The 2024 Graduate Employment and Entrepreneurship Work Review and the 2025 Graduate Employment and Entrepreneurship Work Kick-off Meeting of the Shanghai Theatre Academy was recently held. The meeting was presided over by Li Dongmei, Director of the Publicity Department of the Party Committee and Director of the Student Affairs Office.
Zhang Guoli, Deputy Director of the Student Affairs Department, summarized the 2024 graduate employment and entrepreneurship work from three aspects: graduates’ employment destinations, key work measures, and political supervision by the Discipline Inspection Commission. She also analyzed the situation faced by the 2025 graduates' employment and entrepreneurship work.
The College of Chinese Opera, the Department of Dramatic Literature, and the College of Creative Studies respectively introduced effective experiences and practices in graduate employment and entrepreneurship work. Relevant department heads attending the meeting exchanged views on the university's graduate employment and entrepreneurship work from the perspective of their respective colleges and departments.
Guo Chenyang, Director of the Admissions Office, stated that the university will establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for the admissions plan to effectively connect the scale of admissions with the employment market, establish and improve the linkage mechanism between admissions and employment, and form a closed-loop management of the entire chain of admissions, trainingand employment.
Wen Tao, Deputy Dean of the Graduate School, stated that in the face of the current competitive employment market, efforts should be made at both the student and university levels to provide strong support for graduate employment and entrepreneurship.
Huang Bokai, Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Office, put forward thoughts and suggestions on curriculum setting, the construction of practice bases, and the combination of internships and practice.
Shen Liang, Director of the Academic Affairs Office and Dean of the Graduate School, stated that based on the "One Guide, Three Integrations" principle, dynamic adjustments should be made to admissions and specialty directions according to the actual situation of student employment forms, industry development, and employment volume to ensure that talent training matches market demand.
Wang Xiaoli, Director of the Comprehensive Office of Discipline Inspection and Supervision, stated that this year's employment and entrepreneurship work is included in the university's political supervision list, which not only reflects the concrete and precise nature of political supervision but also helps to improve the quality of talent training and better guide admissions, training and employment work.
The attending university leaders, while fully affirming past work, put forward requirements for the employment and entrepreneurship work pertaining to graduates of 2025..
Vice President Liu Qing, Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission Zhou Yinge, Deputy Party Secretary and Vice President Xu Yong, as well as heads of relevant functional offices, heads of colleges and departments, full-time counselors, and class teachers of the 2025 graduating classes, attended the meeting.
