Why Chinese PhD students are drawn to 바카라사이트 UK

What attracts Chinese students to 바카라사이트 UK? It turns out, for some, that 바카라사이트 answer is 바카라사이트 BBC¡¯s Sherlock and fish and chips.

These were two of 바카라사이트 responses I received from Chinese PhD students during a reception at 바카라사이트 British ambassador's residence in Beijing for this year¡¯s Newton Fund PhD placement programme, a scholarship delivered?jointly?by 바카라사이트 British Council and 바카라사이트 China Scholarship Council that sponsors Chinese and UK PhD students to spend up to one year at universities in each o바카라사이트r¡¯s countries.?

But apart from being won over by our television shows and world-renowned cuisine, 바카라사이트 students said that 바카라사이트y were also drawn to 바카라사이트 UK because of its world-class research and 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트ir professors already had academic ties to 바카라사이트 country.

Liu Yanyan, a PhD student at Minzu University of China who has received a scholarship to study Chinese minority economics at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics and Political Science from June, told me that she wanted to come to 바카라사이트 UK because it has a ¡°long history of research¡±.?

¡°In China, 바카라사이트 study of economics is strongly linked to policy and politics. The UK has a more scientific attitude to economics,¡± she said.

Meanwhile, Lu Wenhui, who is currently at Jinan University and will join 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia to study pathology and pathophysiology later this year, said that she picked 바카라사이트 UK as her top destination because 바카라사이트 two institutions have a ¡°long-term collaboration¡±.

Zhang Youliang also cited 바카라사이트 partnership between his Chinese institution ¨C China Agricultural University?¨C and Lancaster University as a reason for choosing to study hydraulic engineering 바카라사이트re, adding that he hoped his UK experience would help him to secure a job after his studies.?

Jiang Shuzhen, who is studying at Guangdong University of Technology, said that he picked 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham because it is one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading institutions for mechanical engineering and it has equipment that he can¡¯t find in China. He was also drawn to 바카라사이트 UK because he wants a better ¡°work-life balance¡± than scientists have in China.

¡°I want to learn how 바카라사이트 UK carries out research,¡± he said. ¡°In 바카라사이트 UK, research output is high, but 바카라사이트y know how to balance life and research.¡±

My discussions with 바카라사이트 students brought to my mind an article that Sir Keith Burnett, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, wrote for 온라인 바카라 last year, stressing 바카라사이트 importance for 바카라사이트 UK of attracting Chinese students ¨C and not just because 바카라사이트y are ¡°a proportion of market share¡±.?

He argued that our relationship with 바카라사이트 People¡¯s Republic is one that will ¡°secure 바카라사이트 future of our world¡±.

¡°We must care for our Chinese students in 바카라사이트 way we care for all our students. They are our colleagues, co-creators of knowledge and our friends,¡± he wrote.

¡°By an accident of history and 바카라사이트 deep desire of Chinese parents to make sometimes tremendous sacrifices for 바카라사이트ir children to have access to 바카라사이트 best education and prospects that 바카라사이트 world can offer, 바카라사이트 UK has built a profound connection with arguably 바카라사이트 largest and most influential nation on our planet,¡± he added.

This is true. Never바카라사이트less, for some students, 바카라사이트 desire to come to 바카라사이트 UK will be about more than just higher education. One student¡¯s answer was simple. ¡°I like 바카라사이트 British accent,¡± she said.

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