Opportunities to Shine at School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

On November 23rd, the grand ceremony for the establishment of School of Education at SJTU and the seminar on "Major Theoretical and Practical Issues on Reform and Development of China's Higher Education" were held at Xuhui Campus. Leaders from Ministry of Education, Shanghai Municipal People's Government and SJTU participated in the seminar, including CHEN Qun, deputy mayor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government; LIN Huiqing, former vice minister of the Ministry of Education and vice president of China Association of Higher Education; and YANG Zhenbin, the Party secretary of the CPC Shanghai Jiao Tong University Committee.

School of Education (SOE) held its 2nd commencement on June 21st both on and off campus in Shanghai - the first offline and online ceremony since SOE was established.

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Dr. ZHANG Xiaoqiao, who has living abroad for 16 years, shared her experience and gave advice on choosing US schools and how to cope with stress in a different cultural environment.

Higher education research is coming across countless challenges with regard to its contribution to academic literature, policy-making, and institutional practice. Among these challenges lies a potential crisis that higher education researchers are becoming a shrinking and increasingly marginalized community. Thus, academic and social impacts in this field are declining, with contrast to the hard sciences in particular.

WANG Shuai, Associate Professor from the School of Education (SOE), has published two papers in “Higher Education” and “Journal of Computing in Higher Education”, both of which are top peer-reviewed academic journals covering educational developments.

From March 24th to 26th, LIN Jie, a PhD candidate from the School of Education, attended the 8th International Conference on Education 2022 under the theme “Education in Times of Uncertainty: Preparing for the Future”, consisting of 150 participants from 33 different countries.

As the recent COVID-19 lockdowns continue, countless universities find creative ways to support their communities. On March 20, 2022 (Sunday), the School of Education (SOE), International Student Center, and International Student Service Center at Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) came together and held the webinar “Let's Talk: The Stories of International Students”, focusing on supporting their international students on campus.

The crucial role of music in helping people tide through COVID-19 lockdowns was recently demonstrated at the Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University when teachers sang for students confined to their dorms while delivering meals to them.

This coming Sunday, two young faculty members from the School of Education here at SJTU joint us and hosting a webinar to share their experiences during the lockdown. 

As outlined in the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020, 50% of all employees around the world will need reskilling by 2025. The need to future-proof people’s skills has never been so urgent with the COVID-19 pandemic bringing about unprecedented structural change in many sectors, job transitions and shift to remote working.