On the afternoon of Nov. 2, 2016, the 12th SHOU Undergraduate Academic Work Conference was held in the Lecture Hall of Student Activity Center. Present at the conference were more than 300 participants, including all the leaders and middle-level cadres of the university, all the professors and associate professors of various colleges, members of the teaching work committees at both university and college levels, responsible persons of various majors, responsible persons of local education & teaching organizations, representatives of full-time teachers, supporting staff and students, and teaching administration staff at both university and college levels. The conference was directed by Wu Jiamin, Secretary of SHOU CPC Committee, and listened to the speech given by Cheng Yudong, SHOU President. The awarding ceremony was directed by Wang Xiping, Deputy Secretary of SHOU CPC Committee and Vice President; Vice President Li Yancheng and Chief Accountant Xu Yaoling awarded prizes to the winners; Wu Jiannong, SHOU Vice President, also presented his work report.
Wu Jiamin pointed out the existing problems related to the central position of undergraduate education, such as lack of fundamental change in the situation of emphasizing scientific research but devaluing teaching, the absence of obvious improvement in the level and quality of teaching staff, and inadequacy of the cohesion of local education & teaching organizations. According to his requirements, various colleges should focus on the theme of this conference to organize discussions based on their working practice, so as to continuously improve the level of the undergraduate teaching work in SHOU.
As pointed out by Cheng Yudong in his speech, this conference is the first one for undergraduate academic work of SHOU during the “13th Five-year Plan” period, and has a vital importance for promoting the reform and development of our undergraduate education. Centered on the theme of this conference, he put forward three requirements: Understanding should be further improved to strengthen implementation, and consolidate the central position of teaching work; the teaching cause development planning of the university during “13th Five-year Plan” period should be carefully learned and implemented to further deepen the reform of undergraduate education & teaching and improve the quality of talent cultivation; and the review and appraisal of undergraduate teaching work should be conducted in a planned and orderly way.
Wu Jiannong, SHOU Vice President, also presented his work report, entitled Comprehensively Launching the Review and Appraisal of Undergraduate Teaching, Firmly Pushing Forward the Educational Development Planning during “13th Five-year Plan” Period, Effectively Deepening the Integrated Reform of Education and Industriously Improving the Quality of Talent Cultivation. In the report, he provided a systematic retrospective analysis of the effect, measures and problems of our undergraduate teaching work. In the past year since the 11th Teaching Work Conference, SHOU has continuously promoted its comprehensive education reform, deepened the incentive plan of undergraduate educational teachers, drafted and implemented the educational development planning during “13th Five-year Plan” period, and made new progress and breakthroughs in the fields of teaching & scientific research work, discipline, degree & major construction, social services and so forth. The report also put forward the main tasks and objectives of recent undergraduate teaching work.
The conference also awarded the “Teachers Favored by Students” and “Teaching Experts” of 2016.