School News

On the afternoon of July 1, 2026, SFL held an all-faculty meeting. Members of the School’s Party and administrative leadership and all faculty and staff attended. The meeting was chaired by the head of the School’s Party Committee.

Associate Dean of Teaching Zhang Liyin summarized this semester’s teaching work and outlined key tasks for the next stage. She stressed that the School has consistently upheld the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, focused on the two main lines of College English curriculum reform and foreign language talent cultivation, and relied on coordinated faculty efforts to ensure steady and orderly teaching. With final exams approaching, the School will continue to strengthen routine teaching management, take the final exams and the acceptance review of the national first-class undergraduate program construction site as opportunities, pursue classroom practice and teaching research at higher standards, continuously improve talent cultivation quality, and steadily advance connotative program development.

Deputy Party Secretary Liu Jianbo reported on student daily management. He noted that the School has strengthened ideological guidance and oversight, deepened academic atmosphere building and daily ideological and political education, and used Party and Youth League activities to solidify ideological foundations. By opening up channels for further study and employment guidance, advancing the “one-stop” student community comprehensive management model, and building Second Classroom brand activities, the School has developed an all-staff, whole-process, all-round education framework. He particularly stressed the importance of employment work, urging early action and the launch of employment guidance and support for the 2027 graduating class. The School will also strengthen the student affairs team and enhance its capacity to respond to student emergencies and complex issues, firmly safeguarding campus stability and security.

Associate Dean of Research He Hua summarized and outlined research work. She said the School will focus on project applications, team building, and academic exchange, and will hold high-level academic lectures, special seminars, and Young Faculty Academic Salons on a regular basis to build diverse growth platforms, broaden academic horizons, strive for new breakthroughs in high-level research output, and effectively enhance the School’s academic reputation and core competitiveness.

Associate Dean of Administration Yang Ying comprehensively summarized key administrative work and outlined plans for the new semester. She stressed that the School will further improve standardized human resources management across the full chain, diversify talent recruitment channels, and continue to increase investment in attracting and cultivating high-level talent; hold retirement ceremonies for retired faculty with care and improve the support system for retired faculty and staff; coordinate the upgrading of teaching and research infrastructure such as computer rooms and radio stations; and conduct special policy briefings on issues of common concern such as professional title evaluation, so as to improve administrative efficiency, consolidate service support, and provide strong guarantees for the School’s long-term development.

Dean Cao Ruonan made overall plans for the School’s long-term development. She noted that in a critical period of transformation for foreign language disciplines, the School should concentrate advantageous resources to build distinctive research directions and enhance overall disciplinary strength. In faculty development, it should improve the full-chain mechanism of “attracting, cultivating, retaining, and utilizing” talent, implement tiered and categorized training plans, and especially build a fast track for young faculty to grow, creating a high-level faculty echelon with a sound structure and strong quality. In research and teaching, it should strengthen organized research and innovative teaching, plan national-level project applications in advance, invite authoritative experts for guidance, and use teaching competitions as a lever to promote classroom teaching reform. She called on all faculty and staff to build consensus on development, integrate personal growth into the School’s overall development, and jointly write a new chapter in high-quality development.

The head of the School’s Party Committee gave a concluding speech. He stressed that all faculty and staff should uphold political development as the guiding principle, fully implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, strictly safeguard ideological positions and campus safety, vigorously improve teacher ethics and conduct, continuously refine the internal governance system, and tighten and consolidate work responsibilities, so as to lead the School’s high-quality development with high-quality Party building.