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WITH an aim to achieve closer ties with corporations, Shenzhen Technology University signed cooperative deals with 10 com-panies Thursday morning at its campus in Pingshan District.

All of the companies that made a deal with the university highly value cultivating students’ practical skills and technical knowledge in growing industries. Technological companies such as Semiconductor Manufactur-ing International Corp. (SMIC), OptimumNano Energy Co. Ltd. and Eigen Equation Graphene Technology Corp. were in on the deals.

According to the deals, the uni-versity and the corporations will work closely to develop internship projects, R&D, faculty training, technological innovation, brand promotion and so forth. The goal of the cooperation is to achieve win-win results for everyone involved.

Ruan Shuangchen, who is in charge of the university’s prepa-ratory offi ce, said that Shenzhen Technology University is an insti-tution that focuses on cultivating students’ comprehensive and practical skills, thus companies are playing important roles by providing students a chance to apply the knowledge they gain through study into practice when undergoing training programs or an internship at the companies.

Ruan said that the university expects the deals to lead to deeper and broader cooperation with these companies, which will result in more advanced and valu-able curriculum for its students.

Li Jianhong, chairman of the board from the Graphene tech-nology company, said that as the enterprise keeps expanding, they realized that talents with both solid theoretical knowledge and practical experience are greatly needed. The chairman said he was delighted to see that Shenzhen Technology University has been making great efforts to partner with local companies.

Another entrepreneur, Zhang Fasheng, chairman of the board from Shenzhen Hopesen Tech-nology Co. Ltd., donated 100,000 yuan (US$15,090) on behalf of the company after the signing cer-emony. The money will be used as a sum of scholarship funds to encourage students from the university’s School of New Mate-rial and New Energy to take part in the work programs.

Zhang said that social respon-sibility should be a key mission for all companies. He addressed his hope that Hopesen could establish a long-term coopera-tive relationship with Shenzhen Technology University and also invited graduates of the univer-sity to join his company in four years.

Univ. inks deals withcompanies

CIS school support & evaluation offi cer Helena Sobulis (L) presents the plaque of accreditation to SWIS board director Gong Guoxiang (C) and SWIS school director Ally Wu (R) on Thursday afternoon at Shen Wai International School. The school earned the accreditations from both CIS and WASC in June this year. Courtesy of Shen Wai International School

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SHEN Wai International School (SWIS) received a plaque pre-sented by the Council of Interna-tional Schools (CIS) on Thursday for its successful accreditation in June this year. Now the school is the fi rst in Shenzhen to be accredited by both CIS and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Currently there are 28 CIS accredited schools in China and only two in Shenzhen including SWIS. There are only four WASC accredited schools in Shenzhen including SWIS. SWIS is also an IB World School for the Primary Years Program, Middle Years Program and Diploma Program.

Helena Sobulis, CIS school support & evaluation offi cer, explained that CIS is one of the worldwide leading organizations for international education and is dedicated to a signifi cant mission: to inspire the develop-ment of global citizens through promoting cultural immersion and high-quality education.

“Shen Wai International School has successfully demon-strated that it is strongly aligned with the standards. The school is vision-led and vision-focused. It has defi nitely shown that it is committed to high-quality teaching and learning. It pro-vides extensive opportunities for students to become global citizens. It reaches international standards also in operation prac-tices that support high-quality learning,” said Sobulis.

“As a close SWIS community, there are a lot of reasons to feel proud of ourselves. But we know it’s not the end of our journey.

All of us will try our best to work together to make SWIS a real world-class international school,” said Ally Wu, school director of SWIS, during her speech.

SWIS Early Years and Pri-mary Principal Anna Laurenson told the Shenzhen Daily that the CIS accreditation makes a big difference for teachers, parents and students.

“For new teachers looking for a job, if I see CIS accredita-tion, it tells me that this school is a good quality school; same

for students leaving the school. There are many students who get high scores, and then the school they apply for will look at other things. They look at which system they are in, which kind of school they are in,” explained Laurenson.

SWIS Early Years and Primary Assistant Principal Bradley Ringrose disclosed that obtain-ing the accreditation was not an easy process. “They have a list of standards. We have to show an evidence to justify that we meet

each standard.”“They went into every little

part of the school to make sure it wasn’t just curriculum that was good and safe, but also facilities, child protection... it’s very com-prehensive. Do we have the right signs on the right doors? It really guarantees that your facil-ity and institute is a world-class institute.

“Everything you could possi-bly imagine, they look into it and check whether it works,” added Ringrose.

SWIS 1st double-accredited school in SZ

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SHENZHEN Press Group has awarded 41 outstanding staff from various news organizations and departments with honors in celebration of the group’s 15th anniversary. A seminar was held Thursday afternoon and several representatives of the eminent staff spoke to share their work-ing stories.

The selection of the outstand-ing staff started earlier this year and most of the honored staff are journalists, editors and com-mentators working for different newspapers and news portal. Lin Min, head of the Shenzhen Daily’s News Desk, was among the staff who stood out.

In addition to leadership and some staff from the press group, offi cials from the city’s publicity department and guests from Shenzhen University’s Faculty of Communication also attended the seminar.

At the beginning of the semi-nar, seven representative media

practitioners shared stories about their work and thoughts about current challenges faced by many media outlets.

Their common point was that most newspapers are facing an unprecedented challenge due to the fast-growing Internet and new media. Being vigilant about learning to report stories using multimedia was a main solu-tion drawn from the journalists’ discussion.

Zhang Yan is one of the selected excellent journalists from the Shenzhen Economic Daily. She has been working for the newspaper for 14 years. During her speech, Zhang told her story about reporting on the sperm whale that was found but unfortunately died in the sea between Huizhou and Shenzhen earlier this year.

“I was very lucky to arrive there soon after I got the information because I was near the spot and I sent back the fi rst picture of the whale to my editor who put it onto our app instantly,” said Zhang. The journalist said in

the era of new media, journal-ists and editors’ work are more demanding because time spent disseminating valuable news should be minimized as much as possible.

Another representative jour-nalist and Zhang’s colleague, Xiao Han, said that in-depth stories are more suited for topics that readers want to read about for the purpose of acquiring knowledge. Thus, journalists must arm them-selves with solid knowledge in certain areas and stay sensitive to all kinds of social affairs at the same time.

Other journalists also made contributions to the semi-nar. Chen Yin, president of Shenzhen Press Group, later gave a report to refl ect on the past 15 years of the city’s larg-est press group and encouraged others to learn from the 41 role models selected.

Chen said that the mechanism of honoring the outstanding journalists, editors, commenta-tors and administrative staff

will continue to be carried out as a way that praises those who work hard and make outstanding contributions.

Li Xiaogan, head of the city’s publicity department, congratulated Shenzhen Press Group’s 15th anniversary. He acknowledged the press group’s irreplaceable role in recording and promoting the city as well as spreading positive energy to all residing in Shenzhen.

He also said that despite the gloomy feel of the press envi-ronment all around the country, Shenzhen Press Group has been making tremendous efforts to innovate and grow.

Gu Xiaojin, former editor-in-chief of the Shenzhen Daily and now a professor at Shenzhen University, analyzed the current situation of the press. “Most of the traditional newspapers will gradually wither away, but those who explore ways to inno-vate their means of spreading news that contain quality and in-depth content will survive,” said Gu.

Press group awards eminent staff