East meets West: an international student’s observations of Confucian values within western teaching contexts

by Yen-En Kuo

Introduction

This blog was inspired by the writer’s observations of Eastern and Western students studying on her post-graduate course, focusing particularly on the experiences of Asian students within the UK higher education (HE) system. The author is an international student from Taiwan pursuing an MSc Management at the University of Bristol. (more…)

Challenging chats: Exploring AI Literacy on a Pre-sessional Course

 Introduction

This article was co-written by four international post-graduate students – Natt, Haoyuan, Yen-En, and Liming – and their pre-sessional teacher, Martha. It presents the students’ evolving perspectives on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically ChatGPT. They share their journey from casual engagement with AI to recognizing its value as a study aid. The article also highlights the teacher’s research project, which aimed to understand how to develop the students’ AI literacy on their 2023 pre-sessional course. (more…)