Professor Philip Jones, the Vice Chancellor (President) of Sheffield Hallam University visited the Sino-British College on 27th October.
Professor Jones was accompanied by Professor Isobel Doole who is the Assistant Dean (Planning & Resources and Head of Postgraduate) and Ms Kate Morse, Head of International of the Business School.
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is one of SBC's partner universities in the UK. It has also been one of the most popular universities for SBC students in the last few years according to the university placement statistics. In 2010, 55 students studying 2+2 business degrees at SBC were accepted by SHU and in 2011 the number rose to 73, an increase of over 30% in business-related subjects. In addition, for the first time, SHU has offered study placements to five 2+2 Engineering students from SBC this year.
On behalf of the SBC senior management team, Professor Ian Gow OBE, Principal and CEO of SBC, extended a warm welcome to Vice Chancellor Jones and his colleagues. Professor Gow spoke of his appreciation for the support that Sheffield Hallam University has given to SBC and the positive impact this has had on the success of our college. Professor Gow said that an even closer strategic relationship is being built between the two institutions and that this will help to further improve the quality of teaching and student support systems in order to enhance the student learning experience at SBC.
In response, Professor Jones thanked Principal Gow and his team for the great support that SHU has received from SBC over the past five years. He expressed that internationalisation was a key strategy for the development of Sheffield Hallam University and SBC has played an extremely important role in terms of internationalising the whole student body. He also gave assurances that with an increasing number of Chinese students choosing to study in the UK, SHU would make every effort to enhance communications and understanding between the two countries.
Professor Doole and Ms Morse also visited the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology on the 28th October to discuss research collaboration in the area of food security.
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is one of the UK's most progressive and innovative universities with 33,000 students including over 4,250 international students from more than 119 countries. SHU runs approximately 572 different courses (undergraduate, postgraduate, full-time and part-time).
SHU prides itself on making a difference – to its students, staff and to the businesses it works with. Its research and business ideas, alongside its sought after graduates, contribute to the economic and social development of both its region and to the UK as a whole.
