School of Education

Dr Sihui Wang

  • Lecturer in Education Studies (School of Education)

Biography

Sihui Wang is a Lecturer in Educational Studies at the University of Glasgow, with international experience working and studying in China, Australia, and the UK. She holds a PhD in Higher Education, with an interdisciplinary background in English Applied Linguistics and TESOL. Sihui's research centres on internationalisation in higher education, focusing on linguistic, intercultural, and transnational issues. Her expertise lies in learning, and teaching practices involving international students and she has published on classroom participation patterns among international students and edited a book on the reconceptualisation of international students. Previously, she served as Deputy Programme Director for the MA in Education and TESOL at Keele University and led the Ethnography Stream for Methods North West, a regional research hub based at the University of Manchester. Passionate about fostering inclusive, impactful learning experiences, Sihui is dedicated to advancing learning and teaching practices in higher education through her teaching and research.

Research interests

My areas of expertise and interest include:

  • Internationalisation of Higher Education
  • International Students' Intercultural Experiences
  • Transnational Education
  • Classroom Interactions and Pedagogies with International Students
  • Interculturalism and languages
  • Second language acquisition
  • Pedagogy in TESOL

Publications

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2026

The GLACIER Collective, . ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 (2026) Comparative and International Education: Key Questions, Tensions and Opportunities. Series: Bristol studies in comparative and international education. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529255003 (In Press)

2025

Hayes, Aneta and Wang, Sihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 (Eds.) (2025) International(-ised) Students in East and Southeast Asia: Towards a New Conceptualisation. Series: Routledge research in international and comparative education. Routledge: New York. ISBN 9781041009795

2022

Wang, Sihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221, Moskal, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-9310 and Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 (2022) The social practice of silence in intercultural classrooms at a UK university. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 52(4), pp. 600-617. (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2020.1798215)

2019

Wang, Sihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 and Moskal, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-9310 (2019) What is wrong with silence in intercultural classrooms? An insight into international students’ integration at a UK university. Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 11(Winter), pp. 52-58.

Sakata, Nozomi, Christensen, Carly, Ware, Hannah and Wang, Sihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 (2019) Addressing the messiness of data analysis: praxis, readiness and tips from doctoral research. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 49(2), pp. 318-336. (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2018.1562676)

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Articles

Wang, Sihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221, Moskal, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-9310 and Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 (2022) The social practice of silence in intercultural classrooms at a UK university. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 52(4), pp. 600-617. (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2020.1798215)

Wang, Sihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 and Moskal, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-9310 (2019) What is wrong with silence in intercultural classrooms? An insight into international students’ integration at a UK university. Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 11(Winter), pp. 52-58.

Sakata, Nozomi, Christensen, Carly, Ware, Hannah and Wang, Sihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 (2019) Addressing the messiness of data analysis: praxis, readiness and tips from doctoral research. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 49(2), pp. 318-336. (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2018.1562676)

Books

The GLACIER Collective, . ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 (2026) Comparative and International Education: Key Questions, Tensions and Opportunities. Series: Bristol studies in comparative and international education. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529255003 (In Press)

Edited Books

Hayes, Aneta and Wang, Sihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 (Eds.) (2025) International(-ised) Students in East and Southeast Asia: Towards a New Conceptualisation. Series: Routledge research in international and comparative education. Routledge: New York. ISBN 9781041009795

This list was generated on Thu Sep 10 04:23:23 2026 BST.

Supervision

I welcome supervision inquiries from potential students who share my research interests. If you are interested in studying with me, please email me the following:

1. CV

2. Research Proposal (See here for guidance)

3. A brief statement of how your research topic aligns with my research and why you are interested in pursuing a PhD under my supervision. 

Projects of my former PhD students:

  • Intercultural Classrooms at a UK University: Exploring Lecturer-Student Interactions through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy 
  • Comparing the Teachers' Cognition and Practice of Technology-mediated Task-based Language Teaching in England and China
  • Lu, Yu
    The role of teachers in gamified teaching and learning in UK higher education institutions: enhancing classroom experiences for international students
  • Yang, Sisi
    Lecturer in Education Studies
  • Zhang, Xiaoyuan
    Dissonance in parent and teacher conceptualisations of supportive relationships for learning

Teaching

Modules delivered across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes

  • Comparative Education
  • Research Methods
  • Global Education Issues
  • Leading in a Complex World
  • Education, Employment and Professional Identity
  • People Work and Organisations
  • Dissertation Seminars

Past Leadership Roles

  • Deputy Programme Lead for MA in Education and MA in Tesol
  • Ethnography Stream Lead for Methods North West, a regional research hub based at the University of Manchester

 


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