Lianya Qiu (PhD student)
Thesis title: Stakeholders’ Perspectives on the Curriculum in Complementary Schools – a Comparative Case Study of Polish and Chinese Complementary Schools in Edinburgh
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
Lianya Qiu is currently a PhD student at Moray House School of Education and Sport. Before her PhD study, she conducted her MSc study at the University of Edinburgh. Her master's dissertation focused on the curriculum design and development of Chinese complementary schools in Edinburgh. Because of her passion for heritage language education research, she returned to Moray House and continues pursuing her PhD by conducting a comparative case study on the curricula in Polish complementary schools and Chinese complementary schools.
Qualifications
MSc in Education (Comparative Education and International Development pathway) - the University of Edinburgh
BA in Chinese Literature and Education (Teaching Chinese as a Second Language) - Shenzhen University
Undergraduate teaching
Postgraduate Tutor at Lothian Equal Access Programme for Schools
- Course Tutoring:
LEAPS Transition Course
Postgraduate teaching
Associate Tutor at the Institute for Language Education
Associate Tutor at the Institute for Education Society and Community
Tutor at the School of Social and Political Science
- Course Tutoring:
Source of Knowledge: Understanding and analysing research literature
Conceptualising Research: Foundations, assumptions, and praxis
Research Skills in Social Science: Data Collection
- Supervision:
Masters' dissertation supervisor for programmes of MSc TESOL; MSc Language Education; MSc LIC; MSc Education; and MSc CEID
Research summary
- Heritage Language Education
- Language Complementary Schools
- Language Education Policy
- Second Language Curriculum
- The Ecology of Language
Affiliated research centres
- Student Representative at Language(s), Interculturality and Literacies Research hub
- Volunteer at Bilingualism Matters
Conference details
Smith, J., Qiu, L., & Birtles, E. (2025, June 24). Fostering community and wellbeing during the dissertation phase through Dissertation Buddies: A Postgraduate Taught Peer Support Programme. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Division of Academics, Researchers, and Teachers in Psychology (DART-P) Annual Conference 2025, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Li, J., Qiu, L., & Song, J. (2025, June 17). Staff–student co-creation of authentic assessment for PGT courses: The case of the "Curriculum: Context, Change and Development" group assessment. Paper presented at the Learning and Teaching Conference 2025, University of Edinburgh.
Qiu, L. (2025, May 23). The ecologies and sustainability of Chinese heritage language education: A case study of a Chinese complementary school in Scotland. Paper presented at the Exploring Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in the UK Conference, University of Sheffield.
Qiu, L. (2024, September 10). Ecologies of heritage language education in Scotland: A comparative case study from a Polish and a Chinese complementary school. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2024, University of Manchester, UK.
Qiu, L. (2023, November 22). Roles, challenges, and future prospects of Chinese and Polish complementary schools in Scotland. Paper presented at the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Annual Conference 2023, Queen Margaret University, UK.
Qiu, L. (2023, November 22). The rich and unexploited linguistic resources: Chinese and Polish complementary schools in the context of Scotland’s 1+2 language policy. Paper presented at the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Annual Conference 2023, Queen Margaret University, UK.
Qiu, L. (2023, October 21). Stakeholders’ perspectives on the curriculum in complementary schools: A comparative case study of Polish and Chinese complementary schools in Edinburgh. Paper presented at the Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, University of South Carolina, USA (Hybrid).
Smith, J., Brough, C., Qiu, L., Birtles, E., & Lin, J. (2023, June 27). Dissertation Buddies: Student experience of innovative peer support during the master's dissertation phase. Paper presented at the Learning and Teaching Conference 2023, University of Edinburgh, UK.