Universities serve as the lighthouse of human civilization, inherit knowledge and culture, as well as educate young talents. As we reflect on the tremendous changes to the university and the profound challenges that universities face in the 21st century - such as global warming and health emergencies - Tsinghua's Global Forum of University Presidents 2021 (GFUP 2021) will bring together leaders of more than 110 universities; explore emerging aspirations for global higher education; and support greater levels of collaboration. As the centerpiece event of Tsinghua University's 110th anniversary, GFUP 2021 - themed Innovate for the Future: Vision and New Mission of Universities - offers an unprecedented opportunity to come together in unity and explore pathways for universities around the world to rise to their highest potential.
GFUP 2021 will convene online and offline from the 19th to 24th of April 2021. Sessions designed to explore themes such as University as a Cultural Space: Looking Back into the Future (19th April); Global Carbon Neutrality: Universities Responsibility and Action (21st April); Rethinking the Future and New Mission of Online Education (22nd April); and Global Leadership of Universities (23rd April), will culminate in the Plenary Session and the release of Tsinghua Consensus 2021 on 24th April, to encapsulate the outcomes from the Forum and guide the vision and new mission of universities.
University as a Cultural Space: Looking Back into the Future
19 April 2021, 19:00-21:00（Beijing Time）
Tsinghua University
Academic Chair
Prof. SHI Jinghuan, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University
Director of the Research Center for the Assessment of College and Student, Tsinghua University; Deputy Chair of the University Degree Committee; Deputy Director of the Online Education Research Center of Ministry of Education.
Abstract
The university is an exploratorium. It generates not only specialized knowledge about the world but also general intelligence to enlighten holistic human development. To do so,the university creates, connects, and commemorates cultures in a synthesis of past, present, and future.The university is also a theatre. It not only shapes and shares our identities as cultures in academic disciplines, professions,and nationalities, but also transforms them into new possibilities.
And the university is a forum. When viewing art in a gallery or a performance on the stage, an essential part of the experience is what viewers bring with them: their own experiences and expectations as the context in which they are viewing.
When we gather to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Tsinghua University, we are also celebrating the founding of all universities and anticipating their future success as cultural spaces that create connectivity and commemorate our collective history.
University as a Cultural Space: Looking Back into the Future
19 April 2021, 19:00-21:00（Beijing Time）
Tsinghua University
Academic Chair
Prof. SHI Jinghuan, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University
Director of the Research Center for the Assessment of College and Student, Tsinghua University; Deputy Chair of the University Degree Committee; Deputy Director of the Online Education Research Center of Ministry of Education.
Abstract
The university is an exploratorium. It generates not only specialized knowledge about the world but also general intelligence to enlighten holistic human development. To do so,the university creates, connects, and commemorates cultures in a synthesis of past, present, and future.The university is also a theatre. It not only shapes and shares our identities as cultures in academic disciplines, professions,and nationalities, but also transforms them into new possibilities.
And the university is a forum. When viewing art in a gallery or a performance on the stage, an essential part of the experience is what viewers bring with them: their own experiences and expectations as the context in which they are viewing.
When we gather to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Tsinghua University, we are also celebrating the founding of all universities and anticipating their future success as cultural spaces that create connectivity and commemorate our collective history.
University as a Cultural Space: Looking Back into the Future
19 April 2021, 19:00-21:00（Beijing Time）
Tsinghua University
Academic Chair
Prof. SHI Jinghuan, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University
Director of the Research Center for the Assessment of College and Student, Tsinghua University; Deputy Chair of the University Degree Committee; Deputy Director of the Online Education Research Center of Ministry of Education.
Abstract
The university is an exploratorium. It generates not only specialized knowledge about the world but also general intelligence to enlighten holistic human development. To do so,the university creates, connects, and commemorates cultures in a synthesis of past, present, and future.The university is also a theatre. It not only shapes and shares our identities as cultures in academic disciplines, professions,and nationalities, but also transforms them into new possibilities.
And the university is a forum. When viewing art in a gallery or a performance on the stage, an essential part of the experience is what viewers bring with them: their own experiences and expectations as the context in which they are viewing.
When we gather to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Tsinghua University, we are also celebrating the founding of all universities and anticipating their future success as cultural spaces that create connectivity and commemorate our collective history.
University as a Cultural Space: Looking Back into the Future
19 April 2021, 19:00-21:00（Beijing Time）
Tsinghua University
Academic Chair
Prof. SHI Jinghuan, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University
Director of the Research Center for the Assessment of College and Student, Tsinghua University; Deputy Chair of the University Degree Committee; Deputy Director of the Online Education Research Center of Ministry of Education.
Abstract
The university is an exploratorium. It generates not only specialized knowledge about the world but also general intelligence to enlighten holistic human development. To do so,the university creates, connects, and commemorates cultures in a synthesis of past, present, and future.The university is also a theatre. It not only shapes and shares our identities as cultures in academic disciplines, professions,and nationalities, but also transforms them into new possibilities.
And the university is a forum. When viewing art in a gallery or a performance on the stage, an essential part of the experience is what viewers bring with them: their own experiences and expectations as the context in which they are viewing.
When we gather to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Tsinghua University, we are also celebrating the founding of all universities and anticipating their future success as cultural spaces that create connectivity and commemorate our collective history.
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