This dataset is based on original survey data from 224 Chinese undergraduate students who are studying in China and the UK. This dataset is to explore how UK-based and China-based Chinese students’ smoking behaviours are affected by their social networks, particularly their friends and family members, to address an empirical gap by testing the validity of three social network mechanisms: person-to-person contact, social support, and social stress, and to identify how studying abroad influences smoking behaviours by comparing these smoking behaviours for Chinese students in China.

This study will investigate the nature and extent of teachers' professional development and learning in China as well as the significance of the concept of professional learning communities to evaluate and enhance teacher quality and school effectiveness in rural and urban senior secondary schools. The study also aims to extend previous (single cohort) models of school effectiveness employing innovative quantitative methodology (multilevel modelling) in two crucial ways - by examining improvement in school effectiveness over four consecutive student cohorts (2009-2012) and by investigating the impact of teacher development factors on student outcomes and progress. The research seeks to provide new insights and extend current theories about: The key features of effective teacher development and learning in China, taking into account local contexts and priorities; The value, relevance and utility of the concept of professional learning communities in Chinese schools; The impact of teacher development factors, in addition to pupil, school and contextual factors, on students attainment and progress at school. The studies are intended to lead to the development of new tools to enhance teacher and school evaluation and educational quality and guidelines for implementation via collaboration with key stakeholders.

The research in migrant selectivity largely overlooks the broader institutional processes that shape the extent to which migrants from different backgrounds are indeed positively selected. This is particularly true in the case of highly skilled migrants, whose selection may not be conditioned by migration but by education. This paper deals with this limitation by studying individual characteristics, which are often treated as unobserved selectivity, among a specific flow of educational migrants in Europe, namely, Chinese higher education students. To do so, we use a unique representative multi-country dataset of about 8,000 Chinese international students and their native-born counterparts in China, the UK, and Germany. Our evidence rules out positive selection of migrants on individuality traits such as ambition, creativity, or being a risk-taker or independently minded. This supports our argument that the prevalence of agentic models of individuality is embedded in tertiary education on a global level.

BackgroundSleep is a necessary physiological process, which is closely related to cognitive function, emotion, memory, endocrine balance, and immunity. The prevalence of sleep problems continues to rise in Chinese medical students, which has a potential influence on living and work.ObjectiveThis study aimed to observe the prevalence of sleep problems among medical students in China.MethodThe included cross-sectional studies on the prevalence of sleep problems of medical students in China were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CNKI, and Wanfang database. An 11-item checklist recommended by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was adopted to evaluate the methodological quality of the included studies. Software Stata 12.0, SPSS 26.0, and R were used to analyze the data. Registration: PROSPERO, CRD 42021237303.ResultThe prevalence of sleep problems among Chinese medical students was 27.38%. The subgroup analysis showed significant differences in the prevalence of sleep problems among different regions, educational backgrounds, grades, and University types. The region, latitude, and gross domestic product (GDP) were significant heterogeneous sources of sleep problems. The prevalence is positively correlated with latitude and negatively correlated with GDP per capita. Regular screening and appropriate intervention are recommended for these mental health problems.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021237303, identifier: CRD42021237303.