With Professor Gow’s vision and strategy for campus internationalisation, so far SBC has recruited 150 international students from over 40 countries and regions. He is committed to providing first-class English language learning environment for students at SBC with the British way of teaching and learning. Under the leadership of Professor Gow, the SBC team has made tremendous improvements in terms of the quality of teaching, the quality of students, campus facilities and graduate employment and postgraduate placement. Professor Gow was awarded the OBE in the New Year's Honours List (2007) for his services to British Higher Education in China. He was awarded the Camelia Award from the Municipal Government of Ningbo and the West Lake Award from the Province of Zhejiang for outstanding contribution to higher education. From 2003 to 2007, he was Provost and CEO of the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China – China's first independent foreign university campus under the 2003 legislation. He has been Vice President of four leading British universities including Universities of Sheffield and Nottingham. ![]() Professor Ian Gow OBE was appointed Principal of the Sino-British College, USST on 1st January 2009. This year, there are 50 award winners who are from 22 countries. The award is internationally recognised as recognition for outstanding contributions by foreign nationals to the economic and social development of Shanghai. Named after the city flower, the Magnolia Award was set up by the Shanghai Municipal Government in 1989 to recognise outstanding foreign nationals for their contribution to the international exchange and urban development of the city. Professor Ian Gow OBE, Principal and CEO of the Sin0-British College attended the ceremony as award winner together with his family, Professor Tian Weifeng, Vice President of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) and Professor Ma Xiaoting, Director of the USST International Office who both attended the special occasion on behalf of the University. The award was presented by Li Mingjun, Director-General of the Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office. ![]() On 4th September, the presentation ceremony for the 2014 “Magnolia Award” was held in Jing’an Shangri-La Hotel, with 40 award winners and senior officials from the Shanghai government in presence. This is great news that Professor Ian Gow OBE, Principal of SBC has won a top award – the “Magnolia Award” given by the Shanghai Municipality for his outstanding contribution to the internationalisation of higher education in Shanghai.
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