On September 28, the 2026 Joint Management Committee (JMC) Meeting of Swinburne College was held in a hybrid format, combining on-site attendance and online participation. Zhu Jingyi, Member of the Standing Committee of the University Party Committee and Vice President of SDUST; Dr. Jason McGovern, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) of Swinburne University of Technology; and Professor Keith Sharp from the Australian Institute for Future Education delivered addresses respectively. Liu Guodong, Deputy Party Secretary and Director of Jinan Campus, presided over the meeting. All members of the JMC of Swinburne College and relevant personnel attended the meeting.
The meeting reviewed and confirmed the minutes and task implementation progress of the previous year’s meeting, examined the revised list of JMC members for the 2026–2027 academic year, confirmed the composition of the new committee, and further improved the governance framework for the Sino‑foreign cooperative education institution.
Wu Junqing, Dean of Swinburne College, presented a special report on college operations. He gave a comprehensive update on academic and teaching arrangements, internal administration, outcomes of student cultivation, admission and enrolment, and student brand activities. He focused on the progress of rectification work following the Ministry of Education evaluation and preparations for the joint postgraduate programme recruitment, and outlined the college’s priorities for the next phase of development.
Nima Cucchiara, Head of Transnational Education Partnerships at Swinburne University of Technology, reported on progress from the Australian side. She briefed the committee on foreign teachers’ delivery of courses in China, overseas study and living experiences of programme students, and supporting measures provided by the Australian university. She spoke positively about the overall performance of the college’s students during their overseas study period.
Participants held thorough consultations on multi-level cooperation between the two universities in the future. They exchanged views on expanding areas of collaboration, optimising the talent training pipeline, improving teaching quality assurance mechanisms and strengthening whole-process support for students, reaching consensus on multiple fronts.
In the closing remarks, all parties fully recognised the achievements of Swinburne College since its establishment. They pledged to continue investing high-quality resources, jointly implement the resolutions adopted at this meeting, steadily enhance the quality of Sino‑foreign cooperative education, and promote standardised and sustainable long-term cooperation between the two universities.
(Contributed by the International Exchange Office; Photographer: Chen Fangzhou)
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