To scale up collaboration among BRICS countries in different areas, BRICS University President Forum was held in Beijing Normal University from October 17 to 18, 2015. At the closing ceremony of the forum, the BRICS University League was founded, which symbolized the establishment of an exchange platform for in-depth research among the BRICS countries.

       The BRICS University President Forum included president roundtables and 5 panel sessions, among which, the Education Panel Session was hosted by the Faculty of Education. The theme was New Challenges, New Responses: Higher Education Reform of BRICS in the 21st Century. Vice Dean of Faculty of Education, Prof. LI Jiayong hosted the opening ceremony of the Education Panel Session.

 

(Prof. LI Jiayong)

 

 At the opening ceremony, 5 representatives from the BRICS countries were invited to give a short remark. All of them appreciated the opportunity this forum had granted them to get to know more about China, and they hoped to explore more cooperation opportunities among the BRICS countries.

 

(Prof. Belmira Bueno giving a remark on behalf of Brazil)

 

(Prof. Oleg Gubin giving a remark on behalf of Russia)

 

(Prof. Binod Khadria giving a remark on behalf of India)

 

(Prof. Naziema Jappie giving a remark on behalf of South Africa)

 

A keynote presentation followed after all the representatives gave remarks. The keynote speaker was Mr. Andreas Schleicher, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), who presented on the title of Benchmarking Higher Education Internationally. He raised four key questions: Is there no end to the expansion of higher education? How successful do institutions engage with evolving learning needs? Who can make a systemic difference to closing skills gaps? Can we extend mass education for some to personalized learning for all? By collecting and analyzing substantial amount of data, he came to the conclusions that more people benefit from education than ever before, but degrees don’t always equal skills, and education and skills both contribute to better social outcomes. He hoped that data analysis would be used more widely in higher education research.

 

(Mr. Schleicher giving a keynote presentation)

 

After the keynote presentation, the 14 International experts and 9 Chinese scholars attended two paralleled panel sessions of the Education Panel Session and gave presentations. Below are some snapshots.

 

(Prof. Aarti Srivastava)

 

(Prof. Binod Khadria)

 

(Prof. SHI Qiuheng)

 

(Prof. Charste Wolhuter)

 

(Prof. Larisa Smirnova)

 

(Prof. XIONG Qingnian)

 

(Prof. Oleg Gubin)

 

(Prof. Naziema Jappie)

 

(Prof. Pushpanadham)

 

(Prof. ZHANG Hongshia)

 

(Prof. Jandhyala Tilak)

 

(Prof. Belmira Bueno)

 

(Prof. Rameshchandra Kothari)

 

(Prof. CHEN Hongjie)

 

(Prof. Felix Maringe)

 

(Prof. LIU Yamin)

 

(Prof. Keith Lewin)

 

(Prof. LI Liguo)

 

(Prof. Oksana Kostuchenko)

 

(Prof. YAN Guangcai)

 

(Prof. Sudhanshu Bhushan)

 

(Prof. WAN Xiulan)

 

(Discussion session)

 

(Group photo of presenters)

 

(Group photo of presenters)

 

(Group photo of presenters and volunteers)

 

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