Shanda responded to the student partner project: there is no malicious misinterpretation of one male and three female doubt
Original title: the 'study partner' project of foreign students in Shandong University provoked controversy. Teachers and students of the school: for friendly exchanges
A foreign student with three heterosexual partners? The 'buddy' program for Chinese and foreign students at Shandong University has sparked controversy.
There are doubts and claims that the 'student partner' project of Shandong University in 2018 was upgraded to one international student with three on campus students, and the participating students in the school are mainly girls.
On July 11, the staff of the Publicity Department of the Party committee of Shandong university replied to the surging news that they were studying the matter.
A teacher from the Graduate Department of Shandong University told surging news on the afternoon of the 11th that the 'student partner' program was initially implemented in 2016. After its implementation, it was generally welcomed by students, 'registration is positive and student feedback is better'.
For the query of network public opinion, the teacher said it was a malicious misinterpretation.
Controversial 'partner' project
The 'student partner' project of Shandong University sparked controversy after it was exposed by microblog users on July 6.
According to the blog, an international student of Shandong University is equipped with three partners. From one-to-one pairing in 2017, it is reformed to three health partners for each international student in 2018, forming a three person partner group, and the selected partners are listed in the enrollment partner pool.
The problem of heterosexual partners is not avoided in the student partner registration form and student partner management regulations. In the application form, special emphasis is also placed on the gender of your partner, and 'making foreign friends of the opposite sex' is listed as one of the options. It is indicated in red letters in the header: 'please fill in as detailed and serious as possible, so as to match your favorite partner'.
Some netizens commented on their microblog, "I really don't understand. What's your intention to introduce young girls who are not familiar with personnel and may not even have been in love to foreign male students as school partners?"
Shanda responded to the student partner project: there is no malicious misinterpretation of one male and three female doubt
Surging news noted that an online document "Shandong University's instructions on holding 'partner' activities for Chinese and foreign students" said that it was legal and legitimate for Shandong University to hold 'partner' activities for Chinese and foreign students. Chinese and foreign students' partner 'activity is an activity held to promote the learning of Chinese and foreign students. Chinese and foreign students are partners with each other. They all sign up freely, not to find partners for international students alone.
On the morning of July 11, surging news asked the International Affairs Department of Shandong University for confirmation of this document. A staff member of the international affairs department told surging news that the school had noticed the relevant public opinion, and the specific situation should be contacted with the publicity department.
The "student partner" program was implemented in 2016
According to the surging news query, the "study partner" plan for foreign students of Shandong University was implemented in the first batch in 2016.
In October 2016, the International Affairs Department of Shandong University published the Interim Provisions on the management of Shandong University's' student partner program '(hereinafter referred to as the provisions). The provisions indicate that the' student partner program 'is an activity to increase the understanding and exchange between Chinese students and foreign students and promote the internationalization of Shandong university students.
According to the requirements of the regulations, the groups participating in the 'student partner program' are officially registered students of the whole university, and undergraduate, master's and doctoral students can participate. Students who participate in the 'partner program' are valid for up to one year. After the expiration of the validity period, they can submit a written application to continue to participate.
In addition, the regulations indicate that if you go out with your partner, you must report to the relevant person in charge for consent. For outdoor activities for more than one day, an application must be submitted in writing and can be implemented only after approval.
On October 29, 2016, the official website of the graduate Association of Shandong University publicly released a notice on recruiting 'study partners' of foreign students. The notice showed that the students of study partners must have' a high level of English or Japanese, Korean, Russian and other foreign languages'.
Surging news saw on an application form for exchange students' partners' of Shandong University downloaded from its official website that in addition to filling in basic information such as name, gender and nationality, students who sign up need to fill in dietary taboos, interests and specialties. Students with partners can freely fill in 'gender of hope partners'.
Since the publication of the notice on recruiting 'students' partners', surging news found on the official website of Shandong University that Qilu Hospital College of Shandong University published the first batch of matching results of' Colleges' and the notice of the first meeting of 'students' activities on the official website on December 1, 2016. The official website announced that the activity accepted a total of 360 application information from 28 colleges of Shandong University. Among the 122 foreign students and 238 Chinese students, 122 pairs of friendly 'Student Partners' were successfully selected.
Shanda responded to the student partner project: there is no malicious misinterpretation of one male and three female doubt
According to the notice on publishing the group results of 'partners' in 2018 and the first meeting party of' partners' activity published on the official website of Qilu Medical College, as of November 15, 2018, the activity had received a total of 270 registration information. Among the registered foreign students and Chinese students, 141 Chinese students and 47 foreign students have been successfully selected to form 47 friendly 'partner' groups.
Teachers and students of Shandong University talk about 'study partners': the overall evaluation is good and friendly exchanges are enhanced
In response to the query, he once served as the person in charge of the "student partner" recruitment plan of Shandong University in 2016. On July 11, he told surging news that netizens of the "one-to-one" and "one-to-three" departments maliciously misinterpreted it. He introduced that at the beginning of the establishment of the "student partner" program of Shandong University, the purpose was to promote exchanges between Chinese and foreign students. Students signed up voluntarily and "there is no ratio between one international student and three girls".
He said that after the implementation of the 'student partner' program, it was welcomed by the students. 'the registration was positive and the students' feedback was better.'
For netizens' pimping 'and other insulting words, he said that he has also received feedback from alumni in recent days. On the afternoon of July 11, he contacted the international affairs department to inquire about the progress of the matter. He learned from the international affairs department that the school is discussing the matter and will give a reasonable explanation.
On the same day, a staff member of the Publicity Department of the Party committee of Shandong university replied to the surging news that he was studying the matter.
Xiao Yuan (a pseudonym), a student of the school of management of Shandong University who participated in the 2017 'partner' program, said that the 'partner' program is mainly aimed at students in the central campus and several nearby campuses. The participating students are distributed in all colleges, and the proportion of men and women is relatively normal. The situation of online transmission is not true.
She said that the 'partner' program included a party. She participated in the 2017 school partner party. According to her description, there were many students participating in the party that night. Everyone came from all over the world. The atmosphere was very good. That night, she met little partners from France, Pakistan, South Korea and other countries.
After getting to know each other at the party, partners can continue to keep in touch.
Usually, Chinese students will take their partners to form a team. Most of the activities are to visit the famous scenic spots in Jinan, or make an appointment for dinner, drink coffee, play werewolf killing around the school.
Xiaoyuan said that more partners still maintain online communication to help foreign students answer questions in campus life, 'after all, we have different cultural backgrounds, and the probability of becoming transnational good friends right away is still very low.'
A 2016 male student from Shandong University said that the study partner is a normal learning exchange program, which has been run for several years.
For the change of network questioning from 'one-to-one' to 'one-to-three', the boy explained that the proportion of male and female students in Shanda was a little more than female students, while male students were generally more than male students. In addition, female students were generally more active than male students in participating in campus activities, so there was the situation of "three partners and one" in the disclosure.
The boy said that the 'student partner plan' will require students to do tasks together, such as reading books and watching movies together.