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Congratulations to Xi Li, who passed her PhD viva (online) with flying colours!
Xi's thesis was titled ‘A history of English Education in Missionary Institutions in Late 19th and Early 20th Century China’. Xi Li’s external examiner was Prof. Bob Adamson (University of Nottingham Ningbo), author of China’s English: A History of English in Chinese Education. Prof. Neil Murray was the internal examiner and Dr Jason Anderson acted as viva adviser. Xi Li’s supervisor, Prof. Richard Smith, has now guided 25 doctoral students to successful completion of a thesis as main or 50:50 supervisor!