On November 21, David Cadwell, vice president of the University of Cambridge, UK, and four other people visited NENU. President Liu Yichun met with the delegation, accompanied by vice president Han Dongyu, director of the school office Xing Yu, director of the international cooperation and exchange office Zhang Jingping, secretary of the Party Committee of Affiliated Middle School Liu Lijun, vice president of the high school department Yang Jingyun and relevant personnel.
During the talks, Liu first extended a warm welcome to David Cadwell's first visit on behalf of the University and reviewed his unforgettable experience when he visited Cambridge University. Later, Liu introduced the scale of NENU, international exchange and the construction of "double first class". He pointed out that the school running level of affiliated kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools and high schools of NENU is in a leading position in China, and has provided a large number of excellent students for famous universities at home and abroad. At the same time, NENU is also actively promoting the construction of "World-class Normal University", putting forward higher requirements for personnel training, scientific research, education and teaching as well as team building etc., encouraging teachers and students to study and exchange in world-class universities, and welcoming more teachers from Cambridge University to give lectures in NENU. He hoped that the visit of the delegation from Cambridge University would further promote the comprehensive and close cooperation between the two universities in the fields of teacher exchanges, scientific research cooperation and joint training of postgraduates.
David Cadwell introduced the traditional advantages and running experience of Cambridge University, and highly affirmed the high-quality students from the affiliated schools of NENU. He said that Cambridge University has always attached great importance to scientific research cooperation and knowledge exchange with other universities, which laid a good foundation for the development of the University. He hoped that in the future, with the joint efforts of the two universities, more contacts and cooperation on the "PI" level would be promoted, so as to promote the common development and progress of the two sides.
After the talks, the two sides exchanged souvenirs and took photos.
(From News Center, translated by Liu Wei, revised by Chen Yanxu)