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Faci litated and chaired by: Dr Cora Lingling Xu who is the co-convenor of the Internat ional Research and Researchers Network. For more d etails about the network and its activities\, plea se click here.

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Overview

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This online SRHE International Rese arch and Researchers Network event explores how th e concept of time inheritance can inform re search\, policy and practice in international high er education. Developed in Cora Lingling Xu’s rece nt book The Time Inheritors (SUNY Press\, 2 025)\, the framework draws attention to how unequa l access to time-related resources shapes educatio nal trajectories\, opportunities and outcomes acro ss diverse social contexts.

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The workshop brings together an internationa l and interdisciplinary group of contributors\, in cluding academics\, practitioners and current univ ersity students\, to examine how time inheritance can be applied to their own fields of work and exp erience. Presentations will address questions of i nequality in political economy\, algorithmic tempo rality and educational leadership\, Deaf education and accessibility\, adolescent lifestyles and lon g-term outcomes\, and student perspectives on mind sets and orientations within university settings. Together\, these contributions will show how time inheritance offers a productive lens for understan ding both structural inequality and everyday educa tional practice.

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A dist inctive feature of the event is its dialogue acros s research and practice. Alongside scholarly contr ibutions from speakers based in the UK\, India\, C hina and the United States\, practitioners and stu dents will reflect on how the framework speaks to their professional practice\, lived experience and institutional contexts. The workshop will conclud e with insights from discussant Julie Rattray\, fo llowed by audience discussion\, offering participa nts an opportunity to consider the wider implicati ons of time inheritance for international higher e ducation research\, pedagogy and policy.

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Speaker bios

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Cora Lin gling Xu is Associate Professor at Durham University\ , UK. She is a sociologist interested in education mobilities and social inequalities. She is an exe cutive editor of the British Journal of Sociolo gy of Education. Cora’s research on Chinese in ternational students and Gaokao has been featured in BBC Radio 4's documentary 'Chinese on Campus'\, on BBC News and in South China Morning Post. Her book 'The Time Inheritors' (SUNY Press\, 2025) exp lores the role of time in shaping Chinese higher s tudents' trajectories as they navigate rural-to-ur ban\, cross-border and transnational education. Th is book is winner of the 2026 Best Book Award pres ented by the Comparative and International Educati on Society’s Higher Education SIG.

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Leya Mathew is an Associate Professor in the Social Sciences division of the School of Arts and Sciences at Ahmedabad University. She has a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Her re search examines the socio-cultural transitions tha t have accompanied economic liberalization in Indi a with a special focus on gender\, education\, wor k\, and migration.

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Yiru Chen is an educator\, filmmaker\, and accessibil ity advocate working at the intersection of Deaf e ducation and inclusive media arts. She currently s erves as a Teacher of the Deaf at St. Francis de S ales School for the Deaf in Brooklyn\, New York\, where her practice integrates creative storytellin g\, emerging technologies\, and culturally respons ive pedagogy to support BIPOC Deaf\, DeafBlind\, a nd Deafdisabled learners. A Teachers College\, Col umbia University alumna\, Yiru has presented at un iversities including NYU on accessibility as a cre ative methodology and structural imperative. Her r esearch and practice span sign language pedagogy\, accessible arts education\, and AI-driven tools f or equity in disability communities. She collabora tes on international partnerships exploring how la nguage and cultural inheritance shape the ways edu cational knowledge and experience move across Deaf /Disability communities and institutional contexts globally.

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Alexander Gardner-McTaggart is Associate Professor of Educatio nal Leadership and Human Futures at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research examines educational leadership\, artificial intelligence\ , and the ethical and temporal conditions shaping education systems and human development. He is the author of Sustainable Educational Leadership and the Climate Crisis (Routledge) and the forthcoming Cambridge University Press monograph Fire in the Nursery: Educational Leadership at the End of the Human. His work appears in journals including Comp arative Education\, Globalisation\, Societies and Education\, and Educational Management Administrat ion & Leadership.

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Si yi Liu is currently a PhD Candidate in Digital Geogra phy at University College London. Her research foc uses on smart city-regionalism and digital governa nce\, as well as migration and housing. She will j oin the Bennett School of Public Policy at the Uni versity of Cambridge as a Research Associate\, foc using on AI policy research. She has presented her work at major international conferences\, includi ng the RGS Digital Geographies Symposium\, the AAG Annual Meeting\, and the Regional Studies Associa tion Conference. Her research has been published i n Asian Geographer and Population\, Spac e and Place. She holds a BA in Geography with Social Data Science from UCL and has worked as a c onsultant at the World Resources Institute. She ha s also been a visiting scholar at Seoul National U niversity and a visiting student at the City Unive rsity of Hong Kong.

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Yin Chun is an undergradu ate engineering student from Imperial College Lond on.

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Julie Rat tray is Head of the School of Education at Durham Uni versity\, having taken up the role in August 2024\ , and Professor in Higher Education. Her scholarsh ip has made a substantial contribution to higher e ducation research\, particularly in relation to th reshold concepts\, liminality\, the affective dime nsions of learning\, and the ways conceptions of t eaching and learning shape policy\, pedagogy\, and practice. Her work has been influential in advanc ing understanding of student learning\, transforma tion\, and participation in higher education. For this SRHE International Research and Researchers N etwork workshop\, Professor Rattray brings both se nior academic leadership and deep expertise in hig her education as a field of research and practice. As discussant for “Time Inheritance in internatio nal higher education research and practice\,” she is ideally placed to respond to the workshop’s ran ge of international\, interdisciplinary\, and prac tice-based presentations\, and to draw out their w ider implications for research\, policy\, and peda gogy in international higher education.

DESCRIPTION:SRHE Members must log-in to access member registra tion rates\n \n \n \n Facilitated and chaired by: Dr Cora Lingling Xu who is the co-convenor of the International Research and Researchers Network. Fo r more details about the network and its activitie s\, please click here.\n \n \n \n Overview\n \n \n \n This online SRHE International Research and Re searchers Network event explores how the concept o f time inheritance can inform research\, policy an d practice in international higher education. Deve loped in Cora Lingling Xu’s recent book The Time I nheritors (SUNY Press\, 2025)\, the framework draw s attention to how unequal access to time-related resources shapes educational trajectories\, opport unities and outcomes across diverse social context s. \n \n \n \n The workshop brings together an int ernational and interdisciplinary group of contribu tors\, including academics\, practitioners and cur rent university students\, to examine how time inh eritance can be applied to their own fields of wor k and experience. Presentations will address quest ions of inequality in political economy\, algorith mic temporality and educational leadership\, Deaf education and accessibility\, adolescent lifestyle s and long-term outcomes\, and student perspective s on mindsets and orientations within university s ettings. Together\, these contributions will show how time inheritance offers a productive lens for understanding both structural inequality and every day educational practice.\n \n \n \n A distinctive feature of the event is its dialogue across resea rch and practice. Alongside scholarly contribution s from speakers based in the UK\, India\, China an d the United States\, practitioners and students w ill reflect on how the framework speaks to their p rofessional practice\, lived experience and instit utional contexts. The workshop will conclude with insights from discussant Julie Rattray\, followed by audience discussion\, offering participants an opportunity to consider the wider implications of time inheritance for international higher educatio n research\, pedagogy and policy.\n \n \n \n sched ule \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 12:00 -12:10\ n \n \n \n \n SRHE welcome and housekeepi ng\n \n \n \n Introduction and overview of the session by Cora Lingling Xu\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 12:10 – 12:25\n \n \n \n \n Leya Mathew: Time and future: Locating inequality in political economy\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 12:25 – 12:40\n \n \n \n \n Alex McTaggart: Algorithmic Temporality and Time Inher itance: Educational Leadership in an Age of Predic tive Futures\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1 2:40 – 12:55\n \n \n \n \n Yiru Chen: "Ha ve Time on Your Hands": Deaf Perspectives on Time Inheritance\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 12 .55 - 13.00\n \n \n \n \n Comfort break\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13.00 - 13.15\n \n \n \n \n Siyi Liu: Adolescent Lifesty le and Long-Term Outcomes\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13.15 - 13.30\n \n \n \n \n Y in Chun: Time Inheritance\, mindsets and orientati ons\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13.30 - 13 .45\n \n \n \n \n Julie Rattray: Discussa nt Insights: Time inheritance in a global age\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13.45 - 14.00\n \n \n \n \n Discussion and concluding remar ks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker bios\n \n \n \n Cora Lingling Xu is Associate Professor a t Durham University\, UK. She is a sociologist int erested in education mobilities and social inequal ities. She is an executive editor of the British J ournal of Sociology of Education. Cora’s research on Chinese international students and Gaokao has b een featured in BBC Radio 4's documentary 'Chinese on Campus'\, on BBC News and in South China Morni ng Post. Her book 'The Time Inheritors' (SUNY Pres s\, 2025) explores the role of time in shaping Chi nese higher students' trajectories as they navigat e rural-to-urban\, cross-border and transnational education. This book is winner of the 2026 Best Bo ok Award presented by the Comparative and Internat ional Education Society’s Higher Education SIG. \n \n \n \n Leya Mathew is an Associate Professor in the Social Sciences division of the School of Art s and Sciences at Ahmedabad University. She has a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Her resea rch examines the socio-cultural transitions that h ave accompanied economic liberalization in India w ith a special focus on gender\, education\, work\, and migration. \n \n \n \n Yiru Chen is an educat or\, filmmaker\, and accessibility advocate workin g at the intersection of Deaf education and inclus ive media arts. She currently serves as a Teacher of the Deaf at St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf in Brooklyn\, New York\, where her practice integrates creative storytelling\, emerging techno logies\, and culturally responsive pedagogy to sup port BIPOC Deaf\, DeafBlind\, and Deafdisabled lea rners. A Teachers College\, Columbia University al umna\, Yiru has presented at universities includin g NYU on accessibility as a creative methodology a nd structural imperative. Her research and practic e span sign language pedagogy\, accessible arts ed ucation\, and AI-driven tools for equity in disabi lity communities. She collaborates on internationa l partnerships exploring how language and cultural inheritance shape the ways educational knowledge and experience move across Deaf/Disability communi ties and institutional contexts globally.\n \n \n \n Alexander Gardner-McTaggart is Associate Profes sor of Educational Leadership and Human Futures at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His re search examines educational leadership\, artificia l intelligence\, and the ethical and temporal cond itions shaping education systems and human develop ment. He is the author of Sustainable Educational Leadership and the Climate Crisis (Routledge) and the forthcoming Cambridge University Press monogra ph Fire in the Nursery: Educational Leadership at the End of the Human. His work appears in journals including Comparative Education\, Globalisation\, Societies and Education\, and Educational Managem ent Administration & Leadership.\n \n \n \n Siyi L iu is currently a PhD Candidate in Digital Geograp hy at University College London. Her research focu ses on smart city-regionalism and digital governan ce\, as well as migration and housing. She will jo in the Bennett School of Public Policy at the Univ ersity of Cambridge as a Research Associate\, focu sing on AI policy research. She has presented her work at major international conferences\, includin g the RGS Digital Geographies Symposium\, the AAG Annual Meeting\, and the Regional Studies Associat ion Conference. Her research has been published in Asian Geographer and Population\, Space and Place . She holds a BA in Geography with Social Data Sci ence from UCL and has worked as a consultant at th e World Resources Institute. She has also been a v isiting scholar at Seoul National University and a visiting student at the City University of Hong K ong.\n \n \n \n Yin Chun is an undergraduate engin eering student from Imperial College London.\n \n \n \n Julie Rattray is Head of the School of Educa tion at Durham University\, having taken up the ro le in August 2024\, and Professor in Higher Educat ion. Her scholarship has made a substantial contri bution to higher education research\, particularly in relation to threshold concepts\, liminality\, the affective dimensions of learning\, and the way s conceptions of teaching and learning shape polic y\, pedagogy\, and practice. Her work has been inf luential in advancing understanding of student lea rning\, transformation\, and participation in high er education. For this SRHE International Research and Researchers Network workshop\, Professor Ratt ray brings both senior academic leadership and dee p expertise in higher education as a field of rese arch and practice. As discussant for “Time Inherit ance in international higher education research an d practice\,” she is ideally placed to respond to the workshop’s range of international\, interdisci plinary\, and practice-based presentations\, and t o draw out their wider implications for research\, policy\, and pedagogy in international higher edu cation.\n \n CATEGORIES:Conference CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T120000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260715T140000 LOCATION:Online event\, link will be provided\n United King dom\n URL:https://srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=799 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR

\n 12:00 -12:1 0 \n	\n SRHE welcome and housekeeping \n \n Introd uction and overview of the session by Cora Linglin g Xu \n
\n 12:10 – 12:25 \n	\n < span style="font-size:12pt">Leya Mathew:< /span> Time and f uture: Locating inequality in political economy \n < /td>\n
\n 12:25 – 12:40 \n	\n ~~Alex McTaggart:~~ Algorithmic T emporality and Time Inheritance: Educational Leade rship in an Age of Predictive Futures \n
\n < p style="text-align:justify">12:40 – 12:55 \n	\n Yiru Ch en: "Have Time on Your Hands": Deaf Perspectives on T ime Inheritance \n
\n < span style="font-size:11.0pt">12.55 - 13.00 \n	\n Comfort break \n
\n 13.00 - 13.15 \n	\n Siyi Liu: ~~Adolescent Lifestyle an d Long-Term Outcomes~~ \n
\n 13.15 - 13 .30 \ n	\n Yin Chun: Time Inheritance\ , mindsets and orientations \n
\n 13.30 - 13 .45 \ n	\n ~~Juli e Rattray:~~ ~~Discussant Insights: Time inheritance in a global age~~ \n
\n 13.45 - 14.00 \n	\n Discussion and c oncluding remarks \n