As location is not an easy factor to be neglected in pursuing higher education, colleges and universities in the same city tend to be taken as of equal status by a great many people making hasty decisions. Some reasons are easy to perceive. Universities in the same city breathe the same air and drink the…>
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Making The Most Of Your Time Off In China
Glacial mountain ranges, arid deserts, tropical forests or blooming metropolises – no matter how stressful or challenging the lifestyle in China can become there is normally a remedy close at hand for those willing to seek it. Making the most of your time off in China is a valuable skill, and one that you will…>
Professor of Mathematics at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, China
Professor Zuoqin Wang, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China Professor Zuoqin Wang is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, China. Originally educated at this university, Zuoqin returned to China and USTC in 2013. He was recruited via the Chinese government’s…>
How To Encourage Cultural Exchanges With China
It’s easy to get lost in the world of be-suited masters practising Tai Chi in the local park, or the souvenir calligraphy that so many people return home with each year from China, but the opportunity to bring your own cultural treasures to the far east can be a different matter. Cultural exchanges are key…>
Top Tips for Relocating to China
Relocation to China, especially to somewhere that is not a large, diverse metropolitan area, implies a major overhaul in terms of lifestyle, habits and mental frameworks. It is best to see it as an opportunity for professional and personal growth, and it is potentially a very exciting and interesting experience from many different points of…>
Top Tips for Starting a New Teaching Job in China
Starting academic work in China entails becoming aware that you will enter a completely new environment, no matter how experienced a teacher and scholar you might be. Communication and organization might be difficult at first, both for the obvious reason of the language barrier (unless you happen to be fluent in Chinese beforehand) and for…>
Choosing Venues of Conference Events in China
The world is getting smaller, as the saying goes. It is also getter larger, when one moves one’s eyes across the globe and realises that vast countries like China are capable of holding more and more world-class events. Compared to those uniformly high-standard and tightly-controlled events organised in the developed countries, China offers much more…>
How To Make Sense Of Labour Market Information
Labour Market Information/Intelligence (LMI) are terms that can sound a little dry. You might think that they involve detailed data around employment rates, salaries and industry demand. Which of course they do. But it’s also a lot more. If you’re wondering how to use LMI in your job search and/or career planning, then read on!…>
Visiting Scholar at College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Hazem Abdelnabby is Associate Professor of Benha University, Egypt. He awarded his PhD in life sciences from The Technical University-Braunschweig, Germany in 2006 and worked in the USDA-Nematology Lab, Beltsville, USA during 2008. He has a patent and more than 10 publications in SCI international journals. He has almost 20 years of experience in academic…>
Is A Research Job In China For Me?
China can be at first challenging for the non-native. It is not only that one might be moving to an unfamiliar environment, with a new language, new food and a new job, but perhaps more so that there is a unique approach to doing business, making friends and addressing problems in mainland China. To thrive…>