Publications

Book:

Wong, B. & Chiu, Y.L.T. (2021). The ideal student: Deconstructing expectations in higher education. London: Open University Press. More details here.

Articles (all open access):

Chiu, Y.L.T., Wong, B., & Charalambous, M. (2021). ‘It’s for others to judge’: What influences students’ construction of the ideal student? Journal of Further and Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2021.1945553

Wong, B., Chiu, Y.L.T., Copsey-Blake, M., & Nikolopoulou, M. (2021). A mapping of graduate attributes: what can we expect from UK university students? Higher Education Research & Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2021.1882405

Wong, B. , DeWitt, J., & Chiu, Y.L.T. (2021). Mapping the eight dimensions of the ideal student in higher education. Educational Review. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/00131911.2021.1909538

Wong, B. & Chiu, Y.L.T. (2020). University lecturers’ construction of the ‘ideal’ undergraduate student. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 40(1), 54-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2018.1504010

Wong, B. & Chiu, Y.L.T. (2019). Exploring the concept of ‘ideal’ university student. Studies in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1643302

Wong, B. & Chiu, Y.L.T. (2019). ‘Swallow your pride and fear’: The Educational Strategies of High-Achieving Non-Traditional University Students. British Journal of Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1604209

Wong, B. and Chiu, Y.L.T. (2019). Let me entertain you: The ambivalent role of university lecturers as educators and performers. Educational Review, 71(2), 218-233. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131911.2017.1363718

Wong, B. (2018). By chance or by plan? The academic success of non-traditional students in higher education. AERA Open, 4(2), 1-14.  http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2332858418782195

Media/news:

• 5th May 2023, Wonkhe: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/how-to-become-a-perfect-student/

• 12th May 2021, Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2021-05-hard-important-ideal-university-student.html

• 12th November 2019, The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/nov/12/make-your-first-year-at-university-count

• 9th September 2019, Imperial College London: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/192747/imperial-researcher-explores-what-means-ideal/

• 29th August 2019, University of Reading: https://research.reading.ac.uk/education/2019/08/29/news-latest-research-article-by-dr-billy-wong-on-the-concept-of-the-ideal-university-student/

• 29th May 2019, BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-48267420

• 28th November 2018, Imperial College London: http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/learning-and-teaching-strategy/2018/11/28/managing-student-expectations-and-understanding-of-what-it-means-to-be-an-imperial-student/

• 7th December 2017, Times Higher Education: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/top-marks-trying-attitudes-core-ideal-student

Related case studies

• Oxford Brookes: https://teachinginsights.ocsld.org/making-the-implicit-explicit-aligning-expectations-and-highlighting-opportunities/ 

• Imperial College London: https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching/2018/11/28/managing-student-expectations-and-understanding-of-what-it-means-to-be-an-imperial-student/