On the morning of January 6, the 2022 International Education Work Conference and the third stage of the Party History Learning and Education “Doing Things for the Masses” organized by the College of International Education was successfully held in Conference Room 703 of Fengpu Campus. Executive Vice Dean Chen Wei hosted the event and Vice Dean Dai Ying summarized the international education work in 2021 and the work arrangements for the next stage. The directors from the Academic Affairs Office, the Student Office, the Teaching Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Center, the deans in charge of international student affairs of related college, the academic secretaries and class teachers, and the relevant staff of the International Education College attended the event. In the end, Vice President He Ying put forward specific requirements and expectations for the international education work of our university.
Vice Dean Dai Ying pointed out in the report that the overall situation is gratifying in 2021 and the total number of international students has reached 235, which is the highest in history. Due to the epidemic, the teaching method is mainly carried out online, and each department actively implemented the teaching plan and successfully completed the annual teaching tasks. Dai Ying summed up the achievements in terms of the scale and quality of international students, connotation construction, management and service guarantee system construction.She also pointed out that there are difficulties such as imperfect operating system, insufficient financial support, unbalanced teacher-student ratio, incompletely equipped class teachers, and unfinished software and hardware facilities. Then she put forward 11 specific requirements and guidance for participants on how to carry out the teaching and management of international students for the next stage.
In addition, according to the agenda, Chen Wei also introduced some risk points of international education work and emphasized the need to pay attention to personal safety, legal risks and political risks.
The participants agreed that the conference was very timely and important. It not only clarified the achievements, but also mentioned the deficiencies. At the same time, it pointed out the future work direction. Every participant supplemented, clarified and had a discussion on the relevant requirements and guidance from their own responsibilities and positions. Many urgent problems were positively responded and effectively solved by the heads of relevant functional departments and Vice President He Ying.
Vice President He Ying emphasized in her speech that this conference integrates five aspects: work summary, arrangement, research, discussion and listening to opinions, and achieved the expected purpose and effect. She suggested that in addition to the departments participating today, the Personnel Office and Finance Office should also be invited. She proposed that the enrollment and teaching of master students could be carried out in this field, which would provide a new platform for many English-taught teachers to display their talents and make them feel extremely proud. In addition, she also pointed out three deficiencies in the work: firstly, the management system must be further straightened out in two ways; secondly, the management must be further improved, especially in terms of standardization and specialization; thirdly, the construction of connotation must be steadily advanced, and the situation of few highlights of professional courses must be changed, which means, while emphasizing feelings and making contributions, it is necessary to actively guide professional teachers to discover the opportunities in this field.
Written by: Zhang Ximing
Photographed by: Li Zheng
Reviewed by: Chen Wei
