Dr Frank Su Profile Page

• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA)
• Member of British Educational Research Association (BERA)
• Member of American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Member of Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)
• Member of British Education Studies Association (BESA)
• Member of British Computer Society (BCS)

Frank Su, B.Sc (Hons.), PgCert, M.Sc, PhD, joined Liverpool Hope University in 2005.  He is trained as an Information Technology Research and Support Specialist with a BSc and MSc in Computer Science. He has a wide range of work experience in both the Higher Education and the IT industry in the UK and overseas. After completing his doctoral degree in the area of higher education in 2010, he was appointed as a Lecturer in Education.   

Frank's main research interests and writings are located within the following areas: cross-cultural learning contexts and the development of the learner within higher education settings; the use of qualitative methodologies in educational research; the development of higher education policy and its impact on student experience and academic practice; and the uses of emergent technologies in learning and teaching. He is currently working on a book on the theme of the reorientation of higher education.

Frank teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and supervises undergraduate final year research projects and postgraduate dissertations. Dr Frank Su welcomes student research proposals in the research areas outlined above.

Supervised MA Education dissertations:

• Drake, Georgina (2011) Can ICT be used to enhance the learning and understanding of history subject within a British curriculum school in the UAE? MA dissertation, Liverpool Hope University. (completed)  
• Green, Peter (2010) How might the experiences of international students in higher education be improved by the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)? MA dissertation, Liverpool Hope University. (completed)  

Books and book chapters:

• Su, F. and McGettrick, B.(eds) (2012) Professional Ethics: Education for Humane Society. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press. (in press)
• Su, F. (2012) 'The Challenges of Compliance: International Students in a UK University' in Adamson, B., Nixon, J. and Su, F. (eds) The Reorientation of Higher Education. New York and Hong Kong: Springer and Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) of The University of Hong Kong (forthcoming).
• Adamson, B., Nixon, J. and Su, F. (eds) (2012)The Reorientation of Higher Education. New York and Hong Kong: Springer and Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) of The University of Hong Kong (forthcoming).
• Su, F. (ed) (2011) Chinese Learning Journeys: Chasing the Dream.  Stoke on Trent, UK and Sterling, USA: Trentham.
• Su, F. (2011) 'Learning Journeys: Origins and Destinations' in Su, F. (ed) (2011) Chinese Learning Journeys: Chasing the Dream. Stoke on Trent, UK and Sterling, USA: Trentham.
• Su, F., Nixon, J. and Adamson, B. (2010) 'Seeking the Single Thread: the Conceptual Quest' in Thompson, P. and Walker, M. (eds) The Routledge Doctoral Student's Companion: Getting to grips with Research in Education and the Social Sciences , London and New York: Routledge.

• Su, F. and Beaumont, C. (2010) Evaluating the use of a Wiki for collaborative learning, Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 47 (4). pp. 417-431
• Wellington, J., Nixon, J. and Su, F. (2013) Educational publishing: 'graphosphere', 'videosphere' or 'public sphere'? Discourse - Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 34(3). (Accepted for publication and forthcoming)
• Su, F. ( In preparation) A narrative study of Chinese student's experience of studying in UK higher education, Teaching in Higher Education. (In preparation)

• Su, F. (2011) 'Cosmopolitan learning journeys: experiences of Chinese students in UK higher education'. Doctoral lecture presented at Liverpool Hope University, 5th April 2011, UK
• Su, F. (2010) 'The Student Experience of Cross-border Learning'. Paper presented at International Symposium on the Reorientation of Higher Education, 10th November 2010, The Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) of the University of Hong Kong, China
• Bignold, W. and Su, F. (2010) 'Employing narrative methodology in educational research effectively - two case studies'. Paper presented at 2010 British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, 4th September 2010, University of Warwick, UK
• Su, F. (2010) 'Working With Theories and Locating Conceptual Threads'. Paper presented at 2010 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, 30th April 2010, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Su, F. (2009) ‘Socio-Cultural Aspects of Overseas Study: The Case of Chinese Students in UK Universities’. Paper presented at 2nd World Universities Forum Conference, 16th – 18th January 2009, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
• Su, F., Norton, B. and Norton, L. (2008) ‘The challenges Chinese students face in academic writing in two UK universities’. Presented at 3rd International Inquiring Pedagogies (iPED) Conference, 8th – 9th September 2008, Coventry University, UK
• Su, F. and Beaumont, C. (2008) ‘Student Perceptions of E-Learning with a Wiki’. Paper presented at SOLSTICE international conference on eLearning and Learning Environment for the Future, 5th June 2008, Edge Hill University, UK

PhD Thesis:

• Su, F. (2010) Transformations through learning: the experience of mainland Chinese undergraduate students in an English university. PhD Thesis, the University of Liverpool, UK. The thesis is available [on-line] at the University of Liverpool Research Archive. It is also available [on-line] in British Library Electronic Theses Online System (ETHOS) at http://ethos.bl.uk (EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.526825)