Comparative Education in China

On September 29, 2017, the EU-China Higher Education Research Collaboration Seminar: Collective Leadership was held at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Approximately 30 experts and scholars from Europe and Asia attended the seminar to discuss EU-China educational cooperation-related issues at the university level including policy formulations, financial support, team-buildup and many others. IICE Professor LIU Baocun attended the seminar.

Prof. LIU delivered a speech entitled “How to Lead Research Teams and Collaborate Projects: Experiences and Challenges of a Chinese Research Team Leader.” Taking the IICE as a case, Prof. LIU introduced the institute’s leadership and development in various aspects including missions, key research areas, research plans, team buildup, and international collaboration, analyzing the new problems and challenges in teamwork development that the IICE faced as well as summarizing some experiences.

After the seminar, Prof. LIU delivered another lecture entitled “National Strategies to Build World Class Universities in China: A Comparative Perspective,” analyzing concepts, features and development trajectories of world class universities followed by an elaboration of the history, policies, effects, problems and future plans of China to build world class universities.

Besides, Prof. LIU also joined a summary session for the LEAD Project Job Shadowing Brussels.