Bernadette Huber is a PhD candidate at The University of Queensland. She uses mixed methods to study how affect and academic writing interrelate in undergraduate students’ lives and what that can tell us about academic writing processes and development. Her work on academic writing experiences and language development appeared in the German academic writing journals Journal der Schreibberatung and Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Schreibforschung.

Susan Howitt is the Director of the Teaching and Learning Centre of the Australian Council of Deans of Science. She is also Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University, where she was previously Associate Director (Education) of the Research School of Biology. She has a long-standing interest in research-led education, focussing especially on the student experience, and is continuing her research in this field.

Dr. DAI Kun is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree with first-class honours in digital media/design from Griffith University, Australia. Then, he completed his PhD at The University of Queensland. Dr Dai’s research interests include international and comparative education, transnational higher education and related policy, international student mobility, intercultural learning and adjustment. Dr Dai’s work has appeared in several international peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Studies in International Education, Compare, Higher Education Research & Development, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, and Oxford Review of Education. His first book, entitled: ‘Transitioning ‘In-Between’ Chinese Students’ Navigating Experiences in Transnational Higher Education Programmes’, has been published by Brill.