On the morning of April 4, 2019, Ms. Monica Yang, Director of International Cooperation at Brunel University London, and Dr. Sean Holmes, Vice President of College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, visited our school. President Zhou Yifu, Vice President Zhang Meimei and Secretary of the Party Branch of the English Department Shen Hongmei attended the meeting. On behalf of School of Foreign Languages, President Zhou Yifu signed a memorandum of cooperation with Brunel University representative. Afterwards, the two sides held an in-depth discussion on specific projects such as student exchange, curriculum construction, faculty visits and scientific research cooperation.
In the afternoon, Ms. Yang Hui and Dr. Holmes had a discussion with graduate students from the English Department. Dr. Holmes gave a lecture entitled “Film Adaptation of Literary Works: A Study of Sherlock Holmes”. Both faculty and students showed great interest. Dr. Holmes talked about three film and TV adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes' Adventures, 1939 and 1984 and the most recent BBC series Sherlock, and pointed out the principle of film adaptation of literary works: film adaptation of literature should not be rigidly faithful to the original, but a continuous innovation and re-creation. Sherlock in the 21st century has successfully transformed into a modern man who is proficient in science and technology, and is still an undying icon. After the lecture, Dr. Holmes also gave a general introduction of Brunel University, as well as its postgraduate courses, specialty majors and application process. Ms. Yang Hui answered the students' questions on the postgraduate exchange project.
Founded in Britain at the end of the 18th century, Brunel University is a research-oriented comprehensive public university. Located in the west of London, it is one of the top ten universities in London, and also the only one that has a proper campus. At present, the university has more than 13,000 students, including more than 2,800 international students from 113 countries. In recent years, it has been at around 300th in QS Rankings, and ranked 59th in the 2018 TIMES UK University Rankings. Its high ranking disciplines include engineering, business, design, media, etc. Brunel University consists of School of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, School of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, and School of Health and Life Sciences.
