In order to effectively implement and strengthen the responsibility of mentors to build moral character, regulate the mentoring behavior of mentors, enhance the mentoring ability of mentors and improve the quality of postgraduate training, according to the Opinions of Nanjing University on Further Strengthening the Construction of Postgraduate Mentor Team in the New Era and the spirit of the 23rd Nanjing University Innovation and Nurturing Postgraduate Mentor Exchange Conference, the School of Management and Engineering held a training session for postgraduate mentors and a seminar on MEM talent cultivation in the afternoon of November 23, 2022 in Room 206 of Xiexin Building. In the afternoon of November 23, 2022, the School of Management and Engineering held a training session for postgraduate supervisors and a seminar on MEM talent cultivation in Room 206 of Xiexin Building. Chen Zhiyun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the College, Yu Honghai, Dean of the College, Chen Lili, Deputy Secretary of the College, Chen Chunlin, Vice Dean of the College, Chen Caihua, Vice Dean of the College and all teaching staff of the College attended the meeting, and Chen Lili presided over the meeting.
Before the meeting started, the newly introduced professional teachers and office staff of the college introduced themselves and said they would quickly integrate into the college family.
The meeting was divided into two sessions: a training session for postgraduate supervisors and a seminar on MEM talent cultivation.
At the beginning of the training session, Dean Yu Honghai conveyed the specific requirements for the construction of the postgraduate supervisory team in the new era put forward by Tan Tieniu, Secretary of the Party Committee of the university, at the 23rd Innovation and Nurturing of People postgraduate supervisory exchange meeting of the university, and led everyone to study the relevant contents of the report of the 20th National Congress on the cultivation of talents, and from He also explained the high line, bottom line and path of talent cultivation in the new era and new journey of the college. At the same time, he introduced the current situation of postgraduate cultivation in the College, analyzed the situation of problematic dissertations in the past two years, and put forward the responsibilities and requirements for supervisors from the perspective of the bottom line.
After that, Secretary Chen Zhiyun had an in-depth discussion on the theme of Teacher morality and teacher style construction - how to be a good teacher. Through the interpretation of traditional culture and modern society on the concept of teacher morality, he explained the important status of education, and put forward the requirements for the construction of the teaching team of the School of Management and Engineering itself in the light of the goal of four good teachers.
On the meeting, Secretary Chen Zhiyun awarded the appointment letters of moral tutors for postgraduates to five outstanding teachers, namely Li Min, Yang Xuewei, Luo Zhixing, Li Qian and Zhu Zhangqing, to encourage the postgraduate tutors to lead the postgraduates to grow and become successful with their personality and academic attainments.
Then Ms. Tao Lili, the secretary of postgraduate students, read out the quality management requirements of the dissertation of Nanjing University and the relevant policies of the university on behalf of Wu Xiaoman, the director of the degree office of the university.
The second part of the meeting was a seminar on the cultivation of MEM talents. At the beginning of the meeting, Professor Li Qian, Deputy Director of the Sub-committee on Degree Evaluation of the School, reported the research report and proposals on how to improve the quality of MEM dissertations. Li Qian distributed questionnaires to part-time MEM postgraduates in our college and researched the management of part-time MEM students' dissertations in other universities. Through comparing and analyzing the research data, he sorted out the main factors affecting the quality of students' dissertations and the improvement paths, and proposed solutions to the current problems reflected by students in dissertation writing and the low passing rate of defense.
Then Professor Ning Yan, Director of the MEM Center, made a special report on the theme of Gathering our strength and creating a first-class brand of MEM, putting forward the vision of MEM reform and development of our college and specific program ideas, focusing on the positioning and work responsibilities of the MEM Center, the pain and difficulties in the current MEM talent cultivation, etc. He made a detailed exchange with the audience.
Around the theme of MEM talent cultivation, a number of senior teachers, including Cheng Shuping, Xiao Binqing, Zhou Xianzhong, Liu Haifei, Xu Hongli and Shen Houcai, shared their thoughts and experiences as postgraduate supervisors, taking into account their own experiences.
At the end, Secretary Chen Zhiyun and Dean Yu Honghai summarized the seminar respectively. Secretary Chen Zhiyun mentioned that systematically improving the cultivation of MEM talents is a major event in the development of our college, and the problems encountered therein not only depend on the efforts of the management team of the MEM Centre, but also require the joint efforts of all industrial management staff. Dean Yu Honghai stressed that facing the future and national strategies, we should make the creation of a first-class college as our goal, which includes the creation of a first-class brand for MEM education, and every teacher in the college should further enhance the sense of mission, responsibility and crisis, and struggle for the common mission and cause of all industrial management people.
