AQA online Chinese GCSE Teacher Training Session 1  Rachel Livingstone, Subject Support Manager at AQA working across all languages, presented the first in a series of sessions focussing on AQA’s […]

Following the success of last year’s event for KS5 students, the BFI is running another webinar early next year focussing on the documentary ‘Please Vote for Me’ in collaboration with IOE […]

In collaboration with Rachel Livingstone, Subject Support Manager at AQA, we will be offering the following two online Twilight Teacher Training sessions this term. Session 1: Monday 24 November 16:15-17:15 Looking back […]

The 22nd Annual Chinese Teaching Conference took place on Saturday 11th October 2025 at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London. We have gathered together the workshop presentations so […]

The 8th Schools and Universities Day – Chinese (and related) learning pathways will be run by the UCL IOE Centre for Chinese Language Education on Tuesday 10 February 2026 at International Students […]

On Saturday 11th October 2025 the 22nd IOE CI Annual Chinese Teaching Conference took place at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. We would like to thank all […]

Application for the professional learning (CPD) programmes below is now open. Inquiry-based Subject Expert Microprogramme 2.0  FOR: Experienced Mandarin teachers interested in research and innovation FOCUS: Design-based practitioner research on […]

Application for the professional learning (CPD) programme 2025-2026 is now open. This micro-programme is part of our revised professional learning provision—developed and delivered by UCL IOE Centre for Chinese Language […]

Our 22nd Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘Evolving Classrooms – Adapting Methods of Mandarin Teaching to Keep Pace with Changing Contexts’ is coming up this Saturday, 11th October 2025. In this […]

Our 22nd Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘Evolving Classrooms – Adapting Methods of Mandarin Teaching to Keep Pace with Changing Contexts’ is coming up on 11th October 2025. We are happy […]

September 2025 marked the start of the 10th academic year of delivery of the Mandarin Excellence Programme in state schools across England. In early September 2025 the Language Learning Journal […]

Our 22nd Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘Evolving Classrooms – Adapting Methods of Mandarin Teaching to Keep Pace with Changing Contexts’ is coming up on 11th October 2025. In this year’s […]

Our 22nd Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘Evolving Classrooms – Adapting Methods of Mandarin Teaching to Keep Pace with Changing Contexts’ is coming up on 11th October 2025. In this year’s […]

Our 22nd Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘Evolving Classrooms – Adapting Methods of Mandarin Teaching to Keep Pace with Changing Contexts’ is coming up on 11th October 2025. In this year’s […]

The IOE Confucius Institute 22nd Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place on Saturday 11th October 2025 at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society in London. Recognising dynamic learning […]

Students and teachers from schools across England are travelling to China this week to improve their Mandarin language skills and cultural awareness. This year, 1,164 students and 164 teachers from […]

What can we learn from the successes of the Mandarin Excellence Programme? This was the question posed by Teacher Talk Radio last month in a discussion that focussed on potential […]

One of the key aims of the three-year Mandarin Upskilling Course delivered by IOE’s Centre for Chinese Language Education (CCLE) is to equip language teachers with the confidence and proficiency […]

During the autumn and spring term, UCL IOE Centre for Chinese Language Education delivered six A level Teacher Training workshops. It has been a delight for us to see so […]

With the aim of supporting Mandarin teachers involved in subject leadership and curriculum development within UK schools, we have developed and are delivering a brand new professional learning programme this […]

After five successful years of delivery from 2016 to 2021 it was announced that the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) would continue to be delivered by IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education […]

On Saturday 19th October 2024 the 21st IOE CI Annual Chinese Teaching Conference took place at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. We would like to thank all delegates for […]

  Our 21st Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘New Horizons: New Perspectives’ is coming up this Saturday, 19th October 2024. In this year’s exhibition area, you’ll find the exhibitors below who […]

Our 21st Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘New Horizons: New Perspectives’ is coming up on 19th October 2024. In this year’s programme you’ll find plenaries, speeches, performances as well as workshops covering […]

Our 21st Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘New Horizons: New Perspectives’ is coming up on 19th October 2024. In this year’s programme you’ll find plenaries, speeches, performances as well as workshops covering a […]

The 21st Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place on Saturday 19th October 2024 at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London. Please click here to book a place.  […]

Our 21st Annual Chinese Teaching Conference ‘New Horizons: New Perspectives’ is coming up on 19th October 2024. In this year’s programme you’ll find plenaries, speeches, performances as well as workshops […]

A record-breaking number of Year 9 students from across state schools in England have embarked on the most ambitious international school trip of its kind, as part of the Mandarin […]

We are delighted to announce that Early Career Professional Development – Mandarin Teacher Micro-programme 2024-2025 is now open to applications. In line with the Early Career Framework, this subject-specific CPD programme […]

This year the IOE CI Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place on Saturday October 19th. We are now inviting workshop proposals on this year’s conference theme of “New Perspectives: […]

In October 132 students from five schools across England embarked on a school trip to China as part of the Mandarin Excellence Programme. The pilot trip was arranged to assist […]

We are pleased to announce that a number of MEP students have secured a life-changing scholarship to study A-levels at Wycombe Abbey School in Changzhou, China. This amazing opportunity which […]

After five successful years of delivery from 2016 to 2021 it was announced that the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) would continue to be delivered by IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education […]

Our 20th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference “Developing Through Sharing” is fast approaching on Saturday 14th October 2023. You can check out this year’s programme containing plenaries, speeches, performances and a wide range of workshops delivered by […]

We are delighted to announce that Early Career Professional Development – Mandarin Teacher Micro-programme 2023-2024 is now open to applications.  In line with the Early Career Framework, this subject-specific CPD […]

Ahead of this year’s 20th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference taking place on Saturday October 14th, 2023 we are sitting down with Katharine Carruthers, the IOE Confucius Institute Director & Global […]

MEP students from across the country were invited to enter a Mandarin song writing competition at the beginning of 2023, which formed part of the MEP event ‘Journey to the […]

In this blogpost, MEP Project Manager Yasmin Lambert talks about the Year 10 Intensive Study event which took place in June 2022. To read more about the project and see […]

We are pleased to announce that the Newman Prize for English Jueju, a poetry competition sponsored by the Institute for US-China Issues, University of Oklahoma (OU), is open for submissions […]

This week we are speaking to Katharine Carruthers, the IOE Confucius Institute Director & UCL Pro-Vice-Provost for East Asia, about the upcoming 19th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference on this Saturday […]

This week we are pleased to publish our interview with Victor Wu. Victor Wu is part of our team at the CI, supporting teachers in his role of Teacher Training […]

This week we are pleased to publish our interview with Zhu Hua, Professor of Language Learning and Intercultural Communication, UCL IOE, who will be speaking at the plenary session on […]