????該諒解備忘錄在上海于目前正在中國(guó)訪問(wèn)的倫敦金融城榮譽(yù)市長(zhǎng)Alderman Michael Bear見(jiàn)證之下簽署,他表示:“倫敦的教育質(zhì)量始終名列前茅。因此,我很自豪地看到卓越的教育品質(zhì)能夠傳輸?shù)街袊?guó)——這掀開(kāi)了兩個(gè)城市教育合作的歷史新篇章”。
????East and West financial centres Unite for Historic New Global Business and Finance Education
????( 2011-04-12 Shanghai / ) A leading ChineseUniversity has today signed a historicMOU to partner with the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF)to study the possibility of establishing new centre of educational excellence in Shanghai - one of the world’s fastest developing business hubs.
????Shanghai University has chosen LSBF as its preferred global partner to share and combine LSBF’s postgraduate executive development and professional examination programs and best teaching practises of ShanghaiUniversity’s MBA education for the optimum learning experience.
????The new institute, to be called the Shanghai London School of Business and Finance is structured as the education excellence centre for executive development programs and further discussion on its possible inauguration plan will be made from representatives of two schools in the coming May. A further school will also be opened in Londonby LSBF under the same name in February 2012 for delivering world-class MBA education from ShanghaiUniversity to the European and global markets.
????The agreement, witnessed by the Lord Mayor of London on a trade visit to Shanghai, means thatthe two new centres of excellence willprovide a platform to share and develop greater understanding and collaboration betweenthe two cities, and ultimately the development of the next generation of corporate and financial professionals.
????In line with Shanghai’s ambitions to be recognised as an international financial and shipping centre by 2020, LSBF’s founder and CEO, Aaron Etingen, said of the new joint venture, “We are delighted to be working with Shanghai University and are confident LSBF’s innovative approach to academic learning will help mould Shanghai’s future leaders and aid them in facing the challenges of tomorrow.”
????Dr SteveLetza, LSBF’s Global Academic Director said “LSBF is well aware of the growing need for industry relevant, quality education providers in the emerging markets, such as China, Singapore and India. With our ethos of making education accessible to all, we have embarked on programme of opening campuses in strategic parts of the world.” “Shanghai, with its rapidly developing economic business sector and need for well-educated professionals to help its continued expansion, was the perfect location” he added.
????Professor Zhiming Ye, VP of Shanghai University said “in China, we aim to leverage the successful experience of LSBF for non-degree executive development and professional examination programs for building global business and finance talents to serve Shanghai future development. In London, we would like to have LSBF’s support to combine our world-class MBA education with LSBF resources for the European and global markets”.
????The MOU was signed in Shanghai and witnessed byRt Hon Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Michael Bear, who is touring the region currently, “The quality of education offered in Londonis second to none. Therefore I am very proud to see that quality and excellence in learning being brought to China – a first in our respective histories,” he said.
????“Helping to forge relationships in both cities, we hope the unique partnership of this educational first will bring benefits to both city’s economies and best practises.” Bear concluded.
????The MOU marks the beginning of a formal partnership between ShanghaiUniversity and LSBF and was signed by Roland Ng, and the VP of Shanghai University, Professor Zhiming Ye.
????The Shanghai MBA was ranked as the ‘most influential’ MBA in China by China Daily in 2007 and in 2009 enjoyed the highest team overall evaluation mark by the China MBA Supervisory Committee for the fifth and sixth batches of MBA programs in China. LSBF have recently enjoyed international success with their innovative Global MBA – the first ever online MBA to be taught exclusively through Facebook.
????About LSBF and ShanghaiUniversity :
????1. LSBF and ShanghaiUniversity have agreed to develop a unique collaboration in agreeing to develop and launch a new Shanghai–LSBF Institute in both Shanghai and in London. This builds upon the close relationship between the two institutions and flows from the City of London profile at the Expo-2010 inShanghai. 2. The initial focus of the Centre will be to serve the future of Shanghai and its global talents needs by offering appropriate Shanghai and LSBF programmes in both cities, with the option to elect to complete and transfer studies and completion between the two centres and the two cities. 3. The programmes on offer will include the ShanghaiUniversity’s Global Local MBA in London, and professional accountancy and finance executive development programmes in ShanghaifromLSBF. 4. The distinctive philosophy reflects the vision of the University of Shanghai to “Think Globally, Act Locally”. LSBF enjoys a stated mission to develop students to become global leaders. It is this common commitment to provide a local access to global thinking that is to be presented in a Centre that permits the East to meet the West in leadership thinking and philosophy. This is particularly important in the financial centres and through the training and challenging of those who must be responsible for behaviour in those markets – a distinctive contribution of this joint-initiative。 5. The Shanghai MBA is one of a small number in China that is delivered entirely in English. The MBA was ranked as the ‘most influential’ MBA in China (China Daily, 2007) and enjoyed the highest team overall evaluation mark by the China MBA Supervisory Committee (2009) amongst the fifth and sixth batches of MBA programs in China. 6. LSBF has been voted the College of the Year by PQ Accountancy; lecturer of the Year; and enjoys Highly Trusted Status from UK Border Agency. A rapidly evolving school, LSBF is focussed on delivering courses for the ever changing financial and business landscape through traditional, online and social media platforms. 7. This is an exciting venture which will bring to London an education provision from one of the largest and leading universities in China. It will provide a platform to share and develop greater understanding and collaboration between these important cities in the development of the next generation of corporate leaders and finance professionals.
????Contact:
????For UK media enquiries please contact Gemmaine Walsh, LSBF Head of News gwalsh@lsbf.org.uk or call 0203 005 6022 For out of hours media enquiries please call gwalsh@lsbf.org.uk or call 0203 005 6022 For China media enquiries please contact Venus Cheung, LSBF Shanghai Marketing Director vcheung@lsbf.org.uk or call +852 2159 9635