Ricky Jeffrey studied his BA in analytic philosophy at the University of Cambridge, focusing on philosophy of science and philosophy of language, and his doctorate in education at the School of Education, University of Nottingham. He holds the Certificate and Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults (Cambridge CELTA and DELTA). Ricky has previously taught at Tsinghua University, the University of Warwick, Northeast Normal University, and the University of Nottingham’s Ningbo, China campus. ZJU’s is the fifth Sino-foreign joint program he has worked on. Ricky has worked extensively on EAP assessment, and was a founding member of the assessment team in Nottingham Ningbo’s large EAP department. He has published original research and reviews in a range of peer-reviewed journals in education and applied linguistics. His doctoral thesis was on practicality in educational assessment, and included empirical studies on the design of high-school leaving assessments in China and England, test-taker attitudes toward the English tests IELTS and TOEFL, and using teacher-to-student feedback comments in rating scale development. For the work described in the latter article he received the 2015 British Council Innovation in Assessment Prize. In addition to his work in academic English Ricky has taught courses in cross-national comparative education and in English language teacher training. He is also a volunteer “ambassador” with the Center for Open Science. He currently has working proficiency in spoken Chinese.