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Portrait of Dr Cora Lingling Xu

On 19th June 2025, Associate Professor Dr Cora Lingling Xu gave a Ted-talk style presentation to over 30 senior Educational Agents from across the world based on her newly published book 'The Time Inheritors' (SUNY Press, 2025).

The talk was highly engaging and extremely well received. After the talk, one agent shared that the presentation brought her to tears as she 'had never felt so seen'! Dr Xu emphasised that cutting-edge research insights such as these inform teaching across all programmes at the School of Education. 'The Time Inheritors' draws on a decade of research with more than 100 students and their families to reveal the role of time in reproducing inequalities as students navigate rural-to-urban, cross-border, and transnational education. For more details of the book, visit: https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Time-Inheritors

Book cover - 'The Time Inheritors by Dr Cora Lingling Xu, caption reads: 'How time inequalities shape higher education mobility in China'