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Hunan Normal University. Project Bridging The Gap Report: Challenge and Opportunity Clement Zhou 9/25/2010 Hanoi. Introduce Ourselves. Martin Tang ( Tang Jianwen ) Director of Office of International Exchange and Cooperation BTG HNU Coordinator Clement Zhou ( Zhou Yuan )
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Hunan Normal University Project Bridging The Gap Report: Challenge and Opportunity Clement Zhou 9/25/2010 Hanoi
Introduce Ourselves • Martin Tang (Tang Jianwen) • Director of Office of International Exchange and Cooperation • BTG HNU Coordinator • Clement Zhou (Zhou Yuan) • BTG HNU Administrative Staff • Matt Feng (Feng Shuxiong) • BTG HNU Administrative Staff (Incoming Students Affairs Representative)
What’s New In HNU Since last Kick-off meeting, we had… • More BA and MA Programmes, • More PhD and Post-Doc Programmes, • 7 new established partnership with institutes from USA, Vietnam and EU, • Brand new accommodation for International Students.
BTG HNU Application • 60 applicants to EU
BTG HNU Mobility • 25 approved to EU • 11 approved to accept
Challenge I • Quality of English Taught Courses • Solution: • Personal tutor with abroad experience • Opportunity: • Importance of bilingual course building • Enhancement of academic staffs’ abilities
Challenge II • Different Education Systems Adaption • Solution: • More communication • Opportunity: • Methodology of achieving agreement
Challenge III • Policy Consistency Risk • Solution: • We are keep on learning… • Opportunity: • Learning Organization Building
Positive Experience • Sharing with partners • New friends, introduce ourselves to the world • Improvement of project organizing and management
Why • …In the year 2010, it is no longer enough to be a citizen of one’s own country—one must be prepared to function as a global citizen. One way to develop this sense of global citizenship in our students is to provide them with opportunities to live, study and work in other countries and cultures. • -----Lisa Hauck, Head of International Program, NDSU • Speech on Educational Exchange and Cooperation, Hunan International Forum