Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University appoints new Vice President for Academic Affairs

Professor Goodman has been active in university management since 1983, having established a faculty, four research centres, and a department; and having been vice president at University of Technology, Sydney, for five years. He also served on the Australian Research Council, and the Australian Government's Foreign Affairs Council; and been a quality auditor for the European Association of Universities, the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, and both the Australian Universities Quality Agency and the Australian Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency.

Professor Goodman has been active in university management since 1983, having established a faculty, four research centres, and a department; and having been vice president at University of Technology, Sydney, for five years. He also served on the Australian Research Council, and the Australian Government's Foreign Affairs Council; and been a quality auditor for the European Association of Universities, the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, and both the Australian Universities Quality Agency and the Australian Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency.

His research work has concentrated on Sichuan, Guizhou, Shanxi, Gansu and Qinghai provinces of China over four decades. He has edited the book series China in Transition for Routledge since 1995; and the series Handbooks of Research on Contemporary China for Edward Elgar since 2012.

Founded in 2006, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University is the largest international joint venture university in China, a partnership between Xi'an Jiaotong University and the University of Liverpool.

An independent, Sino-British joint venture, the University is based in Suzhou in China'sJiangsu province, a high-tech, high-growth corridor just 25 minutes from Shanghai.

XJTLU's vision is to become a research-led international university in China and a Chinese university recognised internationally for its unique features.

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