Linkages between research, scholarship and teaching in universities in China
vant and useful. The key issue to me is that scholarship
defined in this way enables us to consider the issue of ‘aca-
demic credibility’ broadly and flexibly. This will be of value as
we develop our future research strategy, especially in regard
to post-RAE2008.
Acknowledgements
Thanks arE due to the Leadership Foundation for managing
this programme efficiently and to their partners in Hefce and
the China Education Association for Educational Exchange.
Thanks are also due to Professor Fan Ying, Director of the
International Office, Beijing Institute of Technology for facil-
itating my visit, and to all the staff at Bit for their hospitality
and valuable discussions. I also appreciate very much the
support of my own institution, the University of Glamorgan.
I wish to record my sincere personal thanks to Ms Gao Shan,
Project Officer of the International Office, who managed my
visit with great care and attention to detail.
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