To Explore The Training Mode Of "New Engineering" Textile Talents, Soochow University Set Up Purple Academy.

In November 15th, the purple College of Soochow University was officially unveiled. The move is to inherit and carry forward the Centennial heritage of Su Da textile discipline, layout the "new engineering" construction for the future, focus on the comprehensive reform of "three all-round education", and actively explore the practice of a new talent training mode of academy system, and accelerate the construction of "double first class".


Zi Qing academy is named after "Purple Qing". It is due to the former president of Suzhou silk Polytechnic Institute, one of the founders of Su Da textile and clothing engineering college, and a famous modern silk educator and revolutionist. It is known as "China's silk industry leader" Zheng Bijiang. His name, "Zi Qing", was named after the academy to commemorate Zheng's important contribution to China's silk industry and education.


According to the introduction, the newly established purple college is a hospital training with "sincere, honest, and honest". It aims to cultivate high-quality and compound new engineering talents with noble humanistic feelings, broad vision of life, broad knowledge reserves, strong engineering practice ability, scientific research innovation ability and international competitiveness.


The purple Ching academy implements the whole staff training mode, bringing all the undergraduates of the textile and clothing engineering institute into the Academy. Training, academies in training programs and curriculum settings, in accordance with the concept of "school enterprise cooperation, production and teaching synergy, integration of science and education", carried out "upgrading and upgrading" the traditional professional compulsory courses, set up four modules: general education courses, specialized basic courses, high-end textile courses, innovative practice courses, and added "new engineering" curriculum modules into professional elective courses, integrated into the general knowledge courses and frontiers courses for the future development trend of the new textile industry, added industrial trend lectures, professional exhibition tours, intelligent textile manufacturing technology, and intelligent management technology, and so on. Textile professionals under the background of "new engineering"


Since 2011, Jiangsu University has been exploring the "academy system" to explore the training mode of outstanding talents. Pan Zhijuan, Dean of the school of textiles and clothing engineering, introduced that in the teaching of specialized courses as the first class, the Academy introduced small class, case study and seminar teaching, based on the training needs of textile and garment engineering talents, and explored and practising the "three digit" talent training mode of "high work into classroom, teachers and students into the workshop, and results into the market". The second classroom further strengthens the cultivation of students' practical and innovative ability. It is guided by the tutors and business mentors of the school, and runs through the four practical years of scientific and technological innovation practice, product innovation design, fashion creative practice, innovation and entrepreneurship plan and other practical teaching links. "We hope that through the new training mode of" double teacher system "and" whole process ", we can fully integrate the first class with the second classroom and get through the last mile of teaching and practice. Pan Zhijuan said.


Zi Qing academy explores the practice of "three all-round education", implements the basic tasks of Li De people, implements the plan of undergraduate growth and accompanies, takes students as the center, and takes the students' self-management under the body and mind, the self growth of students and the development of students' personality under the demand orientation, and employs teachers, outstanding alumni, relevant professionals, retired teachers and senior high school students as mentors. It provides students with personalized guidance and help in such aspects as ideological guidance, academic guidance, technological innovation, entrepreneurial practice, career development, life guidance and psychological counseling, so as to achieve the whole process and all-round guidance of students' growth and success. The student management service mode of academies also embodies the concept of student centred. The sailing center, business center, growth center and development center have been set up to provide students with perfect growth and service.


At the opening ceremony of the Academy, Zheng Bijiang's relatives Huang Zheng Zhou and 12 outstanding alumni of the University of textiles and clothing engineering were appointed as tutors. "I am honored to be appointed as the tutor of purple academy, and I feel deeply responsible on my shoulders. As Su Da textile people, we must always bear in mind our mission and responsibilities. Tang Jian, chairman of Su Da 80 class alumni and Suzhou Mei Lin import and Export Co., Ltd., said that he will put his years of practical experience and knowledge into the guidance of students, so as to help the high quality development of "new engineering" talents training in schools.


In addition to the residential areas in the community, there are also innovative functional studios, academic seminars, libraries, language centers and other functional areas, and actively set up innovative practice platform, encouraging students to carry out innovative practice, and even interdisciplinary professional team building projects. In the future, the school will also take purple academy as a platform to actively absorb students majoring in medicine, science and liberal arts to develop interdisciplinary talents and create a new type of engineering talents.


"Zi Qing academy highlights the growth accompanying, individual perception and individual needs, both traces of Chinese traditional academy, and the institutional mechanism of Western Academy, and the historical precipitation of silk textile sericulture discipline of Soochow University." Xiong Sidong, President of Soochow University, said that cultural inheritance is another mission of the University. It is necessary to inherit, disseminate and tell the story of Zi Qing. It will build purple academy into a model academy and a model Academy in many academies of Soochow University, helping to develop high-quality engineering talents.