Joanna Al-Youssef

Contact

• workRoom A81 Dearing Building
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• Joanna.Al-Youssef@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I have been teaching and researching at higher education institutions in the UK and abroad since 1995. My key interests and expertise are in the Internationalisation of Higher Education, including internationalisation policy and practice, and philosophical and methodological approaches to internationalisation. I have launched and have chaired the Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions webinar since 2007, with the primary aim of bringing together members of higher education institutions from around the globe in an open and inclusive space for discussion and reflections around the broad area of internationalisation of higher education.

I am a member of the Centre for International Education Research (CIER). I am currently serving on the University of Nottingham's UNESCO Chair Committee contributing to the work of the UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development. I'm also serving on the International Education Advisory Board at Morgan State University.

Since joining the University of Nottingham in 2010, I have taught on various programmes at the School of Education and CELE (Centre for English Language Education). I also act as a supervisor for PhD and EdD research.

I have an MA in English Language Teaching (MA ELT) from the University of Nottingham, UK, and an EdD (Doctor of Education) from the University of Bath, UK.

Teaching Summary

Since joining the University of Nottingham in 2010, I have taught and supported students on the following programmes:

• Presessional English for Academic Purposes (PEAP)
• Academic Language and Communication Skills (ALACS)
• MA International Higher Education
• MA Teaching English for Academic Purposes (MA TEAP)
• MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL)
• PGCE (Malaysia)
• Postgraduate Certificate in International Student Advice and Support (PG ISAS)
• The English Module for Engineering and Science Foundation (teacher and convener)

Research Summary

I am interested in exploring areas around the internationalisation of higher education, particularly existential internationalization, or the internationalization of the self, and reflexivity with… read more

Recent Publications

• SAVVIDES, N., AL-YOUSSEF, J., COLIN, M. and GARRIDO, C., 2016. Methodological Challenges: negotiation, critical reflection and the cultural other. In: MICHAEL CROSSLEY, LORE ARTHUR and ELIZABETH MCNESS, eds., Revisiting Insider–Outsider Research in Comparative and International Education Symposium Books. 264
• SAVVIDES, N., AL-YOUSSEF, J., COLIN, M. and GARRIDO, C., 2014. Journeys into Inner/Outer Space: reflections on the methodological challenges of negotiating insider/outsider status in international educational research Research in Comparative and International Education. 9(4), 412-425
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2014. Book review: Internationalisation of Higher Education and Global Mobility, by Bernhard Streitwieser (ed.) Journal of Research inInternational Education. 13(2), 168-171
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2013. Book review: Higher education and the state: Changing relationships in Europe and East Asia, by R. Goodman, T. Kariya, and J. Taylor(Eds) Journal of Research in International Education. 12(2), 193-196

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I am a member of the Centre for International Education Research (CIER). I am interested in supervising doctoral candidates researching areas related to:

• The internationalisation of higher education
• Internationalisation and the Cultural Other
• Reflection and reflexivity in teaching, learning and research
• Methodological approaches and issues in education
• Academic identity
• Student experience, support and transition
• Academic writing
• Discourse analysis

Please email Joanna if you would like to discuss your research proposal or any potential research ideas, interests or topics.

Current and previous doctoral research topics co-supervised:

Current:

EdD supervision:

• Working title: Enhancing a Taught Master's Programme in Social and Public Policy for East Asian Learners in the U.K.: A Case Study from a Russell Group University

PhD supervision:

• Working title: Investigating the EFL Grammar Curriculum in Omani Secondary Education
• Working title: Investigating the Impact of Academic English Support in Enhancing Chinese Postgraduate Students' Academic Writing Proficiency in the United Kingdom.

Previous:

• EdD: Supporting law students in the transition to higher education: an intervention - Awarded December 2023
• EdD: Internationalisation of Higher Education: A Case Study of the University of Hong Kong - Awarded July 2015

Doctoral Theses examined:

• A multidimensional case study of English education and internationalisation policy planning in Japanese higher education: a socioeducational perspective (PhD) - January 2022

See also: School of Education Staff Supervision Areas

Current Research

I am interested in exploring areas around the internationalisation of higher education, particularly existential internationalization, or the internationalization of the self, and reflexivity with its role in bridging the gap between Cultural Others. I am also interested in exploring the power of 'unlearning' and 'de-labelling' for communication, creativity and growth.

• SAVVIDES, N., AL-YOUSSEF, J., COLIN, M. and GARRIDO, C., 2016. Methodological Challenges: negotiation, critical reflection and the cultural other. In: MICHAEL CROSSLEY, LORE ARTHUR and ELIZABETH MCNESS, eds., Revisiting Insider–Outsider Research in Comparative and International Education Symposium Books. 264
• SAVVIDES, N., AL-YOUSSEF, J., COLIN, M. and GARRIDO, C., 2014. Journeys into Inner/Outer Space: reflections on the methodological challenges of negotiating insider/outsider status in international educational research Research in Comparative and International Education. 9(4), 412-425
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2014. Book review: Internationalisation of Higher Education and Global Mobility, by Bernhard Streitwieser (ed.) Journal of Research inInternational Education. 13(2), 168-171
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2013. Book review: Higher education and the state: Changing relationships in Europe and East Asia, by R. Goodman, T. Kariya, and J. Taylor(Eds) Journal of Research in International Education. 12(2), 193-196
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2012. A journey towards internationalisation: In: Trahar, S. ed. "Listening to Academic Voices: International Stories of the UK Experience" British Association for International and Comparative Education. Available at: <http://baice.ac.uk/2012/listening-to-academic-voices-2/>
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2012. An international approach to teaching and learning from a UK university management perspective: implications for international students’ experiences on campus. In: SILVIA SOVIC and MARGO BLYTHMAN, eds., International Students Negotiating Higher Education: critical perspectives Routledge.
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2011. Book review: Internationalizing the University: An Introduction for University Teachers and Managers, by Y. Turner and S. Robson The Journal of Research in International Education. 10(2), 221–223
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2010. The Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions: Meanings, Policy and Practice VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2010. Challenges to Institutionalizing Internationalization in a UK University. In: FELIX MARINGE and NICK FOSKETT, eds., Globalization and Internationalization in Higher Education: Theoretical, Strategic and Management Perspectives Continuum Inernational Publishing Group.