Cultnet-stimulated Thinking

Our Manchester team had returned from Cultnet 2016 with a thought-provoking experience that involves hard-work, laughers, road-trip adventures, new ideas and critical reflections (see the previous blogposts by Khwan and Nahielly). In my reflection, I will share some of my thoughts about two questions: What does it mean by being a PhD student? What is a good presentation? Being PhD […]

Read more

A Creative-visual and Intercultural-related Workshop at UCLan

In this post, I will share my experience of giving an intercultural-related workshop by using creative visual methods at the University of Central Lancashire. (Fun facts: the two flowers are Lancashire roses.) Following the IALIC conference in Beijing, UCLan invited Kelly and me to give a 3 hours workshop for their students. The main purpose of the workshop was to provoke students’ […]

Read more

Reflections on the Leed’s event of ‘Language Research, Performance and the Creative Arts’

In this reflection, I want to share my experience of presenting and participating in the one-day event on Language Research, Performance and the Creative Arts at the University of Leeds. It was one of my most enjoyable academic experience as the event provided a rich space of critical discussions. I have got inspired from the researchers of different fields who are interested […]

Read more

Cultnet Meeting at Durham University

Recently, I have applied to share my research ideas to the Cultnet meeting at Durham University. The topic I will talk about is: Mindfulness in Intercultural Communication: A Visual Narrative Exploration of Postgraduates’ Experiences at a UK University My research is about ‘mindfulness in intercultural communication’ at an internationalised university setting in the UK. I use visual narrative to explore students’ understanding […]

Read more

Reflections on My First Year of PhD Study

Having just received the feedback for the 2nd semester’s two assignments, the module of research training is officially completed now. I had enjoyed the experience of developing myself to be increasingly creative, curious and confident in academic exploration. Here I would like to quickly share some of the reflections about my PhD journey in the first year. Before everything began: 3 […]

Read more
1 3 4 5