A warm welcome to fellow academics from Sichuan University, who will attend the summer course over the next two weeks. The 39 academics of Sichuan University come from its School of Economics, Business School, School of Public Administration, School of Public Health, and College of Architecture and Environment.

There are 24 academic sessions in the summer course. Each session lasts 1.5 hours and comprises an hour of lecture and half an hour of discussion. The Course involves a total of 36 hours of lectures and discussions. It is supervised by Prof. John Knight, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford.