The Sino-British Fellowship Trust Project 2003
Xian Junfeng, Senior Engineer, Head of President's Office, Guangxi Open University.
 Overseas Based University: Sheffield Hallam University; 
 Advisor: Alison Hudson
 Study Area: Learner Support System and Multimedia Teaching Resources for Distance and E-learning. 
 
Wang Zhenfang, Professor, Head of Foreign Language Institute, Hunan Open University
 Overseas Based University: the Open University
 Advisor: Duncan Sidwell
 Study Area: Quality assurance and learning support
 
Yuan Wei, Associate Professor, Assistant of Dean for Faculty of Science & Engineering, the Open University of China (OUC)
 Overseas Based University: Sheffield Hallam University
 Adviser: Alison Hudson
 Study Area: Virtual Learning Environment
  
 
Zhou Yanjun, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of Teaching Affairs Department, the Open University of China (OUC)
 Overseas Based University: the University of Nottingham
 Adviser: Prof. John Morgan
 Study Area: the Development of Teaching Resources and Learner Support for Distance Education
  
 
Li Zhihong, Associate Professor, Vice-president, Chengdu Open University
 Overseas Based University: the University of Nottingham
 Advisor: Prof. John Morgan
 Study Area: lifelong education and distance education, the trend of globalization of distance education, construction and application of multimedia in web-based English teaching, and the quality in web-based teaching procedure