Song Yonghua, the University of Macau’s (UM) new rector, said yesterday that academic freedom is a core value of any university, adding that as the new UM rector he would comply with the university’s regulations to ensure academic freedom.
Song made the pledge during his first meeting with the press after take up his new post on Tuesday.
Song said that the University of Macau attracted him because he felt it was a university where he could apply the managerial experience he gained at mainland Chinese and British universities over the past two decades, adding that he hoped to develop the local university into an “outstanding” one that would attract the best students.
Song Yonghua, the new rector of the University of Macau (UM), addresses the media during an on-campus press conference. Photo: Joel Chu
