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28 Sep 2009 09:05:20
James Crabbe has been creating an impression in China this month as the University of Bedfordshire continues to develop its international links.
The trip of Professor Crabbe, Dean of the Faculty of CATS (Creative Arts, Technologies and Science), saw him involved in research seminars, forge links with a number of universities and generally act as an ambassador for the University of Bedfordshire.
Professor Crabbe said: “It’s really important to be seen in the East. I love China and its rich culture.
“We’ve got some really exciting future collaborations and some students from new links are already here at the University.”
He gave lectures at six different Chinese universities on the issues of ‘Computational Modelling: A Contemporary Tool for Chemical Engineering' and 'One Culture: Creativity and the Creative Industries for China’.
Professor Crabbe said: “Although the topic was mentioned, the lectures were very different to my more normal ones about coral reefs!
“To have creativity, you must have freedom. There were some wide ranging discussions which have never happened before.”
Professor Crabbe gave a talk on the importance of international relations in higher education at the 60th anniversary celebrations of Shenyang University of Technology.
This cemented the relationship between the two universities after the University of Bedfordshire’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Les Ebdon CBE, visited in March.
During his recent stay, Professor Crabbe spoke to the Minister of China Jingdezhen International, Mao He Hong, and also met with the Minister of Economy and Trade in Jingdezhen, Shu Ni, and had discussions with its Vice Mayor, Huang Kang Ming.
Professor Crabbe lectured to a packed theatre of students and staff at the Jingdezhen Creative Institute (Jingdezhen University) and was entertained in the home of the Vice President, Professor Chen Yuqian.
Another lecture saw him speak at the foremost university for media in China, the Communication University of China in Beijing.
He said: “We’re trying to develop links with this leading university and like after so many of my talks, there were a large number of searching questions from students and staff.”
After returning from his whistle-stop tour of China and Hong Kong, environmental campaigner Professor Crabbe was interviewed live on air by Nationwide Radio in Jamaica as a guest expert.
It was about an incident in Kingston where 300 tonnes of sulphuric acid spill had been accidentally spilled into the harbour.
Professor Crabbe is also among illustrious international company on the final signed statement from the Royal Society meeting in July on carbon dioxide emissions and coral reefs which will go to the Copenhagen meeting in December.
Sir David Attenborough and Ralph Armond, Director General of the Zoological Society of London, are two of the other 35 signatures on the statement of the coral reefs crisis working group meeting.
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