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From October 19 to 26, vice president of South China Normal University Liu Jianwen led a delegation to visit New Zealand and Australia to strengthen educational cooperation and exchange. Two universities in New Zealand, namely the University of Auckland, and the University of Canterbury and one university in Australia, the University of Queensland, were visited. This visit marks the first university-level delegation to New Zealand and Australia after the pandemic.
The delegation from SCNU visits the University of Auckland.
The delegation made its first stop at the University of Auckland (UoA), where they had meetings with heads from the UoA International Office and the faculties of Education and Social Work, Science, Engineering, and Arts. Both sides discussed cooperation in matters related to dual-degree programs, integrated master's degrees programs and scientific research. An agreement on a dual-degree program in TESOL major was concluded between the School of Foreign Studies of SCNU and the Faculty of Education and Social Work of UoA.
In honor of the partnership, UoA has planted a friendship tree at the Ed Hillary Hope Reserve in New Zealand, symbolizing the close relationship between the two sides, said Professor Marek Tessar, dean of International Affairs at the Faculty of Education and Social Work. So far, the School of Educational Science of SCNU has collaborated with the same faculty on a dual-degree program in Preschool Education.
Participants exchange views at the seminar.
The delegation also held a seminar to explore new ideas on international education and opening overseas school in Auckland. Participants including heads of UUNZ, former members of parliament of New Zealand, and president of the New Zealand Chinese Scientists Association exchanged views in this regard.
The delegation from SCNU visits the University of Canterbury.
The delegation visits the University of Canterbury.
Later, the delegation visited the University of Canterbury, where they met with executive vice president Peter Gostomski and other heads of relevant departments. They agreed to cooperate in areas such as overseas study, joint postgraduate training, mutual appointment of tutors, and cooperation on projects funded by the China Scholarship Council.
The delegation from SCNU visits the University of Queensland.
The delegation then moved on to Australia. At the University of Queensland, the delegation interacted with heads of the School of Environment in the Faculty of Science, the School of Mathematics and Physics, and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. They interacted with leading academics and researchers, and reached consensus on further cooperation in integrated master's degrees programs, field studies, research collaboration, and youth talent exchange.
The delegation visits He Ying (fourth from the right), Chinese Consul-General in Christchurch, New Zealand.
SCNU vice president Liu Jianwen leads the delegation to visit Li Suyun (right), deputy Consul-General of China in Brisbane, Australia.
Apart from universities, the delegation visited both the Chinese Consul-General in Christchurch, New Zealand, He Ying and the Deputy Consul-General of China in Brisbane, Australia, Li Suyun. Liu Jianwen briefed them on the basic information and cooperation plans of SCNU; they both confirmed the productive cooperation between SCNU and universities in New Zealand and Australia, and expressed support for SCNU to carry out exchange and cooperation with universities in the two countries. As this year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-New Zealand and China-Australia comprehensive strategic partnerships, they hoped that SCNU would build on its strengths to expand exchange.
The delegation from SCNU holds job fairs for global talents in New Zealand and Australia.
During the visit, the delegation hosted two job fairs for global talents at the University of Auckland and the University of Queensland, in which nearly 100 young scholars studying and living in Australia and New Zealand participated to learn about SCNU’s recruitment policies and its disciplines and programs. They also visited local alumni and students, and expressed the university's continued concern and care for their growth and development.
Source from SCNU News Center
Translated by Wu Zhuoqi, Zhao Yinfan, Zhu Ying
Proofread by Edwin Baak
Edited by Li Jianru
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