HR Monthly Newsletter - January 2022

 WELCOME NEW STAFF

AIAC (Taicang): Jasmine Kah Phooi SENG, Qi Chen
AoFE: Michael Day
CMO: He Liu, Sisi Zhang, Tong Zhang, Xiaowei Zhao, Yue Cui, Yuwei Song
DES: Giancarlo Di Marco, Virginia De Jorge Huertas
HR: Yuqing Cao
HSAO: Zhihua Song
IBSS: Fangfang Hou, Roubing Yao, Tianshu Li, Yao Fu
ILEAD: Dongni Xie, Lin Qi
IRE (Taicang): Fan Zhu
LIB: Heng Zhou, Tingting Qian, Yu Liu
LTMO: Libin Wang, Shiyan Wang
MITS: Yujie Lu
PO: Jie Ma
REG: Yun Ding
SAT: Chengtao Ji, Dongyao Jia, Nan Xiang, Xiaofei Yang, Yushan Pan, Yushi Li
SCI: Konstantinos Douroudis, Meng Ding
SCT (Taicang): Myria Christophini
SoL: Mika Takewa, Peizhen Boo
TCO (Taicang): Hongyang Yin, Xiangxue Song, Xiaoyuan Sun, Zhaolun Wang
TTK: Yuhan Ge
UMC: Catherine Emma Diamond, Ming Tang, Shaofei Wang

Greeting New Staff,

Welcome to XJTLU, we hope you’re doing well and staying safe during these troublesome times. This email provides induction materials and information to help you understand our campus and the University. You may log in with XJTLU account to watch the videos and read through all slides. Should you have any questions, please kindly raise them here or address them to the University Functions listed below. All questions will be reviewed and answered by experts from the associated department.

Reminder of New Staff Induction_AY2021-2022 Semester 2

Please kindly be informed that the New Staff Induction for AY2021-2022 Semester 2 will be organised in the morning of 16th February & 17th February 2022, commencing at 9:00 AM (China Standard Time). It will be organised via Zhumu online due to the requirements of pandemic prevention and control for staff members. Please click the link below to participate accordingly.

1. General Session: Wednesday, 16th February 2022, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
2. Academic Session: Thursday, 17th February 2022, 9:00 am – 11:20 am

• Access Link (One link for the two sessions): https://xjtlu.zhumu.com/j/603986226?pwd=c2E3MnNhVnZxRUZtVnJzUi8vRldOZz09&status=success
• Meeting ID:  603 986 226
• Password:  202202

For more details, please click here to view the New Staff Induction Schedule.

Messages from Senior Management Team

• Prof. Youmin Xi - Welcome and Overview by EP
• Prof. Chris Harris - VPAA Words of Welcome
• Dr. Yimin Ding - Welcome by VP (Administrative Affairs)

New Staff Induction Speech and Slides

New Staff Induction is generally conducted at the beginning of each semester to assist new staff to settle into the workplace. It covers General Session for all new staff and Academic Session for new academic staff specific in learning and teaching. Before the formal induction, new staff may also refer to the Pre-reading materials on New Staff Induction Page to obtain a better understanding of the University Functions and their services. Please kindly view the video recordings of the New Staff Induction AY2021-2022, Semester 1 as follows.

    General Session

• XIPU 2.0, XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang)
• XIPU 3.0, Academy of JITRI
• Centre for Academic Affairs (CAA)
• Centre for Administrative Affairs (CAD)
• Centre for Knowledge and Information (CKI)
• Centre for Student Affairs (CSA)

    Academic Session

• University Learning and Teaching
• University Research
• Centre for Academic Affairs
• Learning Mall Online
• Academic Staff IT Technology and Support

Please login here with your XJTLU account to view more videos and slides.

Human Resources Related Guidance

We hereby provide new staff with some quick channels to the University management rules and regulations, as well as some guidance on your work and life in XJTLU.

	Staff Handbook
	University Academic Calendar
	Payroll Processing Schedule
	Tax Rate (Individual Income Tax)
	Online Health Insurance Seminar, Claim Form
	Living in China (for Expat Staff)

Useful Contact Information for New Staff

If you have any questions, please use the contact information provided below. You may also access the digital resources shared with staff members via BOX (XJTLU Campus Cloud Storage System), which provides unified and centralized storage by meeting various storage needs across campus.

HIGHLIGHTS IN JANUARY 2022

In January 2022, three training programmes were conducted, Cross-cultural Communication Workshop, Staff Winter English Course and Laboratory EHS Risks Prevention and Control Training, which marked the end of the semester's staff training activities. 

Cross-cultural Communication Workshop was held on 7th January 2022, to help participants match in a general thinking mode when they communicate with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
Habit, taboo, or custom is usually thought of as the major content that should be aware of during cross-cultural communication. However, these elements might not be the key reason if a culture conflict occurs, because you might be easily forgiven if you make mistakes. The hidden fire for the tension or conflict is “thinking mode”, which is consist of four dimensions, behaviour criteria, communication style, the concept of time, and self-awareness.
During this workshop, participants discovered the root of cultural clash, shared their thoughts on “THE world” and “YOUR world”, and came to a conclusion that there is no universally right answer, just many subjective truths.

Staff Winter English Course lasted from 17th January to 20th January 2022. This training programme focuses on the combination of written English and verbal English, building a strong practising environment for the participants.
In order to improve the participants’ capabilities on critical thinking and language skills, the Instructor organised a mini-debate game. All the participants had group discussions on the advantages and disadvantages of a specific motion, dug their thoughts deeper into ideas and shared with the groups using discussion language.
For further self-learning and practice, you may refer to the training materials here.

Staff Training - Laboratory EHS Risks Prevention and Control was a series of training focused on the environmental, health and safety management of the laboratories. From 11th January to 14th January 2022, about 70 staff members from Laboratorial and Technical Management Office participated in this training.
They obtained various kinds of EHS risk prevention and control skills, including but not limited to the specifications for the use of laboratory equipment, handling emergencies, and checking the potential safety issues in the laboratory. During the training, participants were highly reminded that although risks are objective, they can be avoided and minimised through calm treatment.