As the autumn term drew to a close, the Overseas Education College (OEC) held a forum for undergraduate international students on December 24th to solicit their opinions and suggestions on various aspects of work, especially on the normalized online teaching mode adopted during the recent wave of the pandemic, in a bid to continuously improve the quality of teaching in the college. Deputy Dean of the College Professor Pan Chaoqing, faculties of the Chinese Language Department including Deputy Directors Guo Jianhua and Meng Fanjie, student counsellors Chen Yixin and Lin Jiong, and more than 30 other teachers and international students in China or abroad attended the forum in person or via video link.

The forum is held in a hybrid mode of online and offline.

Professor Pan Chaoqing presids over this forum

During the forum, students showed their appreciation of the college’s efforts to ensure the regular order of teaching by adjusting the teaching mode timely in light of the pandemic situation and carry out the teaching flexibly in a hybrid mode of online and offline. At the same time, they also gave feedback on the problems in their living and studying under the condition of the pandemic, which mainly included: the difficulties in finding internships as many companies could not receive interns; the problems in visa renewal and extension after graduation; the inconveniences of online courses due to the time difference, limitation of platform and network conditions; and changed entry policies and the procedures after the end of quarantine.

Students shares their views enthusiastically online or offline.

Teachers in charge of the relevant affairs gave answers to the issues raised by the students. The teachers from the course team responded patiently to the questions concerning teaching and learning, and discussed the new design of the curriculum and major programs to meet their needs. They also said they would continue to listen to the students’ opinions and accept reasonable suggestions to further improve their teaching. For issues involving other departments of the university or the College, they expressed their willingness to help handle them by coordinating with relevant departments accordingly.

Teachers answers students’ questions

OEC holds such forums regularly in a bid to follow the study of international students, promote the operation of the teaching and learning for them, and continuously improve the quality and development of international education. In the future, the College will continue to carry out such activities. By putting students first and encouraging teachers and students to work together, the College aims to foster new strength for the development of our college and contribute to the building of a “double first-class” university.