In this issue
Feature Article
Director's Message
 

Spring is a time of hope and new beginnings. From darkness to light, from cold to warmth, the earliest flowers to bloom bring transformation and change.

 

As the coronavirus pandemic stimulates the educational landscape to evolve faster than ever, the world is witnessing and experiencing the digital learning revolution. Over the years, China Centre has had the privilege to lead and influence the transnational education sphere in our region, offering an expanding portfolio of online, blended-learning courses. Attracting and supporting around 2000 high performing young professionals from all walks of life, the China Centre is growing strong with its ever-expanding alumni community while holistically empowering them to execute educational initiatives where they speak, they listen and they grow together.  

 

We are very much committed to social responsibility in education. Bringing world-class education to those who are unable to study full-time on Manchester campus, the China Centre has hosted a series of Global Insight sessions in China that are free and open to the public. Each session is delivered by a leading academic from the University of Manchester offering a live classroom experience in action. Earlier this quarter saw the launch of “UoM NoW” amid COVID-19 event series where we urge the community to keep calm and share love and knowledge, marking the China Centre’s effort and determination in rallying together with alumni and local community at this difficult time.

 

What we can do, most importantly, is to support each other. Whether it is continuation of something good or the launch of something new, springtime at China Centre has never been a season to go unmarked.

 

Sherry Fu

China Centre Director

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China Centre Welcomed Manchester Global MBA New Students
 

From 7th to 8th January, the welcome event for Manchester Global Part-time MBA January 2020 new students was successfully held at the University of Manchester China Centre. 64 outstanding working professionals officially entered the University of Manchester. Ms. Sherry Fu, Director of the University of Manchester China Centre, Senior Programme Administrator Ms. Maria Serra and China Centre Student Support Team attended the induction and witnessed the new students embarking on their transformational learning journey.

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China Centre Director joined the Dialogue with Top companies in Social Responsibility
 

On 15th January, innovation and Sustainability” 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Forum was held by Shanghai Daily. Sherry Fu UoM China Centre Director was invited to host the Panel Discussion with Bayer, Corning, Delphi Technologies, Covestro, Shui On Land to share the experiences on innovation, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

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How The University of Manchester and China Centre are contributing amid Covid-19
 

At The University of Manchester, our people are working together and with partners from across society to understand coronavirus (COVID-19) and its wide-ranging impacts on our lives. Researchers, teachers, students and professional service staff are combining their knowledge to contribute to the local, national and international response to the disease. This brings together the research and innovation strengths of our partnerships in an unprecedented way to focus on this public health crisis. Sherry Fu, Director of University of Manchester China Centre (‘China Centre’) returned to work amid widening coronavirus outbreak with a continuous effort in communicating and coordinating with Manchester team and overseas centres: adjusting workshop arragements for overseas students and encouraging Chinese alumni and Centre staff to show support for Wuhan and the rest of China however they can. In early February, China Centre officially announced to postpone all upcoming alumni events. Later, the China Centre launched “UoM act NoW” Social Responsibility Alumni Project Amid COVID-19, including 1 story-telling campaign to share about life during the epidemic, 1 clothing donation drive, 6 alumni sharing built in relevance to dealing with personal and corporate issues emerging from the outbreak in the fields of health, legal and finance as well as offering global insight sessions online to promote accessible lifelong learning especially at this difficult time.   

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