Please scroll down for the English version - University of Nottingham Ningbo China recognised by European Union Chamber of Commerce in China for COVID-19 response
9月17日，宁波诺丁汉大学在中国欧盟商会举办的第四届“可持续商业大奖”中荣获“抗击新冠疫情奖”。这是今年该商会特别设立的奖项，旨在表彰企业和组织在应对新冠疫情中取得的突出成绩，及其在促进实现联合国可持续发展目标上起到的先锋作用。
在颁奖典礼上，宁波诺丁汉大学首席财务和规划官马天（Thomas Murphy）代表学校领奖并发表演讲。他说，新冠疫情暴发后，宁波诺丁汉大学始终坚持把学生和教职工的健康和安全放在首位，同时力保教学进度与质量不受影响。
“我们应对新冠疫情的重点在于，在做好疫情防控常态化、充分保障学生安全前提下，重新开放我们的校园，让我们的学生能够顺利完成学业，走向职场或进一步深造。”
—— 马天（Thomas Murphy)
据悉，1月中下旬宁波诺丁汉大学第一时间成立了新冠肺炎疫情防控工作小组，对校园实行封闭管理。学校仅在三周内就完成了对校园设备的数字化改造，并对教师进行了线上教学培训。从3月2日起学校开始进行线上教学，各部门联动使线上教学得以顺利推进。与此同时，学校与教职工和学生也保持了多种渠道的有效沟通，为他们的安全返校和校园重新开放做好充分的准备。
4月底，学校获得政府的许可，重新开放大学校园，成为中国唯一一所全面复学复课的中外合作大学。有将近75%的教职工克服重重困难回到学校。另有超过85%的学生自愿选择回到学校学习。学校始终遵循“无学术不利影响”原则，通过线上线下混合教学，确保没有学生因返校或未返校而在学业上处于不利地位。
在抓好自身防控和复学复课的同时，诺丁汉大学三校之间也保持着沟通与交流，定期分享疫情动态、校园防疫措施、线上线下教学经验等信息，相互支持。诺丁汉全球大家庭紧密合作，英国诺丁汉大学还和宁波市各医院互相捐赠防疫物资，举行视频会议分享抗疫经验，共同开展应对新冠肺炎病毒的药物研究和流行病学研究。
马天在演讲的最后表示，要打赢抗击新冠疫情这场战役，需要全球团结一致。“我相信，宁波诺丁汉大学之所以能够获得今天这项荣誉，正是因为我们在全球范围内进行了合作”，他说，“当我们齐心协力共同解决全球性危机，世界才会变得更美好。”
University of Nottingham Ningbo China recognised by European Union Chamber of Commerce in China for COVID-19 response
17 September: At the 2020 Sustainable Business Awards ceremony held in Shanghai on 17 September 2020, the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) received the COVID-19 Crisis Response Award presented by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
Having been assessed by eleven judges who were experts in sustainability, UNNC stood out for its overall strategic planning and pioneering role in maintaining academic standards along with the student experience in response to the pandemic.
Thomas Murphy, UNNC’s Chief Financial and Planning Officer received the award at the ceremony on behalf of the University. In his speech, Thomas said that it was the University’s firm decision to continue teaching and research in the turbulent times while doing everything possible to ensure the safety of students and staff as the highest priority.
He said, “A key element of our COVID-19 recovery strategy was to reopen our campus such that our students can complete their degrees and go out to the world of business or further study.”
UNNC initiated a series of measures to respond to the COVID-19 challenges. The working group which was established in January 2020 immediately initiated the University’s emergency response procedures and established a closed campus routine. In mid-February 2020, UNNC’s senior leaders agreed on a COVID-19 recovery strategy which involved initially moving to online teaching followed by face to face teaching as soon as agreement was obtained from the local authorities to do so.
On 2 March 2020, UNNC launched its teaching programme online which involved implementing a number of alternative software applications, upgrading the IT infrastructure and moving all of the teaching modules online.
Local authority approval to re-open the campus was received mid-April 2020 and the University opened its gates to students at the end of April such that in-person teaching could resume. UNNC became the first Sino-foreign University in China to resume face-to-face teaching with over 75% of the academic staff being in Ningbo prior to the border restrictions being implemented, along with 85% of students choosing to return. A blended format of online and offline teaching was adopted to ensure the consistent learning outcome of those who were unable to return.
The University of Nottingham has also undertaken COVID-19 related research through their partnerships in China, especially Ningbo. Research with Ningbo No 1 and No 2 hospitals on epidemiology and drugs related to COVID-19 have already been published, with a number of other research collaborations ongoing.
At the end of his speech, Thomas commented that it takes global solidary to win the war against the pandemic. “We only succeeded with our strategy because we collaborated on a global basis.” He said, “The world is a better place when we come together and fight against this global common problem.”
The 2020 Sustainable Business Awards Ceremony, organised by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, celebrates companies and organisations who put sustainable economic growth, environmental care and social welfare at the forefront of their values. The award categories follow United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in its China operations, including Advocate in Combating Poverty, COVID-19 Crisis Response, Navigating Diversity and Inclusion, Outstanding Environmental and Climate Performance, and Social Innovation Pioneer.
文字来源 | Chuchu Lou，黄清远, Lily Su
图片| European Chamber, 李灏楠
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