Dr Amanda Barry

Russell Hazard

Russell Hazard has been working in China to help prepare Chinese students for success in Australian tertiary education for nearly eight years. A former Western Australian Certificate of Education Senior Teacher at Aidi School, he is currently in the role of Director of the Aidi School Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Center. Specific areas of research interest include leadership-enhanced curricula, 21st Century Skills, digital literacy/citizenship, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and language and literacy studies as a vehicle for both student empowerment and national development.

In his current role, Russell engages in educational research both within the education group and internationally, accredited and leads the Aidi School Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications center, implements EdTech throughout the group, designed and now manages programming for a purpose built STEAM-based Innovation Lab with a multi-class smart PBL zone, VR/AR/3D printing learning space, robotics, and coding for Sustainable Development Goal achievement and social entrepreneurship.

He also works to build partnerships across sectors such as public/private education, NGOs, and international educational organizations such as UNESCO to enhance discourse around 21st century education and to improve impact on the ground internationally. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and both master’s and doctoral (ABD) degrees in education. He has presented at educational research conferences globally.

Pete Rogerson

Mr Peter Rogerson is a career teacher in his 37th year with Haileybury College; a very prestigious private school and Australia’s largest school with four campuses in Melbourne and a campus in Darwin. In 2001 he began his transnational education career as a mathematics mentor training teachers in China to deliver the Australian VCE curriculum to schools in China. In 2010 there were four programs in China and Peter was appointed Assistant Principal to further Haileybury’s interests. In the next decade he grew the program to nine schools in China, including the first Sino-Australian Campus, at Haileybury International School, Tianjin. Peter also developed programs in Manila, (Philippines) and Dili, (Timor Leste). His work required him to secure licencing and permissions from the Victorian Provincial Government in Australia, and working closely with the offshore schools to assist in recruitment and assure the program was being delivered to a high standard. The graduates from the program number in their thousands over the years and receive the ATAR certification to allow them direct application into Australian Universities. Indeed each year, more than 90% of graduates chose to study in Australia, and more than half gain entry to the go8 universities. In January 2019 Peter accepted the position of Executive Principal at the fast growing Haileybury International School, Tianjin (Gaocun, Wuqing), and is overseeing its growth to be full by 2022.

Wanling Qu

Dr. Wanling Qu currently is In-Country Director (China) for University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and General Manager of the UTS Beijing Ltd., leading the UTS’s China team to support the institution’s comprehensive development in and with China. Before joining UTS, Dr. Qu directed an American research university's China Office for over a decade. She completed her undergraduate education in China, and her master’s and doctoral education in the United States. Over the years, Dr. Qu has gained substantial cultural experiences and insights on bridging stakeholders from the East and those from the West backgrounds; she is especially keen on promoting higher education internationalization and intercultural engagement in both corporate and academic settings.

屈婉玲博士现任悉尼科技大学(UTS)中国区总监和UTS北京有限公司总经理，带领UTS的中国团队支持大学在中国的全面发展。在加入悉尼科技大学之前，屈博士在美国一所研究型大学的中国办公室工作了十多年。她在中国接受本科教育，在美国接受硕士和博士教育。多年来，屈博士在促进东西方高等教育和科研的合作发展方面积累了丰富的经验和见解; 她专注于推动高等教育及行业的国际化和跨文化发展。

Dr Amanda Barry