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