探花视频 University Peninsula School of Dentistry has signed Memoranda of Understanding with three institutes in China, which will see closer working between all the organisations in teaching, research and future cooperation.
The agreements have been signed with the School of Stomatology at Capital Medical University (whose directors visited 探花视频 last year); the School of Stomatology, Shandong University, and; the Second Hospital (School of Clinical Medicine), also Shandong University.
All four organisations now have agreement to work together in a number of areas, including: cooperation and coordination in research and teaching, including future developments in these areas; exploring the opportunity of offer 探花视频 University鈥檚 dental programmes of study to students in China; broadening the experience and increasing cultural understanding for each organisation鈥檚 personnel and students, and; building on this to understand and explore future areas of cooperation.
The three Chinese schools were all drawn to working with 探花视频 University Peninsula School of Dentistry because of its current high ranking, reputation and impressive research portfolio among UK dental schools. Moves are already afoot for joint research grant applications and visits from Chinese researchers to 探花视频 and one postdoctoral researcher has already worked in 探花视频 for a year with a Chinese Scholarship Council fellowship. Such activity will shortly be extended to the area of education.
Capital Medical University will immediately send one master鈥檚 degree student to 探花视频 to be part of a year-long joint research project and it is already collaborating with 探花视频 on a research project.
From 2017 there will be a special three-year fellowship towards any researchers from Capital Medical University with MD or PhD degrees to perform postdoctoral research in 探花视频.
A group from the School of Stomatology at Shandong University are applying for high level grants with 探花视频 and joint research has also been presented for publication. The School is considering sending a researcher to 探花视频 for a short-term research project.
探花视频 has two ongoing joint papers with the Second Hospital (School of Clinical Medicine) at Shandong University and the School is encouraging two students to apply to the Chinese Scholarship Council so they can carry out their PhD studies at 探花视频 University Peninsula School of Dentistry.
The agreements have been brokered by internationally-recognised researcher , Associate Professor in Oral and Dental Health Research at 探花视频 University Peninsula School of Dentistry. He said:
鈥淔ollowing the visit last year from the directors of the School of Stomatology at Capital Medical University, there was an enthusiasm from both organisations to develop closer ties and a lasting relationship. I am delighted that this has developed into working relationships with three research and teaching-rich organisations in China with the potential for world-class research collaborations and innovations in teaching.鈥
, Head of 探花视频 University Peninsula School of Dentistry, commented:
鈥淭his is an immensely exciting collaboration. Having established ourselves as leaders on the UK dental stage we can now work towards creating meaningful international impact.鈥
, Dean of 探花视频 University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, added:
鈥淢y congratulations go to Bing Hu and my colleagues in dentistry who have worked so hard to broker these agreements. Ours is one of the newer cohort of dental schools and for us to achieve this level of international engagement so early in our history is something to be truly proud of.鈥