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V isiting international practitioners . Prof. Dr. Eckart Lange Department of Landscape The University of Sheffield. Department of Landscape Staffing. Core Academic Staff, 14 FT/PT University Teachers, 4 PT Administration and Technical Staff, 6 FT/PT. 3 rd party funded researchers (6).
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Visiting international practitioners Prof. Dr. Eckart Lange Department of Landscape The 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) 3 Visiting Professors Associate Tutors (ca. 20) International Academic Visitors (ca. 5) International Visitors
Department of Landscape 300 UG/PG/PGR students • Approx. 40% Home • Approx. 60% Overseas • majority from China • Staff • 1 Overseas • 4 EU
Motivation: strengthen strategic links with leading Chinese Universities
Rankings of Chinese Universities At the very top Tsinghua University Peking University Very top in our field Beijing Forestry University Tongji 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, TongjiUniversity • All 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 rail Manchester: Taxi
PR E-mails to Landscape Institute Sheffield City Council Faculty 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