英国诺丁汉大学校长给宁诺教职员工的一封信 A letter from the Vice-Chancellor of UoN

宁波诺丁汉大学

2024-09-27

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Dear colleagues,

I am writing this letter to all of my colleagues and friends at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China to express my continued sympathy and support for you at this difficult time. I hope that my letter finds you and your families well and in good spirits despite the current situation in China with the coronavirus.

While I know our UNNC Provost Professor Nick Miles and his team are doing everything they can to keep the campus safe by strict adherence to the guidance issued by the regional authorities, I can only imagine the concern that many of you will be feeling while observing the measures to restrict transmission off-campus and in your neighbourhoods.

I want you to know that your University stands with you, our colleagues - as well as our students and the people of China - and we will continue to support you throughout this time.

The decision to postpone further the opening of the Ningbo campus will, I fully appreciate, present practical challenges in delivering teaching off-campus through digital and other methods. Your colleagues and partners in the UK and Malaysia stand ready to support this in any way we can.

As much as our University is challenged by the global problem of coronavirus, I am struck that it is also home to some of the world’s leading virologists, epidemiologists and life scientists who may offer at least part of the solution

Our staff and students in the UK are fundraising to support the people of the city of Ningbo through donations via justgiving.com, and I know that our student societies in Ningbo are contributing financially and personally to support initiatives in the city.

If there is therefore a positive lesson to draw from this dreadful situation, it is this - whether we are in China, Malaysia or the UK, Nottingham is part of a global community and our colleagues are all working together in the interests of that community.

I do hope for the swiftest conclusion to these difficult circumstances. In the meantime, I wish you and your loved ones good health and all strength and good fortune.

With my very best wishes, Shearer

Professor Shearer West

Vice-Chancellor

University of Nottingham

英国诺丁汉大学校长

给宁诺教职员工的一封信

亲爱的同事们：

我谨致此函给宁波诺丁汉大学的全体同事和朋友，在这个困难时刻，表达我对你们的关切和支持，希望你们和家人一切安好。

我知道学校执行校长尼克﹒迈尔斯教授和他的团队正严格遵循地方政府的防疫指导，竭尽所能保卫校园的安全。我只能想象你们看到校外以及周边社区采取严格防疫措施时的忧虑。

我希望你们知道，你们的大学与你们——我们的同事们、我们的学生们以及中国人民——站在一起。我们会继续帮助你们度过这段时期。

我非常理解，再一次推迟开学时间会给远程教学工作带来很现实的挑战。为此，英国和马来西亚的同事和合作伙伴们，随时准备尽其所能来支持这项工作。

尽管我们大学面临全球冠状病毒问题的挑战，但我也认识到，诺丁汉大学拥有一批世界上最顶尖的病毒学家、流行病学家和生命科学家，他们也许能提供至少部分解决方案。