XJTLU in the Media in November

During the past month, XJTLU was mentioned in media reports from outlets including People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, China Daily, China Youth Daily, Xinhua Daily, JSTV, The Paper, Yangtze Evening Post, Modern Express, Jiangnan Times, Suzhou Daily and City News. Researchers from XJTLU have also been included in stories and sought for comment in English-language media outlets including TechXplore, MedicalXpress, Education Times, Eurekalert!, and That’s Magazine.

Topics included the Finding Outstanding Chinese Educators in the New Era initiative, how universities cultivate talents through education-industry collaboration during China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, scientific achievements, and students’ and teachers’ stories.

1. Finding Outstanding Chinese Educators in the New Era

PEOPLE’S DAILY

Headline: XJTLU launches ‘Finding Outstanding Chinese Educators in the New Era’

CHINA YOUTH DAILY

Headline: XJTLU launches ‘Finding Outstanding Chinese Educators in the New Era’

THE PAPER

Headline: XJTLU provides a new solution to exploring future education

YANGTZE EVENING POST

Headline: XJTLU is searching for ‘Outstanding Chinese Educators in the New Era’

Summary: On 11 November, Professor Youmin Xi, Executive President of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, launched the Finding Outstanding Chinese Educators in the New Era initiative. The campaign is supported by Youmin Xi Educational Exploration Specific Funds affiliated with Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Education Development Foundation.

The campaign includes discussions on new educational philosophies, theories and experiences in China, and the selection and presentation of the Outstanding Educators in China in the New Era awards.

The event was live broadcast by Yangtze Evening News, attracting more than 850,000 netizens. The news was also reported by China Daily, Xinhua Daily, JSTV, Modern Express, Jiangnan Times, Suzhou Daily, Suzhou TV, Suzhou Education Channel, and City News.

2. How universities cultivate talents through education-industry collaboration during China’s 14th Five-Year Plan

GUANGMING DAILY

Headline: Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University uses academic innovation to solve industrial problems

PEOPLE’S DAILY

Headline: XJTLU explores ways to cultivate talents through education-industry collaboration

CHINA YOUTH DAILY

Headline: XJTLU cultivates top talents through education-industry collaboration

SUZHOU TV

Headline: XJTLU gives answers to developing talents through education-industry collaboration

Summary: On 10 November, educators, industrial experts and journalists gathered at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University to discuss how universities can cultivate talents through education-industry collaboration during China’s 14th Five-Year Plan. The news was also reported by China Daily, Xinhua Daily, JSTV, The Paper, Yangtze Evening Post, Modern Express, Jiangnan Times, Suzhou Daily, Suzhou TV, Suzhou Education Channel, and City News.

3. Students’ and teachers’ stories

XINHUA NEWS AGENCY

Headline: Sino-foreign university team won first prize in virtual reality contest

Published on: 10 November 202

Summary: XJTLU student teams designed two cultural applications using augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. Their projects stood out from more than 600 works from universities across the country and won the first prize of the 4th China Virtual Reality Competition. This news was also reported by Xinhua Daily, Yangtze Evening Post, Suzhou Daily, Modern Express, Suzhou TV, and JSTV.

4. Scientific achievements

YANGTZE EVENING POST

Headline: Willingness to vaccinate against Covid-19: the role of health code colour

Summary: Dr Stephen Pan from the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences recently led a team to investigate if linking Covid-19 vaccination status to health code colour in China would increase willingness to vaccinate. The news was also reported by Suzhou Daily.

5. XJTLU in multi-language media

MEDICALXPRESS

Headline: New research finds virtual reality could help treat anxiety
Published on: 21 October 2021

Summary: A recent study, co-authored by Professor Hai-Ning Liang of XJTLU’s Department of Computing, found that virtual reality can help treat anxiety. The study was done in collaboration with Auckland Institute of Studies, and the Mental Health Clinical Research Unit at the University of Otago, both in New Zealand.

ITBIZNEWS

Headline: XJTLU now in ESI Top 1% in the world in 3 fields
Published on: 26 October 2021

Summary: Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University entered the Essential Science Indicator (ESI) Top 1% list of institutions in the field of Social Science, General, for the first time. Following Engineering and Computer Science, this is the third field earning the University a spot on the ESI Top 1%. This news was also reported by SingaporeNewsLive and Canadian Insider.

THAT’S MAGAZINE

Headline: Starting over at 31: an unconventional journey to a computer science degree
Published on: 3 November 2021

Summary: Christopher Champion graduated from XJTLU’s BSc Information and Computing Science programme at the School of Advanced Technology. Armed with his degree, Champion recently got a job as a Business Developer at Daimler Group Services Berlin.

EDUCATIONTIMES

Headline: What China’s 14th Five-Year Plan means for higher education
Published on: 9 November 2021

Summary: China’s newest Five-Year Plan provides insight into the future of higher education in China. “The Plan indicates future directions, key topics, strategic measures, policies, and regulations,” says Professor Youmin Xi, Executive President of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

XINHUA NEWS AGENCY

Headline: Sino-foreign university team won first prize in virtual reality contest
Published on: 10 November 2021

Summary: XJTLU student teams designed two cultural applications by using augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. Supervised by Professor Hai-Ning Liang and Dr Yue Li from the Department of Computing, the projects won the first prize of the Fourth China Virtual Reality Competition. This news was also reported by livedoorNEWS.

EUREKALERT!

Headline: Linking health codes to Covid-19 vaccination status may improve uptake
Published on: 15 November 2021

Summary: Dr Stephen Pan from the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences recently led a team to explore whether linking health code colour to Covid-19 vaccination status might increase willingness to vaccinate in China.

TECHXPLORE

Headline: Compression rate can predict cybersickness
Published on: 18 November 2021

Summary: Cybersickness is a form of motion sickness caused by a disconnect between what the eyes see and the body feels. Researchers from the School of Advanced Technology recently developed a novel prediction technique to identify at which points of a game cybersickness is more likely to occur.

This news was also reported by RRI and SINARHARAPAN.CO in Indonesian.

By Xinmin Han

Edited by Patricia Pieterse