2019-2022 Mission, Goals, and Activities of
UArctic-HIT Training Centre

Mission

Our mission is to “Strengthen the understanding, friendship and collaborations of the students and faculty between the Arctic and non-Arctic universities by providing a unique and advanced platform for cooperative educational and research opportunities.”

Goals

1. To make UArctic-HIT-Training Centre a hub organization bridging UArctic and its members in China;

2. To broaden the voice and to expand knowledge of the UArctic in China.

3. To establish an Arctic-related education system for students in China; and

4. To carry out Arctic-related research by collaborating with Arctic universities.

Activities

To respond adequately to our mission and goals, UArctic-HIT-Training Centre will take following activities for the period 2019-2021:

1.To make UArctic-HIT Training Centre a hub organization bridging UArctic and its members in China

• The staff of the UArctic-HIT Training Centre will be trained to be familiar with the mission, goals, and values of the UArctic, and carry out their work under these mission, goals, and values;

• To build a strong network among UArctic members in China.

• To collect views and suggestions from UArctic members in China towards the UArctic and report them to the UArctic; and

• A meeting will be organized in HIT for the UArctic leadership members and the representatives, professors, and students of non-Arctic members to discuss common interests and values and future collaborations.

2.To broaden the voice and to expand knowledge of the UArctic in China

• To give presentations to the UArctic member institutes and UArctic members in China and on the UArctic mission, goals, and values, and encourage other Chinese institutions to join UArctic where relevant; and

• To build science popularization and education capability, and to publish cultural products on the Arctic to improve public knowledge and awareness towards Arctic.

3.To establish an Arctic-related education system for students in China.

• To provide training courses for the faculty of Arctic member institutions in China;

• To organize International Arctic Summer/Winter School every year to recruit students from both Arctic members and non-Arctic members of UArctic;

• A special financial support will be provided to Arctic indigenous students to attend the Summer/Winter School;

• To provide Arctic courses to students from UArctic member institutes, especially to Chinese UArctic member university students; and

• To merge the Arctic-related education system established under UArctic-HIT Training Centre with the UArctic north2north program.

 4.To carry out Arctic-related research by collaborating with Arctic universities

• To train students with basic research ability, measurement and analysis methods of old and emerging POPs, for example;

• To organize international polar academic workshop/forum/conference annually; and

• To encourage non-Arctic member institutes to participate the Thematic Network and carry out the joint projects.