5月31日，四川大學(xué)校長謝和平院士獲牛津大學(xué)圣艾德蒙學(xué)院授予“牛津大學(xué)圣艾德蒙Fellow”學(xué)術(shù)稱號(hào)。該榮譽(yù)是對謝和平校長為積極推進(jìn)四川大學(xué)和牛津大學(xué)圣艾德蒙學(xué)院之間的學(xué)術(shù)合作、促進(jìn)兩校師生創(chuàng)造高水平學(xué)術(shù)成果方面所做出的杰出貢獻(xiàn)的高度肯定，兩校師生均從中受益匪淺。

自2014年以來，牛津大學(xué)和四川大學(xué)在各層面、各領(lǐng)域成功推進(jìn)學(xué)術(shù)合作，實(shí)施了四川大學(xué)學(xué)生在牛津大學(xué)正式注冊學(xué)習(xí)的“訪問學(xué)生項(xiàng)目”、四川大學(xué)教授在牛津大學(xué)進(jìn)行科研訪學(xué)的“客座教授項(xiàng)目”、牛津大學(xué)教授在四川大學(xué)講學(xué)的“牛津大講堂項(xiàng)目”、四川大學(xué)教師在牛津大學(xué)進(jìn)修的“青年骨干教師培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目”和“臨床醫(yī)學(xué)課程培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目”，等等。同時(shí)，牛津大學(xué)和四川大學(xué)還深度探討商榷了雙方在四川成都合作建立“牛津四川尖端科研和教學(xué)聯(lián)合中心”的可行性。

謝和平院士擁有中國礦業(yè)大學(xué)博士學(xué)位、德國克勞斯塔尓工業(yè)大學(xué)榮譽(yù)博士學(xué)位、香港理工大學(xué)榮譽(yù)博士學(xué)位、英國諾丁漢大學(xué)榮譽(yù)博士學(xué)位，長期深研礦業(yè)工程力學(xué)的理論和應(yīng)用，曾經(jīng)著有6本中英文專著，發(fā)表超過200篇學(xué)術(shù)論文，其中100多篇登載于SCI期刊。

圣艾德蒙學(xué)院是牛津大學(xué)歷史最悠久的學(xué)院之一，從1317年就開始有相關(guān)的辦學(xué)文件記錄。圣艾德蒙學(xué)院來自世界各國的畢業(yè)生受惠于學(xué)院數(shù)百年力行不懈的嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)教學(xué)和啟發(fā)鼓舞，在法律、經(jīng)濟(jì)、醫(yī)學(xué)、新聞學(xué)、科學(xué)、公共服務(wù)、藝術(shù)等領(lǐng)域出類拔萃、成就非凡。

牛津大學(xué)圣艾德蒙學(xué)院新聞原文：

Professor Heping Xie has been awarded a St Edmund Fellowship by the College. This honour is in recognition of his leadership of academic collaborations between St Edmund Hall and Sichuan University, in Chengdu, China. Professor Xie has contributed widely to the ongoing collaboration which has brought academic benefits to faculty members and students at both institutions.

Professor Xie is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and President of Sichuan University. He has long been engaged in the theoretical and applied research of mining engineering mechanics, and has authored six books and published over 200 papers including more than 100 of them in the SCI journals.

Since 2014, St Edmund Hall and Sichuan University have forged a successful partnership – including the implementation of visiting student and visiting fellow programmes; a series of distinguished speaker lectures; and summer courses focusing on Academic Medicine and Economics & Public Policy. These activities have facilitated academic contacts between the two institutions and stimulated collaborative research.