UK and China strengthen educational ties with new bilateral agreements
The UK and China have opened up a new phase of collaboration in education with the signing of 23 bilateral agreements plus a broad strategic framework agreement. The agreements provide for a range of strengthened links in higher education, VET, and schools. Among the agreements concluded at the Education Summit were the following:
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the University of Sheffield and Zhejiang University to strengthen student mobility between the two institutions and develop joint programmes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. An addendum to a current agreement between SOAS University of London and Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU). The two institutions are planning a joint academic conference as well as dual degree programmes. A major strategic agreement between Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU). The new MoU will see the two institutions file an application with the Chinese Ministry of Education later this year for two new undergraduate programmes and a Master of Science programme. An agreement between Cardiff University and Beijing Normal University to establish a new institution: the Cardiff-Beijing Chinese Studies Joint College.
Source: ICEF Monitor
