Dr Jinqi Xu

B.Ed., MStratMgmt, MPAcc, MPhil, PhD
Honorary Associate
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+61 2 8627 8766
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Merewether Building H04 /
The University of Sydney
Jinqi Xu is a Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Education at The University of Sydney, within the Education, Enterprise and Engagement Unit in the Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education).

As an academic, Jinqi’s role includes collaborating with the industry, community and government organisations, designing and delivering industry and community projects for students from different disciplines across all faculties of the University. She leads the interdisciplinary senior student teams to work on authentic problems from the industry partners to explore innovative solutions for the challenges the business partners face.

Her major research interests span Chinese international students in higher education; diversity in education; interdisciplinary education; and Confucius education. She develops these interests through a focus on practice theory and practice-based studies using collaborative methodologies, such as ethnography, participatory action research and grounded theory.
Individual Research Project with China Studies Centre 2022: Improving Chinese international students’ learning Experience in Australian Tertiary Education. 
Faculty of Business Education Research Grant 2014: Implementing First Year Experience Transition Pedagogy Principles and Practices in MGMT 110.
Faculty of Business Teaching and Learning Grants 2013: Improving Tutor Feedback to Assist Chinese students’ Essay Writing.


  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Learning Support in Higher Education
  • Associate Fellow:  Higher Education Research and Development Society (HERDSA)
  • Member, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
  • Member, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Member, Pedagogy, Education and Praxis Group International
  • Member, China Studies Centre, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
  • Reviewer, Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice
  • Reviewer, Journal of International Students
  • Reviewer, Teaching & Learning Inquiry - Journal International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Reviewer, Studies in Higher Education 
  • Reviewer, Discover Psychology
Journal articles
  • Xu, J. (2022) Memorisation is not rote learning: rethinking memorisation as an embodied practice for Chinese students. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2022.2134878.
  • Xu, J., Keevers, L. (2022). Academic Hero: An Investigation of an Informal Bilingual Volunteer Peer Teaching Model in Supporting Chinese International Students’ Learning. Journal of International Students, 12(3), 756-776. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13i1.3996
  • Xu, J. (2019). A Practice-based Study of Chinese Students' Learning - Putting Things Together. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 16(2), 1-17.

Conference presentations
  • Xu, J. (2022). "Engaging Chinese business students: magic wand or floating clouds?" Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference (HERDSA) 2022, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Xu, J. (2021). "Beyond rote learning and memorisation as a bodily activity: re-viewing memorisation with a practice-based approach." International Conference on Community/Heritage Language Education, Sydney: The University of Sydney. 
  • Valiente-Riedl, E& Xu, J. (2020). "Disrupting higher education? Student and teacher reflections on striving for interdisciplinary effectiveness in emerging multidisciplinary classrooms." The Australia Sociological Association Conference. Online. 
  • Valiente-Riedl, E& Xu, J. (2020). "Understanding our world, making a difference." Covid19 Impacts Session, The Australia Sociological Association Conference. Online. 
  • Xu, J. (2019). "A case study of CCAD model: a practice-based study of Chinese students learning”. Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (AARE) 2019: Education for a Socially Just World. Brisbane, Australia. 
  • Xu, J. (2019). "Beyond rote learning: reviewing memorisation with a practice-based approach." The 4th International Professional Practice, Education and Learning conference (ProPEL): Provocations and possibilities, Sydney Australia. 
  •  Xu, J. (2019). "Acquisition, transmission or constructivism. Does it matter? – a practice-based study of Chinese students learning at an Australian university”. The 4th International Professional Practice, Education and Learning conference, Sydney. 
  • Xu, J. (2015). "Changing and learning: how the change process reshapes student learning over time." The 12th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Melbourne, Australia. 
  • Dawson, P., Sykes, C. & Xu, J. (2015) "Extending conceptions of time and temporality in studies of emergent change." The Seventh International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, Greece. 
  • Xu, J., & Sykes, C.(2014) "Engaging Chinese business students: magic wand or floating clouds?" Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference 2014, Hong Kong.   
Collaborating with Differences: Building Intercultural Competence in Industry and Community Project Units, The University of Sydney, (2021–present)  
 
Improving Chinese International Students’ Learning Experience in Australian Tertiary Education, China Study Centre, The University of Sydney (2021–present)  
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