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Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) funding
The School of Graduate Studies (GS) has secured a major research centre grant provided by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK in collaboration with the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), the largest research centre in the world focusing on higher education and its future development. It is a
partnership of 14 UK and international universities led by the University of Oxford and the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education. The research partnerships involved is expected to further enhance Lingnan’s international research profile.
International Collaborations in the UK
Oxford-Lingnan Higher Education Symposium
Prof Leonard CHENG, President of Lingnan University, led a delegation of Lingnan University to give presentations at this Symposium and discuss with prominent scholars in higher education and China studies under the theme “Expansion of Higher Education in China for Two Decades: Critical Reflections from Comparative Perspectives”.
Centre for Research in Education in China and East Asia
Lingnan University is a key partner of this new Centre, and co-organised the launch event with the University of Bath in 2019. Led by the President, a team of Lingnan scholars joined this event which opened Asian-European dialogues on knowledge exchange, cross-cultural educational trends and methodologies in Education and Social Sciences.