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The
Eighth
Forum of 21st Century
Continuing Education
in Guilin, China
(Prof.
HU Dongcheng, School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing,
100084, China - Prof. Hu is the First Vice President and Vice President of
Special Interest Groups for IACEE.)
The
Eighth
Forum of 21st Century
Continuing Education
was held in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
from November 12-13, 2008. The theme of this year�s Forum was the
Development and Innovation of Continuing Education. There were 4 program
breakout sessions, covering the topics of the Development Strategy of CE,
Quality Control Assessment System, Training of Professional Technicians,
Exploring Different Modes of University-Industry Partnership. 160 people
from around China attended the Forum. Dr. Frank
Burris, IACEE Council Member, Director of Engineering, Information Systems &
Technical Management in UCLA Extension, delivered a presentation on
the Continuing Education of UC and IACEE & Quality Measures for CE.
The Forum of 21st Century Continuing Education
was established in
2000 and
co-organized by
School of Continuing
Education in
Tsinghua University, the Continuing Education Center of China Association
For Science and Technology
(CAST), the
Continuing Education Center of the General Armament Department of the
Chinese People's Liberation Army,
and the UNESCO Chair on Continuing Engineering Education in China. Since the
UNESCO Chair on Continuing Engineering Education in China is located in
School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University, the Forum has been
chaired in turn
by the other
3 organizations. The
aim of the Forum is to explore the innovative ways to carry out continuing
education programs, share experience and seek new directions in the
continuing education. Since 2000, the Forum has been successfully held seven
times and has great
influence
on the development of continuing education in China.
In the future, the Forum of 21st Century Continuing
Education will be more internationalized, integrating international
resources and learning from the best practices of our international
colleagues so that greater improvement of continuing Education in China
could be achieved.
The Ninth
Forum of 21st Century
Continuing Education hosted by School of Continuing Education, Tsinghua University is
preliminarily scheduled to take place in Beijing
on May18-19 2009, co-located with IACEE Council Meeting and 20th
Anniversary Celebration on May 16-17, 2009. We sincerely welcome the
participation of IACEE members and other international colleagues and
friends.
(by Prof. HU Dongcheng, School of Continuing
Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China)
IACEE has a
vast diversity in its membership. In this month's newsletter, we will focus
on the National University of Singapore,
home to the 2010 IACEE World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education. If you would like to be featured in this section, please contact us at
info@iacee.org.
National University of Singapore
The National University of
Singapore (NUS) will be organizing the next World Conference on Continuing
Engineering Education (WCCEE) in Singapore in October 2010. Simultaneously
the ASEE Global Colloquium will also be taken place in Singapore with NUS
taking a key role in organizing the event. Below is a highlight of the
University for the information of IACEE members.
NUS is a multi-campus
university of global standing, with distinctive strengths in education and
research and an entrepreneurial dimension. Its diverse and cosmopolitan
community of over 30,000 students from 100 countries contribute to a rich
learning and living environment across three campuses � its principal
150-hectare Kent Ridge campus, Bukit Timah campus and Duke-NUS Graduate
Medical School Singapore in Outram.
NUS offers a broad-based
curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary courses and cross-faculty
enrichment. There are 14 faculties offering courses from architecture to
engineering to music. A special feature of NUS education is the global
dimension of its courses in partnership with some of the world�s best
institutions. NUS also enjoys a close teaching-research association with 14
national-level, 21 university-level and more than 80 faculty-based research
institutes and centres. Research activities are strategic and robust, and a
�no walls� collaborative culture forms the bedrock of NUS�
research-intensive vibrancy. A spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation
promotes creative enterprise university-wide. This is aided by a venture
support eco-system that helps students, staff and alumni nurture the
development of start-ups into regional and global companies.
NUS plays
an active role in international academic networks such as the Association of
Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and International Alliance of Research
Universities (IARU). It is ranked amongst the best universities in the
world, and is well-regarded for disciplines such as Technology, Biomedicine
and the Social Sciences.
Colin C.F. Leung is the NUS
representative to IACEE and serves and the Council and Executive Committee
as the Vice President for WCCEE. Prof. Leung can be reached at
cvelcf@nus.edu.sg.
ISTE/IFEES
Asia/Pacific Regional Conference
Bhubaneswar, Orissa,
India
December 19-21, 2008
http://www.isteonline.in/index.php?q=node/135
Global Engineering Deans
Council (GEDC)
Boston, Massachusetts,
USA
March 21-22, 2009
http://www.ifees.net/calendar/index.cfm
3rd IFEES Global
Engineering Summit
St. Petersburg, Russia
May 19-23, 2009
http://www.ifees.net/calendar/index.cfm
ASEE Annual
Conference
Austin, Texas, USA
June 14 - 17, 2009
http://www.asee.org/conferences/annual/2009/index.cfm
SEFI Annual Conference
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
July 1-4, 2009
"Attracting Young People to Engineering"
http://www.sefi2009.com/nl/default.asp
If you are an IACEE member
and would like your organization's conference listed here, please send the
information to info@iacee.org.
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