On the afternoon of 8 April 2021, the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Open University of China (OUC) offered a profession-development seminar to its teachers. Every teacher in the faculty participated.

In order to enhance the work of awarding degrees, ensure the quality of undergraduate instruction, and implement the strategy of "Creating Excellence and Improving Quality" of the Open University of China (OUC), the university held a training session on checking for plagiarism in bachelor-degree theses on 9 April 2021.

Recently, the “One College Student Per Village” programme implemented by the Open University of China (OUC) was awarded the 2020 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education.

PARIS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The "One College Student Per Village" program, implemented by the Open University of China, has won the 2020 edition of the UNESCO prize for the use of ICT in education, the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Tuesday.

The “One College Student Per Village” programme at the Open University of China (OUC) is one of the laureates of the 2020 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education. The innovative programme provides an example of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and associated technologies can create quality education opportunities for learners from remote areas and improve social and economic development in rural communities.  

On 6 April 2021, the UNESCO Paris Headquarters declared that the “One College Student Per Village” programme from the People’s Republic of China implemented by the Open University of China (OUC) will be awarded the 2020 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education (abbreviated as the UNESCO prize for the use of information and communication technologies in education).

On 6 April 2021, the UNESCO Paris Headquarters declared that the “One College Student Per Village” programme from the People’s Republic of China implemented by the Open University of China (OUC) will be awarded the 2020 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education (abbreviated as the UNESCO prize for the use of information and communication technologies in education).

On the evening of 4 April 2021, an interview with Professor Shi Leifen, a tutor with Lishui Radio and TV University (Lishui RTVU) in Zhejiang province, aired on the China Education Network Television (CENTV) programme "I am a Tutor". In this episode, Professor Shi shared her 29 years of experience as a tutor, and told the national audience about Lishui RTVU.