Our people

Aigerim Bayanbayeva

Alumni, CHET

Email: di18366@bristol.ac.uk

Dr Aigerim Bayanbayeva holds an EdD in Education from the University of Bristol. Previously, she earned a Master of Laws, LLM (Hon), and a Bachelor of Laws, LLB (Hon) from the Kazakh State Law Academy, Kazakhstan.

Her research broadly focuses on global higher education issues, specifically on the influence of global university rankings on HEIs. Under the supervision of Professor Richard Watermeyer, her doctoral dissertation titled “Exploring the perspectives of academic and senior management staff on the Influence of global university rankings in the higher education context of Kazakhstan” sheds light on this critical area.

Agung Nugroho

Alumni, CHET

Email: nugroho.education@gmail.com or nugroho_education@yahoo.com.au

Expert in teaching, curriculum development, educational assessment, and research related to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Agung is an experienced university lecturer teaching in private and public universities in Indonesia and the UK. He is also skilled in negotiation, marketing, public speaking, product presentation, and conferences.

Agung is committed to providing meaningful learning for students and developing institutional excellence. His dissertation research is related to Internationalization of Indonesian Higher Education, which focuses on the impacts of overseas study programs in the country. His research interests are associated with the fields of internationalization of higher education, teaching, bilingual education, internationalized curriculum, work and project-based learning, transnational education, and international students’ mobility.

Eileen Sepulveda

Alumni, CHET

Email: es15799@alumni.bristol.ac.uk

Eileen is a lecturer in Education (curriculum theory and design). Her research concerns students’ lived experiences of higher education, intercultural interactions, inequalities, and social justice. She is interested in the connections between historical, academic, spatial, and sociocultural inequalities and how students may overcome these, while transiting in multiple identities.

Eileen is interested in the use of digital technology in a range of different educational settings following an inclusive and just vision of it. The use of technology in health, particularly in telemedicine and digital health in rural and isolated areas, is also part of her interest. Currently, she is also working in the Telemedicine and Telehealth Regional Center of Biobío, Chile, particularly in the education area.

Currently, Eileen is also working in the educational area of the Telemedicine and Telehealth Regional Center of Biobío, Chile. Her multi-disciplinary academic and professional background enables her to approach technology, education and health from a human-centred perspective, analysing and creating teaching strategies and developing strategies for digital health literacies with a diverse range of populations, including underrepresented communities and older adults.

Rentauli Silalahi

Alumni, CHET

Email: rs17190@bristol.ac.uk

Rentauli Mariah Silalahi is a lecturer in English at Institut Teknologi Del in Indonesia. She began teaching at the university after completing her undergraduate studies in 2005. In 2010, she obtained her master’s degree from Monash University, Australia, specializing in TESOL – international.

Rentauli earned her EdD in Education, Learning Leadership, and Policy from the University of Bristol, England, in 2024. Her research interests include global higher education, English language assessment, education policy, learning, and the evaluation of educational quality and improvement.

Rentauli is dedicated to teaching English to university students in Indonesia, actively engaging in teaching and mentoring. She strives to empower her students with the English skills necessary for international competition and goal achievement.

Beyond her academic pursuits, Rentauli enjoys sports such as badminton and table tennis, occasionally participating in local events. She also collaborates with her fellow lecturers to provide training and services to the local community.

Tongyu Wu

Alumni, CHET

Email: llrstongyu@outlook.com

Tongyu is a research fellow at the Center for World-Class Universities within the School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research explores students’ lived experiences in higher education, focusing on embodiment in educational transitions, the interplay between rurality and HE, issues of epistemic injustice, and the pursuit of research excellence within world-class universities.

Tongyu is dedicated to illuminating marginalised groups’ agency and cultural productions in educational settings, believing that being at the margins can offer a powerful gateway for potential, growth, and radical openness. Methodologically, he is interested in creatively employing narrative approaches to educational research. In 2024, he was awarded the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) — Prize for Newer Researchers for his project Rurality and Ethnicity in Transition: The Higher Education Experiences of Rural Tibetan Undergraduates at Urban Universities.