Opening Education, Deep Connection: Aberdeen Institute Attends the 27th CACIE in Beijing
From October 29 to 31, the Aberdeen Institute attended the 27th China Annual Conference for International Education (CACIE 2026) at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. Hosted by the China Education Association for International Exchange under the theme “Opening Education, Deep Connection,” the conference gathered more than 6,000 educators from over 70 countries and regions to discuss the integrated development of education, science and talent, international research cooperation, global student mobility, and technology-enabled education.
Dean Zeng Biqing, UoA Vice Dean Aladdin Ayesh, Vice Deans Chai Shaoming and Chen Huan, and staff representatives participated in the plenary and parallel sessions, learning about new trends in higher education international cooperation and exploring opportunities for Sino-foreign cooperative education.
On October 30, UoA Vice Dean Ayesh spoke at the sub-forum “Global Vision, Deep Connection, Shaping the Future: International Seminar on Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education and Policy Briefing,” joining representatives from Southeast University-Monash University International College (Suzhou), Communication University of China, and the University of Stirling in a deans’ dialogue on graduate-level cooperative education. He shared three lessons: deepening partnership through open Sino-British collaboration; ensuring resources, including international faculty and facilities, with the Institute moving into the new engineering building at SCNU’s Foshan campus in 2025; and strengthening research cooperation through early research training, dual-supervisor arrangements and joint laboratories. He noted that in November 2025 the Ministry of Education approved the Institute’s master’s and doctoral programs, completing its integrated bachelor’s-master’s-doctoral talent cultivation system. The Institute will continue working with the University of Aberdeen in AI and data science.
