On 20th December 2023, Xinglin International Month Academic Forum for Young Students on the Combination of East and West-Keele University sub-forum was held online, 12 young teachers and students from CDUTCM and Keele University conducted dialogues and discussions on "Advances in Nursing Specialties by Integrating Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine". Dr Clare Corness-Parr, Principal Associate Dean of Keele Health Medical School, Dr Ivan McGlen, Head of International Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dr Elizabeth Derbyshire, Director of the Centre for Student Learning and Development, Keele University, and Associate Professor Yu Yufeng, Associate Dean of the School of Nursing, CDUTCM, were present at the forum, and from across the university different Nearly 300 students and teachers from different disciplines attended the forum. The forum was chaired by Zara Devlin, a member of the faculty of CDUTCM-KEELE Joint Health and Medical Sciences Institute. 

At the beginning of the forum, Yu, Dean of the School of Nursing, presented a speech. She pointed out that the School of Nursing of CDUTCM has been actively carrying out international nursing academic communication and cooperation in recent years, and has achieved good results. This year's academic dialogue with Keele University is a valuable experience of nursing research and experience between the Chinese and Western world, and we wish this forum a complete success.

Following that, teachers and students from both Chinese and British universities gave presentations on various topics including progress in Traditional Chinese and Western medicine, nursing techniques, medical ethics, research perspectives, academic skills, healthcare, etc., and exchanges and Q&A sessions were held on the presentation topics.

Dr Ivan, Head of International Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery at Keele University, expressed how impressed he was with the forum, which made everyone attending rethink the nature of healthcare, and hoped that new sparks would be created in future interactions.

At the end of the forum, Dr Clare, Principal Associate Dean of Keele School of Health Medicine, made a concluding speech, in which she thanked CDUTCM for providing the opportunity for this discussion, and believed that the theme of the presentation by Chinese and British teams reflected the commonalities and differences between the traditional Chinese and Western medical concepts and technologies, and that the communication and exchange between young teachers and students of the two universities further narrowed the distance between them, forming a deep academic friendship. Dr Clare hoped that there will be more opportunities to share academic ideas with teachers and students of CDUTCM in the future. Dr Clare hopes that in the future there will be more opportunities to share academic ideas with the students and teachers of CDUTCM.