funded 3.05 million Euro Erasmus Mundus of 2) coordinator the EU funded one million Euro Marie Curie of partners;has 20 international 3) coordinator with partners 30 countries, has strong research collaboration from over Yu Prof etc. project, and UK. Thailand, Romania, Japan, Italy, India, Hungary, Germany, France, such as China, Professor Andrew Crisell (Sage 2009) and Local Radio, Going Global (Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Going Global Radio, (Sage 2009) and Local Crisell Andrew Professor Engagement) in the Dean (Global Associate is currently Guy edition 2015). 2011; paperback University. at Bournemouth Media & Communication of Faculty Truckel Peter He is years. six for Hub at Bournemouth University VFX running the been has Truckel Peter animation, of and competition festival recognised the internationally BFX, of the co-creator such as Blade movies working cameraman, VFX He started as a his career and Games. VFX years, four for in London at MPC VFX supervising After Plague Dogs. The Aliens and Runner, a 25-year Over and started production company. his own director a commercials he became the world, all over in countries and worked commercials more than 300 period he directed and Morocco Egypt, Africa, South Argentina, Canada, USA, Russia, China, including India, Lion, Cannes Silver notably awards, won many have His films and throughout Europe. UAE, a panels and been has moderated Peter Festivals and Monitor. York New Circle, Creative Moving The International including UKTI, bodies, industry several for VFX on spokesperson Skillset. and Creative Image Society Dr Xiaosong Yang Animation, Computer for Centre at the National Professor Associate an is currently Yang Dr publications that reviewed 60 peer more than He has produced Bournemouth University. As PI and chapters. and book papers, conference articles, journal include international Academy, British from European Commission, research grants many he has secured Co-I, Fund, Education Innovation Higher & Skills (UK), Innovation Department Business, for on muscle His work etc. China Scholar Council, Hospital, Bournemouth Royal AHSN, Wessex reported widely and has been interest a lot of has attracted modelling and deformation He engages in research etc. Review Technic and MIT Zycie Wiedza I Scientist, New by Turkey. France, South Korea, USA, with partnerscollaboration from China, Hongnian Yu Professor Liverpool Sussex, of at the Universities positions has held academic Yu Hongnian Professor Sport Management and is currently Vice Chair of English Universities Sport, who oversees oversees who Sport, Universities English of Chair Vice Sport is currently and Management sport representative Universities. all English for domestic Starkey Guy Professor and on balance PhD focused practitioner whose radio is a former Starkey Guy Professor affairs and current flagship news on its coverage election general 1997 BBC’s bias in the programme, and Regulation Bias in Journalism: Representation, and Balance edition 2013), second with Journalism which he co-authored Radio 2007), Macmillan (Palgrave Democracy

degrees at BU. He has delivered and worked with many governing bodies of sport bodies of and governing with many and worked He has delivered at BU. degrees sport focused events national and community on international, organisations event private in He holds an MSc overseas. expeditions student sport development as overseen as well Barry Squires Barry in sport management and sport experience of years more than 13 Squires has Barry and has also undertaken part at a senior level within the sports time lecturing development agency, responsible for gaining clients for Crowd as well as showcasing our passion and as showcasing as well Crowd gaining clients for responsible for agency, and industry the creative about and passionate He is determined clients. to determination he south movement, in the silicon big believer A projects. hours perfecting spends many output grow. creative the area’s seeing enjoys the BU Festival of Learning and the Festival of Enterprise. and the Festival of Learning the BU Festival of Jamie Sergeant communications a creative @thisiscrowd, of and founder Jamie Sergeant is Director events in the UK as well as being the university link with two major events in the UK in the UK major events with two link university as being the as well in the UK events the programmes on behalf of volunteering their where she has helped design and manage organisations in training for in commercial involved she has been More recently University. both to contributor and is a regular initiatives marketing their mobile improving relation to research into Sports Tourism opportunities and challenges, and the F.A.M.E. framework of of framework and the F.A.M.E. opportunities and challenges, Tourism Sportsresearch into measure event using social media to project (HEIF Funded) and the FestiM evaluation event at major sportingvolunteers as Debbie often interest is another area of Volunteering reach. a framework of best practice for London 2012 in relation to stakeholder identification. identification. stakeholder 2012 in relation to London for best practice of a framework urban regeneration events, include the social impacts of Her current research interests Other activities planning. and legacy management, stakeholder opportunities from events, undertake to (STORMING) initiative Tourism funded Sports include being part the ESRC of Marketing on both the undergraduate and postgraduate Events programmes. She has programmes. Events and postgraduate on both the undergraduate Marketing also undertaken within Sports guest lectures UK Management programmes both in the develop as case studies to and Barcelona used both Sydney PhD Debbie’s and overseas. Dr Debbie Sadd within the in the Department & Leisure Events of Academic Dr Debbie Sadd is a Principal Education is the Head of where she Management at Bournemouth University, of Faculty and & Leadership Strategy as teaching as well the Department & Leisure for Events of Library, collaborating with partner institutions worldwide to preserve and research the Silk and research the Silk with partner preserve to collaborating institutions worldwide Library, Chinese in contemporary and has research interests years four in China for He lived Road. culture and literature. Dr Alastair Morrison Manager at Development Partnerships International Alastair Morrison has been Dr at the British years nine for that he worked to Previous 2012. since Bournemouth University University has included the fusing of employability with internationalisation through the with internationalisation employability of included the fusing has University global exploring lie in interests Her main academic Programme. Talent Global pioneering strategic management education and practice, employability, graduate higher education, and organisational learning. creativity a re-energised institutional approach towards internationalisation and the creation of a the creation of and internationalisation towards institutional approach a re-energised university’s the of, complimentary and to, BU that is anchored a Global vision for long-term at Bournemouth that Sonal has led work areas of the key Amongst vision. wider strategic education globally. In recent years, she held the position of Executive Dean at the University University at the Dean Executive of the position she held years, In recent globally. education the summer in University Bournemouth joining before School Business Bedfordshire of brought with it (Global Engagement) Vice-Chancellor as Pro Her appointment 2014. of

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