5月31日，四川大学校长谢和平院士获牛津大学圣艾德蒙学院授予“牛津大学圣艾德蒙Fellow”学术称号。该荣誉是对谢和平校长为积极推进四川大学和牛津大学圣艾德蒙学院之间的学术合作、促进两校师生创造高水平学术成果方面所做出的杰出贡献的高度肯定，两校师生均从中受益匪浅。

　　自2014年以来，牛津大学和四川大学在各层面、各领域成功推进学术合作，实施了四川大学学生在牛津大学正式注册学习的“访问学生项目”、四川大学教授在牛津大学进行科研访学的“客座教授项目”、牛津大学教授在四川大学讲学的“牛津大讲堂项目”、四川大学教师在牛津大学进修的“青年骨干教师培训项目”和“临床医学课程培训项目”，等等。同时，牛津大学和四川大学还深度探讨商榷了双方在四川成都合作建立“牛津四川尖端科研和教学联合中心”的可行性。

　　谢和平院士拥有中国矿业大学博士学位、德国克劳斯塔尓工业大学荣誉博士学位、香港理工大学荣誉博士学位、英国诺丁汉大学荣誉博士学位，长期深研矿业工程力学的理论和应用，曾经著有6本中英文专著，发表超过200篇学术论文，其中100多篇登载于SCI期刊。

　　圣艾德蒙学院是牛津大学历史最悠久的学院之一，从1317年就开始有相关的办学文件记录。圣艾德蒙学院来自世界各国的毕业生受惠于学院数百年力行不懈的严谨教学和启发鼓舞，在法律、经济、医学、新闻学、科学、公共服务、艺术等领域出类拔萃、成就非凡。

　　牛津大学圣艾德蒙学院新闻原文：

　　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.