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Visiting international practitioners
Prof. Dr. Eckart LangeDepartment of LandscapeThe University of Sheffield
Department of Landscape Staffing
Core Academic Staff, 14 FT/PT
University Teachers, 4 PT
Administration and Technical Staff, 6 FT/PT
3rd party funded researchers (6)
International Academic Visitors (ca. 5)Associate Tutors (ca. 20)
3 Visiting Professors
International Visitors
Department of Landscape
300 UG/PG/PGR students
Approx. 40% Home
Approx. 60% Overseasmajority from China
Staff1 Overseas4 EU
Shouldn’t there be a more diverse input?
Motivation: strengthen strategic links with leading Chinese Universities
Rankings of Chinese Universities
At the very topTsinghua UniversityPeking University
Very top in our fieldBeijing Forestry UniversityTongji University
Several members of the Department have visited Chinese Universities on several occasions in recent years.I have visited/lectured at all four in 2012/2013
Internationalisation
Visiting academics and practitioners
3 high-profile guest speakers from China- Prof. Kongjian Yu, Peking University- Prof. Hu Jie, Tsinghua University- Prof. Binyi Liu, Tongji UniversityAll three have their own design practices
Visiting groups- Students- professionals (China Landscape
Architecture magazine)
Piggybacking on existing arrangements
PhD students were sent to pick them up. London: 1st class railManchester: Taxi
PR
E-mails to Landscape InstituteSheffield City CouncilFaculty of Social Sciences…
Effect on students
• a very positive effect on our international students. They all know the speakers, but most of them will have never met them.
• a very positive effect on our home students. They realised that in China innovative projects are undertaken. Appreciation of the diversity in the department.
Huge PR effect for the Department.
Before• Posters in the Department• E-mails to faculty• E-mails to the profession,
Landscape Institute • Facebook• Twitter
After• Newsletter• Website• Video available online • Facebook• Twitter
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