Her main research interest is higher education policy and management. Dr Liu got her PhD from the Institute of Education (IOE), University College London and her doctoral research was funded by the Centenary Scholarship. Dr Liu has published in a number of journals, including Higher Education, Higher Education Policy, and Educational Studies, etc. Her book, Quality Assurance and Institutional Transformation: The Chinese Experience was published by Springer in 2016. Recently, her edited book was published by Routledge.