On September 9th, a delegation from University of Birmingham (UoB), U.K. paid a visit to WHU for the purpose of establishing sustainable collaboration in the area of law study and international summer schools.
Attended by Professor Jon Frampton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of UoB, ZhengYingyi, Director of Operations for China, Li Fei, Vice President of WHU and Qin Tianbao, Deputy Dean for the School of Law, directors from School of Undergraduate Education and School of International Education, the meeting began with a brief review of the existent cooperation between WHU and UoB. “Just like WHU, UoB is a prestigious comprehensive university,” Li Fei commented, “Therefore we do hope that in the future, substantial cooperation covering more fields and disciplines can be established between our two universities.”
“UoB has always been very engaged in specific exchange teaching programs. At the moment, we intend to put more emphasis on the cooperation with universities in China,” Professor Frampton expressed that Birmingham University is willing to develop a long-term sustainable collaborative relationship with WHU. The targeted areas are law, life sciences and environmental sciences.
The discussion mainly focused on the framework of setting up the project “Law with the Chinese”, which involves a one-year systematic study of law at WHU for participants from UoB. The study shall comprise the Chinese Common Law and culture. Both sides expressed their faith in the cooperative prospect.
The next agenda of the meeting consisted of a brief discussion concerning the international summer school at UoB. If possible, college students from WHU will gain the opportunity of spending around three weeks at UoB for academic research and communication during the summer holiday.
Both sides agreed to follow up with those proposals above in the near future.
Founded in 1825, the University of Birmingham is regarded as one of the top universities in the U.K. In 1900, it received its Royal Charter as the first English “red brick” university to receive its own Royal Charter. It is also a founding member of the Russell Group of British research universities. For many years, WHU has developed a stable collaboration with UoB in terms of both student and faculty exchange activities.
(Edited by editing group, Diana & Sijia Hu)
