The
Information School has established a collaborative partnership with Wuhan
University’s School of Information Management.
Wuhan University is a top 10 University in China and a member of Project
211 and Project 985. The School of
Information Management at Wuhan was founded in 1920 and is China’s leading
school in the field. Both the Information School and Wuhan’s School of
Information Management are members of the prestigious international iSchools movement.
The partnership between the two schools is a collaborative education
programme which aims to bring 20 students from Wuhan University’s School of
Information Management to study on postgraduate courses in the Information
School each year. Students from Wuhan who have completed the third year of the
undergraduate degree programme will be able to apply for a place to study on
one of four courses taught at the Information School:
- MSc Digital Library Management
- MSc Information Management
- MSc Information Systems
- MA Librarianship
On successful completion of their course at the Information School, the
students will be awarded both an undergraduate degree from Wuhan University and
a postgraduate degree from the University of Sheffield.
The partnership was developed by Dr Miguel Nunes of the Information
School, over a period of five years. The relationship started with a visit to
Wuhan in 2009, hosted by Professor Chuanfu Chen, then Dean and now University
Provost, and was further developed through Information School PhD alumni Dr Lihong
Zhou, who was supervised by Dr Nunes, and is now Associate Professor at Wuhan.
The partnership will be formally launched in November 2014 when Head
of School Professor Val Gillet, Wuhan Programme Coordinator Dr Miguel Nunes and
Information Management Deputy Programme Coordinator Dr Angela Lin visit Wuhan
University. They will visit the
University on 24 November and will meet with Deans and the Head of the
International Office before delivering a presentation to students at Wuhan’s
School of Information Management. Speaking
ahead of the School’s visit to Wuhan, Professor Val Gillet said:
“The Information School is delighted to be working with Wuhan
University. We look forward to a
positive partnership over the years to come, and to welcoming students from
Wuhan during the next academic year. As
one of China’s top information schools, we are also keen to explore other
partnership opportunities with Wuhan beyond our current agreement.”
In addition
to visiting Wuhan University during their trip to China, Professor Gillet, Dr
Nunes and Dr Lin will also visit Nanjing University’s School of Information
Management and the School of Information Resources Management at the University
of Renmin, Beijing.
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