Delegates from Western Sydney University
On 3 September, Hélène Jacquet, Vice-President: Strategy and Development at the University of Bordeaux in France, led a delegation consisting of colleagues Charlotte Cosin, Innovation and Business Relations Officer – Digital & Artificial Intelligence, and Olivier Ly, Director: RHOBAN (Humanoid and Autonomous Robotics), as well as Mathieu Bécue, attaché for innovation at the French Embassy to South Africa. The group was in South Africa to attend the Artificial Intelligence Africa Expo as well as the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) congress. Their visit to SU was aimed at capitalising on existing collaborations between the universities of Bordeaux and Stellenbosch, and negotiating deeper bilateral relations. The delegation met with Prof Benoit Divol from the Department of Viticulture and Oenology, and with Prof Wim Delva, the acting director of the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking.
Other visits during the third term included the following:
14 June
Mao Tongwen, Director: Southern Base, Confucius Institute Headquarters, accompanied by Lai Siwei, Programme Coordinator: Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, Xiamen University, China
16 July
Zhongyun Li, President: Wuhan College, China, accompanied by colleague Jiangbin Lu, Dean: School of International Exchange and Education.
17 July
Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost & President: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
23 July
Prof Barney Glover, Vice-Chancellor & President: Western Sydney University, Australia, accompanied by colleagues Prof Linda Taylor, Pro Vice-Chancellor: International; Prof Jonathon Allen, Head: The Academy, and Beate Wildner, Programme Officer: The Academy
24 July
Prof Alan (Zig) St Clair Gibson, Deputy Dean: Research, Faculty of Science & Health, University of Essex, United Kingdom, accompanied by colleagues Prof Thoko Kaime, Deputy Dean: Postgraduate Research Training; Dr Catherin Kerr, Department of Sport, Rehabilitation & Exercise Science (SRES); Chris McManus, SRES; Tracy Lewis, SRES; Christina Pinto, Research & Enterprise Office, and Ivan Hutchins, Head: International Business Development
29 July
Dr Yang Hio, Deputy Director: Centre for African Studies, Yunnan University, China, accompanied by Prof Li Jumei, Assistant Research Fellow & Deputy Director: Cultural Development Institute; Prof Su Junjie, faculty member at the Cultural Development Institute; Prof Cao Rongguang, Chair: Foreign Trade Department, School of Economics; Prof Yao Shujie, School of Economics, and Ms Zhu Jiao, faculty member at the Centre for African Studies
1 August
Ana Ligia Leitee Aguiar, Maria Anoriade Jesus Oliveira and Osmar Moreirados Santos from the Federal University of Bahia and State University of Bahia, Brazil
20 August
Dagmar Freitag and Ulla Schmidt, German Federal Parliament
26 August
Dr Ursula Hans, Deputy Head: International Department, Humboldt University, Germany
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