On the afternoon of June 2, the signing ceremony for joint construction of the practice base was held by our University and Institute of Education Xiamen University in Changning Campus. President Xia Jianguo attended the ceremony; he and Party Secretary of Institute of Education Xiamen University, Zheng Bingbing unveiled the nameplate of “Practice Base of Institute of Education Xiamen University for Doctoral Candidates and Master Degree Candidates” altogether. Vice President Shi Jianyong and Party Secretary Zheng Bingbing signed the agreement for jointly building the practice base on behalf of two sides. Higher Education PhD of Institute of Education Xiamen University and Deputy Director of Graduate Office of Shanghai Dian Ji University Chen Ying accompanied Party Secretary Zheng Bingbing to attend the signing ceremony. Responsible persons from the Institute for Higher Education, the President’s Office and the Development & Planning Office of our University and some higher education researchers attended the signing ceremony.
In his speech, President Xia Jianguo expressed his warm welcome to Party Secretary Zheng Bingbing and her party. He points that Institute of Education Xiamen University has a profound historical heritage and is being built into a national-level decision-making think tank for higher education. The development of higher education cause of SUES has been paid attention to and guided by PAN Maoyuan, a leading scholar of the higher education circle and professor of Xiamen University; he hopes that the practice based jointly built by two sides would provide a platform for the professional and cooperative research by the graduates of two universities, further enhance the development strength of the Institute for Higher Education of our University, elevate the level of higher engineering education research and form SUES characteristics of higher education research.
Party Secretary Zheng Bingbing briefed attendants about the Institute of Education Xiamen University. The Institute focuses on improving the quality of graduate education; the teaching methods of “combination of study - research – teaching”, “academic salon blending scene with emotion” provides an innovative mode for education and training of Chinese graduates. The Institute also focuses on the development of application-oriented colleges and the construction of higher education quality collaborative center. Thus the Institute hopes to strengthens the cooperation with SUES in higher education research by building the graduate practice base together so as to make education research more grounded and more easily applicable and do greater contributions to construction of application-oriented universities.