Learning is the key to Success --- QMES Held a Seminar for Students and Teachers

On November 8 at noon, QMES held a student-teacher seminar for four years of undergraduate students on the theme of "Learning is the key to success". The meeting invited Fan Xiaoli, Vice Deanin chargeofteachingaffairs,Cheng Yin, Vice Deanin chargeofstudentaffairs, and nearly 100 student representativesof2021 to 2018 cohort to have an in-depth discussion on the training objectives,education plan, talent training mode andfinal projectof theschool. Huang Quanzhang, sophomore counselor, Zhuang Qiang, freshman counselor, and Qi Yue,manager of QMUL side, were presented.

Fan Xiaoli firstly welcomed all the participating students and gave a brief introduction of the meeting.QMESrecently held a Student-Staff Liaison Committee, amidterm teaching conference, and will conductmodulesurvey for all students. This seminar, on the one hand,hasrespondedto some of the questions raised by the student members of theStudent-Staff Liaison Committee, and on the other hand,QMEShopesto have an in-depth discussionon the nature of the future developmentwith student representatives from freshmento seniors.

At the beginning of the meeting, Fan Xiaoli first pointed out that "Insist on cultivating interdisciplinary and innovative talents with international vision and knowledge of international rules, a solid foundation in natural sciences, professional foundation and humanities, strong professional competitiveness and high comprehensive quality, who can study and work across borders and have the ability of lifelong learning, with the ability to study for a degree in prestigious universities in the world or work in globally renowned enterprises as well as international organizations " is the cultivation goal and direction that QMES always insists on.

During the meeting, she emphasized the "learning-centered" talent cultivation model of the school - that is, the core of the school is to enhance the "learning ability", the teaching focuses on teacher-student communication, interaction and internal motivation inspiration, to create a teaching community with diversified teaching methods and multi-dimensional assessment mode, to absorb and integrate advanced teaching concepts from China and overseas, and to maximize the advantages of the new era of joint education institutions, as well as to help students become successful and develop their self-learning and lifelong learning skills. As a proverb says, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." This coincides with the NPU’s goal of "strengthening the interaction between teachers and students, and cultivating talents with independent and rational thinking skills, as well as critical and innovative thinking".

Finally, Fan Xiaoli shared with the students the current situation of the 2017 graduates, 42.5% of them received the first class honors degree, 34.6% received upper second class honors degree, and they are studying in famous universities all over the world and in China, participating in world-class competitions, etc. When students saw the photos of their seniors studying at Cambridge, UCL, Imperial College and other universities in the UK, and their "reunion" with teachers at QMUL in London, they expressed their "real admiration". They would take the challenges as opportunities to actively adjust their study status and clarify their personal development goals. Subsequently, Fan Xiaoli and the staff also gave specific responses to the questions and suggestions raised by students, saying that both NPU and QMUL will provide a good learning platform for the students to the greatest extent possible and help them develop in all aspects.