More than 20 universities from China and the UK gathered in Nanjing to launch an initiative to reshape the future of global education

China News Service, Nanjing, October 31 (Wu Hanyu, Lu Yeling) On October 30, the China-UK Excellent University Presidents Forum with the theme of "Reshaping the Boundaries of Education and Creating a Global Future" hosted by Southeast University was held in Nanjing. School leaders and representatives from more than 20 Chinese and British universities, including the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and Southeast University, gathered together to discuss the transformation of higher education in the era of artificial intelligence, and released a joint initiative on reshaping the future of global education.

This forum focuses on three major topics: "AI-led global education revolution", "Restructuring of global education ecology in the new era" and "Future-oriented cross-leading innovation".

Sun Youhong, President of Southeast University, said that the two countries will deepen cooperation in higher education to jointly shape a new paradigm of higher education in the era of artificial intelligence and promote the in-depth integration of educational science and technology talents; create a new engine for cross-border scientific research collaboration, deepen joint scientific research, platform co-construction and achievement transformation; set a new benchmark for cross-leadership and youth exchanges, so that the younger generation will become the most dynamic force in Sino-British educational science and technology cooperation.

The joint initiatives released by the forum closely follow the reform trend of higher education in the AI ​​era, and build consensus around the directions of working together to address common challenges, deepening mutual learning in education, innovating education models, and promoting interdisciplinary innovation. Yang Dan, Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges of the Ministry of Education, said in a video speech that he hopes the two sides will further improve the inter-school dialogue mechanism, deepen teacher-student exchanges and joint training, and allow more young students to become envoys of Sino-British friendship.

At the opening ceremony, the fourth "Future Engineer Leadership Innovation Camp (FELIA)" of the China-UK University Engineering Education and Research Alliance was launched simultaneously. As the world's first engineering PhD leadership exchange program, this innovation camp brings together 31 doctoral students from universities in China and the UK. They will conduct a 12-day study in Nanjing to conduct cross-cultural exchanges and engineering practice around energy transition and zero-carbon innovation.

It is reported that the Sino-British University Engineering Education and Research Alliance was established in 2017 and was jointly initiated by Southeast University and Queen's University Belfast in the UK. It is the first Sino-British university cooperation alliance featuring engineering education and research.