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Professor Sir Drummond Bone: 'XJTLU has grown beyond what I originally conceived'

Professor Sir Drummond Bone: 'XJTLU has grown beyond what I originally conceived'

Originally published on the University of Liverpool’s website as part of its 20 Stories serie...

18 May 2026
Before XJTLU had a name

Before XJTLU had a name

On 18 September 2003, Professor Junhua Wu accompanied Professor Daqing Fang from the University o...

18 May 2026
‘No way back’: Professor Minzhu Yang on the ‘tough battles’ he fought at XJTLU

‘No way back’: Professor Minzhu Yang on the ‘tough battles’ he fought at XJTLU

In 2008, Xi’an Jiaotong University appointed Professor Minzhu Yang as Vice President of Xi’an Jia...

13 May 2026
Professor Jingming Guo: Reimagining how mathematics is taught

Professor Jingming Guo: Reimagining how mathematics is taught

If you only sat in on one of Professor Jingming Guo’s mathematics classes, you might not immediat...

12 May 2026
The chance to create something new: The beginnings of IBSS

The chance to create something new: The beginnings of IBSS

In 2012, Professor Sarah Dixon, then Dean of the School of Management at the University of Bradfo...

11 May 2026
Professor Andre Brown: It wasn’t a question of whether XJTLU would be successful. It was how successful

Professor Andre Brown: It wasn’t a question of whether XJTLU would be successful. It was how successful

When Professor Andre Brown arrived at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in 2014 to take...

08 May 2026
After growing with IBSS, Dean Eddy Fang is asking what comes next

After growing with IBSS, Dean Eddy Fang is asking what comes next

At XJTLU’s International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), Professor Eddy Fang has been thinking les...

06 May 2026
From chromosomes to construction: Professor Jionglong Su on interdisciplinarity

From chromosomes to construction: Professor Jionglong Su on interdisciplinarity

A robotic dog patrols a construction site, carefully counting every single steel bar. This isn’t ...

05 May 2026
Teaching in the age of AI: ‘Humans are what matter’

Teaching in the age of AI: ‘Humans are what matter’

On 6 February 2011, Professor Konstantinos Papadikis uprooted his life and bought a one-way ticke...

05 May 2026