Research Activities

Journal Publications

• Hill, C., Hell, S. and VanCauter, K. (2019) The Challenges and Approaches to Internationalisation in the CLMV Countries Studies in Higher Education in 2019 (Q1 SJR 83 H Index 1.888) https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1680966
• David, S.A. and Hill, C. Curriculum Innovation for Postgraduate Programmes: Perspectives of Postgraduate Learners in the United Arab Emirates International Journal of Innovation and Learning (Accepted for 2019 publication)
• Cheong, K.C., Yin-Ching, L., Hill, C.(2019).Pulling in one direction? Stakeholder perceptions of employability in Malaysia. Studies in Higher Education (Q1 SJR 83 H Index 1.888) https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1654449

• Tsiligirs, V. and Hill, C. (2019). A prospective model for aligning educational quality and student experience in international higher education, Studies in Higher Education (Q1 SJR 83 H Index 1.888) https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1628203

• Abu-Ayyash, E. and Hill, C. (2019). The Impact of Integrating Technology into Students’ Presentations on Peer Evaluation in Higher Education, Education and Information Technologies 24(6) doi:10.1007/s10639-019-09936-w

• Yung-Chi Hou, A.,Yu Kuo, C., Hui-Jung Chen, K., Hill, C., Ren Lin, S., Chun-Chi, J.C., & Chi Chou, H. (2018) The Implementation of Self-Accreditation Policy in Taiwan Higher Education and Its Challenges to University Internal Quality Assurance Capacity Building Quality in Higher Education Vol. 24(3), 238-259. DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2018.1553496

• Cheong, K.C., Hill, C., Yin-Ching, L., Zang, C. and Zang, Z. (2018). Parents just don’t understand. Generational Perceptions of Education and Work, Higher Education Evaluation and Development Vol 12(2), 85-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/HEED-06-2018-0016

• Hill, C. and Lawton, W. (2018). Universities, the digital divide and global inequality Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management Vol 40(6), 598-610. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2018.1531211

• Hill, C. (2018). Creating a Flipped-Reversed Classroom Model in Dubai: Blended Reflective Learning for e-portfolio development. EEL Conference Proceedings. Print ISSN: 2251-1814.

• Yung-Chi Hou, A., Hill, C., Hui-Jung Chen, K., Tsai, S. (2018). A Comparative Study of International Branch Campuses in Malaysia, Singapore, China and South Korea: Regulation, Governance and Quality Assurance Asia Pacific Education Review. August 2018, pp.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-018-9550-9

• Hill, C. and Thabet, R. (2018). Managing International Branch Campuses: Lessons Learnt from Eight Years on a Branch Campus in Malaysia International Journal of Educational Management Vol. 32 Issue: 2, pp.310-322. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-04-2017-0079

• Yung-Chi Hou, A., Hill, C., Hui-Jung Chen, K., Tsai, S., Wang, W., Chen, V. (2017).A Comparative Study of Student Mobility Programs in SEAMEO-RIHED, UMAP and Campus Asia – Regulation, Challenges and Impacts on Higher Education Regionalization. Higher Education Evaluation and Development, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 12-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/HEED-08-2017-003

• Cheong, K.C., Hill, C. Yin-Ching, L. (2016). Malaysia’s Education Policies and the Law of Unintended Consequences Journal of International and Comparative Education Vol. 5 Issue 2, pp. 73-85. November 2016 DOI: 10.14425/jice.2016.5.2.73

• Cheong, K.C., Hill, C. Yin-Ching, L. and Zang, C. (2016).Employment as a journey or a destination? Interpreting Graduates’ and Employers’ Perceptions – A Malaysian Case Study. Studies in Higher Education pp. 1-17 DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1034260

• Cheong, K.C., Hill, C. et al. (2015). Employing the Unemployable: Employer perceptions of Malaysian Graduates. Studies in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1034260 pp 2253-70.

• Hill, C., Cheong, K.C., Yin-Ching, L., and Fernandez-Chung, R. (2013). TNE: Transnational Education or Tension between National and External?  A Case Study of Malaysia, Studies in Higher Education Vol 39, No. 6, pp.952-966.

Books

• Education in the Asian Century: The European Legacy and the Future of Transnational Education in the ASEAN Region. Hill, C. and Fernandez-Chung, R. (eds.). (Routledge, Oxford: January 2017)
• The Role of Elites in the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975-1981): Motors of Change? Hill, C. (Edwin Mellen, New York: September 2007)

Book Chapters

• Hill, C. and Nwerian, R. Evolving university partnerships for sustainable development. Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning: University partnerships for sustainable development. Sengupta, E., Blessinger, P. and Yarmin, T.S. (eds). (Emerald Group Publishing Limited due 2019).

 

• Hill, C. The Challenges inherent in providing a truly international doctoral experience: The Malaysia Nottingham Doctoral Programme in Exporting Transnational Education: Institutional Practice, Policy and National Goals. Tsiligiris, V., and Lawton, W. (eds.) (London: Palgrave Macmillan 2018)

• Lao, R. and Hill, C. The Legacy of European Education in Thai Higher Education, in Education in the Asian Century: The European Legacy and the Future of Transnational Education in the ASEAN Region. Hill, C. and Fernandez-Chung, R. (eds.) (Oxford: Routledge 2017)

• Hill, C. Doctoral Supervision in the Cross-Cultural Arena in Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education: Global Perspectives. Brown, S. ed. (London: Palgrave, 2014)

• Hill, C. Re-defining TNE: The Challenges and Opportunities of Internationalisation in Global Education: Knowledge-Based Economies for 21^st Century Nations. Going Global Stiasny, M. and Gore, T. (eds.) (London: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014)

• Hill, C. Developing and Supporting the Internationalisation of Research Capacity. Handbook of Research on Transnational Education Management. Mukerji, S. and Tripathi, P. (eds.). (IGI Global, 2013).

• Hill, C. Origins, Challenges and the Future Direction of Transnational Education in Malaysia in C. Ennew and D. Greenway (eds.) The Globalization of Higher Education (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

Conference Papers

• Hill, C. and Abu-Ayyash, E. The Impact of Integrating Technology into Students‘ Presentations on Peer Evaluation in Higher Education. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Annual Conference. Dubai, UAE, January 2020.

• Hill, C. Building a Student Community Across Time and Space: The Interplay of Independence and Interdependence. Asian Conference on Education and International Development, Tokyo, Japan, March 2019.

• Hill, C., and Husein, U.M. Student Satisfaction in TNE Hubs: Experience and Output. OBHE International Conference on Student Success. Dubai, November 2018

• Hill, C. Creating a Flipped-Reversed Classroom Model in Dubai: Blended Reflective Learning for e-portfolio development. Global Science and Technology Forum, Singapore, September 2018.

• Hill, C. Mapping TNE in the UAE: Value, Impact and Output in the Development of Education and Students.  IEAA, Melbourne, Australia, June 2018.
• Hill, C. Building a student community across time and space: Online learning at British University in Dubai. OBHE Online Learning: Ready or Not? Global Forum 2017. London, UK, December 2017.
• Hill, C. Cities within Cities: An Emerging Approach to Internationalisation. QS MAPLE, Professional Leaders in Education.  Dubai, UAE, May 2017

• Hill, C. Looking Externally to Develop Internally: Higher Education’s Contribution to Inclusive Development USBC, The Contribution of Business Schools and Higher Education to Inclusive Development, Stellenbosch, South Africa, April 2017

• Hill, C. and Winterton, J. Global Engagement: Launching an EU-ASEAN Research Collaboration Network.  APAIE International Education Conference, Beijing, March 2015

• Hill, C. Enhancing the Impact of Campus Internationalisation AIEA 2015 Leading Global Learning: Envisioning New Paradigms.  Washington DC, February 2015

• Winterton, J. and Hill, C. Higher education and the politics of capacity building: ASEAN and EU cases compared. QS Apple Asia-Pacific Professional Leaders in Education conference, Taiwan, November 2014

• Hill, C. Cross-Campus Collaboration and Internationalisation Strategies – Setting the Frameworks for Effective Student Mobility. AIEC International Education Conference, Brisbane, Australia, October 2014

• Hill, C. Transnational Education in Malaysia: Reflections on Student Experience. APAIE International Education Conference, Seoul, March 2014

• Hill, C. The Global University for the Global Student. APAIE International Education Conference, Seoul, March 2014

• Hill, C. Cross-Border Collaboration and the Global University. APAIE International Education Conference, Seoul, South Korea, March 2014

• Hill, C. Cross-Border Delivery in the 21^st AIEA Universalizing Global Learning in the 21^st Century. Washington DC, Feb. 2014

• Hill, C. The Integration of the Global into the Local. AIEA Universalizing Global Learning in the 21^st Washington DC, February 2014

• Hill, C. Quality assurance in transnational education – are we meeting all our stakeholders’ needs? Global Education: Knowledge-Based Economies for 21^st Century Nations. Going Global Conference, Dubai, March 2013

• Hill, C. New Trends in TNE: The Evolution of the IBC. QS Apple International Education Conference.  Seoul, South Korea, October 2013

• Hill, C. TNE in the Malaysian Hub: Strategic Reflections. QS Apple International Education Conference.  Seoul, South Korea, October 2013

• Hill, C. Leadership by design or by example? Educational Reform in the Asian Century. British Council Global Education Dialogue, Leadership in Higher Education and the Challenge of Globalisation. Tokyo, Japan, January 2013

• Hill, C. Developing Capacity for Doctoral Research Supervision and Training amongst Universities in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. AIEC International Education in the Asian Century, Melbourne, Australia, October 2012

• Hill, C. Transnational Education and its impact upon local development: A case study of the UK-Malaysia relationship. AIEC International Education in the Asian Century. Melbourne, Australia, October 2012

• Hill, C. Capacity Building in SE Asia. Plenary Speaker British Council Global Education Dialogue, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, August 2012

• Hill, C. The Internationalisation of the Professional Doctorate: Global Solutions to Local Problems? 3^rd International Conference on Professional Doctorates. Florence, Italy 2012

• Hill, C. TNE in SE Asia: Realities, Challenges and Opportunities. OBHE Global Forum: Levelling the Playing Field. Vancouver, May 2011

• Hill, C. Global and National Education: The Internationalization of the Local and the Localization of the International, SEAMEO Conference Decentralization in Higher Education from a Global Perspective: Implications for Vietnam and the Region, July 2010

• Hill, C. Transferable and Employability Skills Development within Doctoral Programmes, KL, Malaysia 2010

• Hill, C. The Challenges of Internationalisation: Cultural Issues in Education, Tomorrow People Organization’s Education and Development Conference. Thailand, March 2010

• Hill, C. Employability: Graduate Training for an International Environment, Universitas 21 Teaching and Learning Conference. Ningbo, China 2009

Education Intelligence Articles

• Mukhamedova, L. and Hill, C. Silk Road TNE: Established but little known model. OBHE, August 2019
• Hill, C. and Merola, R. Student Experience as an Outcome: Performance-based funding in Australian higher education. OBHE, March 2019
• Hill, C. A More Perfect Union: The Potential of European Branch Campuses. The Class Annual Trend Report Edition 2019 January 2019 (https://issuu.com/theclassof2020/docs/final-magazine)
• Hill, C. International is as international does. Times Higher Education, August 2018
• Hill, C. The future is bright for branch campuses, but not as we know them. Times Higher Education, June 2018
• Garrett, R. and Hill, C. The Search for Student Outcomes – The dawn of university rankings in the MENA region. OBHE, February 2018
• Hill, C. Trying to Make a Difference: Online and blended higher education in Egypt. OBHE, July 2017
• Hill, C. Too Much or Too Little? Online Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. OBHE, April 2017
• Hill, C. Plagiarism: It’s all Greek to Some. Inside Higher Ed, April 2017
• Hill, C. Online Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates. OBHE Mar 2017
• Hill, C. Knowledge creators or knowledge hijackers? Plagiarism in international Education. OBHE, Jan 2017
• Hill, C. TNE: A pathway to employability in the UAE. OBHE, Dec 2016
• Hill, C. Reflections on an International Branch Campus OBHE Series
  • Research and Knowledge Transfer. Oct 2016
  • Home Campus: Perception and Integration. Sept 2016
  • Host Nation: Accreditation and Regulation. Aug 2016
  • Administration and Staffing Issues. Jul 2016
  • Faculty: Establishment, Development and Evolution. Jun 2016
  • Students: Same same but different. May 2016

Podcast

• Think Education Podcast

Webinars

• Internationalisation of Universities: What is it good for?
• Current Issues in transformation in higher education and their impact on teaching and learning

Research funds

• KHDA UAE: Student decision making in Dubai TNE. (Nov 2018 – Mar 2019). Providing education intelligence and data on TNE student activity and choice patters for strategic development.

• Transforming Teaching and Learning in Tertiary Education: Postgraduate Students’ Perspectives from the United Arab Emirates (Oct 18 – May 19) Project aimed at increasing understanding of the perspectives of postgraduate learners on the transformation in teaching and learning in tertiary education. BUiD Funded

 

• Mapping TNE in the UAE: Value, Impact and Output in the Development of Education and Students (Mar 18 – Jun 19) Project to enhance understanding and awareness of current practice, challenges and opportunities within the UAE and a focus on supporting future policy development. BUiD Funded

• Pakistan: British Council funded project, in collaboration with the Punjab Higher Education Commission (Aug-Dec 2016) Assisting the International Taskforce to Develop the Road Map in Punjab. Analysis report of current practice and recommendations regarding future developments and implementation.

• Thailand: British Council funded Scale and Scope of Thailand-UK TNE (Dec 2015 – Jan 2016) Analysis report of the scope and scale of Thailand-UK TNE programmes and policies. Final report included recommendations for strategic engagement and risk analysis.

• UK: HE Global, British Council funded Scale and Scope of UK TNE: Analysis report of the scale and scope of UK delivered TNE in the academic year 2014/15. Member of research team.

• Philippines: British Council funded research project: Review and Finalisation of Philippines Commission on Higher Education Development (July-Sept 2015) Review of Policies, Standards and Guidelines on Transnational Education (TNE) and recommendations for implementation.

• Malaysia: British Council funded research project: TNE Graduate Employment (Jan 2013 – Dec 2015) Project to capture and analyse employer, student, and university perceptions of employment for TNE students.

• MYEULINK Project. European Union funded project to deliver European teaching expertise within Malaysia and support research capacity building. (Mar 2010 – July 2014). Liaised and built networks with European partners to deliver content in Malaysia.  Key member of initial bid and team that led and managed the four-year programme.

• Iraq: DelPHE-Iraq Project: Developing Research Supervision Guidelines for Ministry of Higher Education. (June 2010 – Mar 2012) Capacity building in doctoral research supervision for 8 universities in Kurdistan Region. British Council and DFID funded capacity building project. PI for the Asian research contingent.

• Malaysia: Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia grant: TNE practices and policies – UK-Malaysia (Oct 2009 – Oct 2011) Project examining current TNE policies between the UK and Malaysia.