Biography
- British Sociological Association (BSA)
- British Sociological Association Bourdieu Study Group
- Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
- Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
- British Chevening Scholars (Hong Kong) Association
Research and scholarship
Cora’s research focuses on the sociology of education mobilities. She is particularly interested in how inequalities and differences are negotiated and contested in relation to mobilities of, in, and through education. This has been reflected in her sociological work on cross-border student mobilities and on socio-geographic mobilities of rural academics in China. She is interested in exploring the intersectionality of ethnicity, rural-urban divide, class, age and political positioning. Her research has engaged with Bourdieu’s theory of practice, sociology of time and temporality, and the notions of diaspora and diaspora at home. She is interested in mixed-method research approaches, particularly creative digital and visual methods, as well as ethnographic and auto-ethnographic methods.
In 2017, Cora founded the Network for Research into Chinese Education Mobilities (NRCEM). It is an interdisciplinary platform for scholars interested in the broad areas of education mobilities in, across and of China and Chinese people. Its Research Highlights section introduces the latest and cutting-edge research in the field through easily approachable prose and its Capacity Building and Job Opportunities sections highlight conference information and career development opportunities.
Cora has given keynote lectures and invited papers in Manchester University, Durham University, University of Central Lancashire, University of Northampton, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, Guangzhou University, among others. Cora has served as an external PhD examiner at the University of Edinburgh. She has been invited to conduct workshops on academic publications for early career researchers at the University of Bath, British Education Research Association and Chinese Education Research Association.
Teaching
Since 2016, I have led following modules:
Master’s / Postgraduate Certificate / Doctoral Levels
* Edu 40100 Global Education Issues
* Edu 40113 Subject Identity and Pedagogy
* Edu 40104 Critical Theories and Analytical Perspectives in Education
Undergraduate Level
* Edu 20023 Play, Power & Pedagogy
* Edu 20022 Comparative Education
* Edu 30074 Higher Education: Policy and the Student Experience
Further information
Cora welcomes research students interested in areas of Bourdieu’s theory of practice, educational mobilities, ethnography / autoethnography, social justice, transnational higher education and educational issues in Asia to get in touch and discuss potential research projects.
Current Doctoral Supervision:
- Ms Patricia Parrott (EdD): Bourdieu and Brand Me: An investigation with Higher Education students preparing for placement and career management (as Lead Supervisor)
- Ms Helen Machin (PhD): Undocumented Chinese families and social work (as Lead Supervisor)
- Ms Tammie McGee (EdD): The Impacts of International Schooling on the Identity of Mainland Chinese Students (as Second Supervisor)
- Ms Jo Etherton (EdD): A Critical History of Physiotherapy Practice Education (as Second Supervisor)
Completed Doctoral Supervision:
- Ms Verity Aiken (EdD, completed): What do they want? Revisiting Academic Literacies in a Consumer-Led Higher Education Sector (as Second Supervisor)
Selected Publications
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The making of transnational distinction: An embodied cultural perspective on Chinese women students’ mobility. British Journal of Sociology of Education. link> doi> link> full text>2020.
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Time, class and privilege in career imagination: Exploring study-to-work transition of Chinese international students in UK universities through a Bourdieusian lens. Time and Society. doi> link> full text>2020.
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Tackling rural-urban inequalities through educational mobilities: Rural-origin Chinese academics from impoverished backgrounds navigating higher education. Policy Reviews in Higher Education. doi> link> full text>2020.
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‘Diaspora at Home’: Class and Politics in the Navigation of Hong Kong Students in Mainland China’s Universities. International Studies in Sociology of Education. doi> link> full text>2019.
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Ethnicity, temporality and educational mobilities: Comparing the ethnic identity constructions of Mongolian and Tibetan students in China. British Journal of Sociology of Education. doi> full text>2019.
Full Publications Listshow
Journal Articles
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The making of transnational distinction: An embodied cultural perspective on Chinese women students’ mobility. British Journal of Sociology of Education. link> doi> link> full text>2020.
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Time, class and privilege in career imagination: Exploring study-to-work transition of Chinese international students in UK universities through a Bourdieusian lens. Time and Society. doi> link> full text>2020.
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Tackling rural-urban inequalities through educational mobilities: Rural-origin Chinese academics from impoverished backgrounds navigating higher education. Policy Reviews in Higher Education. doi> link> full text>2020.
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‘Diaspora at Home’: Class and Politics in the Navigation of Hong Kong Students in Mainland China’s Universities. International Studies in Sociology of Education. doi> link> full text>2019.
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Ethnicity, temporality and educational mobilities: Comparing the ethnic identity constructions of Mongolian and Tibetan students in China. British Journal of Sociology of Education. doi> full text>2019.
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Educating China on the Move: A Typology of Contemporary Chinese Higher Education Mobilities. Review of Education. doi> link> full text>2018.
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Political habitus in cross-border student migration: A longitudinal study of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong and beyond. International Studies in Sociology of Education, vol. 27(2-3). doi> link> full text>2018.
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Transborder habitus in a within-country mobility context: A Bourdieusian analysis of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong. The Sociological Review. doi> link> full text>2017.
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Mainland Chinese students at an elite Hong Kong university: habitus–field disjuncture in a transborder context. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 610-624, vol. 38(5). doi> link> full text>2016.
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When the Hong Kong Dream Meets the Anti-Mainlandisation Discourse: Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, vol. 44(3). full text>2015.
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Identity and cross-border student mobility: The mainland China–Hong Kong experience. European Educational Research Journal, vol. 14(1). doi> full text>2015.
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