Run by IOE Confucius Institute, The Young Photographers’ Competition is for young people aged 18 years and under. The aim of the competition is to ignore the cultural stereotypes of […]
Here at the UCL IOE Confucius Institute for Schools we have been proudly delivering the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) in partnership with the British Council since its launch in 2016. […]
Four years after its launch in 2016, the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) delivered by the UCL Institute of Education in partnership with the British Council was independently evaluated and the […]
The IOE Confucius Institute for Schools has been delivering the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) since 2016, in partnership with the British Council. It is an intensive language programme, funded by […]
After our online poetry “teach-in” last term, where Dr Jonathan Stalling presented the Jueju session How and Why to Write Classical Chinese Poetry in English we are pleased to announce […]
On Tuesday 8th December, Dr Jonathan Stalling from the University of Oklahoma presented a Jueju session on ‘How and Why to Write Classical Chinese Poetry in English’. In his own […]
Jueju (绝句) Poetry Teach-In with Professor Jonathan Stalling, University of Oklahoma Tuesday 8th December, 3.30pm-5pm Dr Stalling was due to speak at our Annual Chinese Teaching Conference in June, so […]
Following the success of our GCSE Mandarin Day that took place in December 2019, we are thrilled to let you know about our upcoming AQA GCSE Mandarin Chinese Event. On […]
The UCL IOE CI is pleased to announce two free twilight sessions for teachers of the Pre U examination, to be delivered in November and December. These are participatory discussion […]
Andrew Zhang was a former PGCE student last year, who has completed his first half term as an NQT. We caught up with Andrew to see how he was getting […]
The UCL IOE Confucius Institute Young Photographers’ Competition for 2020 is now closed. The competition has been running for six years and has seen some excellent photography from young people […]
We are very excited to announce that our Mandarin Resources for Schools (MARS) page is officially up and running! About MARS MARS, the abbreviation for Mandarin Resources for Schools, is […]
As we settle into the start of a new academic year, we want to remind you once more of the brilliant work that was submitted as part of our Mandarin […]
Students on the Mandarin Excellence Programme (11-15 years old) all begin in Year 7 and study Mandarin for 8 hours per week (4 taught hours and 4 hours of self-study). […]
Our Summer Hanban Teacher CPD training took place online, during May and June 2020. A series of three online CPD training events over the past couple of months were a […]
The final workshop of this year’s Online Annual Conference will be delivered by Simone Haughey, Confucius Classroom Manager at Robin Hood Primary School. The workshop is called “The creative classroom – […]
Earlier this year we received the very sad news that Dr Jane Orton had passed away. As we approach the anniversary of her unforgettable plenary session at the IOE CI […]
Yadi Luo, Head of Mandarin at St Mary Magdalene Academy will be presenting her workshop ‘How to prepare students to stand out from the crowd and score high in the […]
Are you a qualified primary or secondary school teacher interested in learning Mandarin Chinese? Then you should consider our Mandarin Upskilling Course: the ideal opportunity for teachers who would like […]
In the run up to our Online Annual Conference we took the chance to interview Finlay Davidson, Leader of Teaching & Learning for Mandarin at North Gosforth Academy. Finlay will […]
We are pleased to share with you a new online resource that has been created by Dr. Toby Lincoln and Dr. Lauren Walden from the University of Leicester, and designed […]
As part of this year’s Online Annual Conference we are pleased to announce the workshop ‘The Mandarin classroom. Combining student engagement and parent power’. The workshop is presented by Paul […]
To launch our “Online Annual Conference” we would like to introduce Professor Zhao Xia, an expert in Contemporary Chinese Children’s Literature from Zhejiang Normal University. Professor Zhao kindly took the […]
As we recently confirmed, due to the current global situation, we are unable to hold our Annual Conference as planned this year. However, we still want to share some of […]
We are pleased to share with you a collection of practical resources and professional development opportunities developed by the British Council in partnership with the BBC: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/support-teachers-teacher-educators Please have a […]
Many of you will know Elliot from his workshops at our Annual Conference. He is currently working in Spain and has kindly shared us with the steps he has taken […]
Teaching Resources from the CI (including from our CC and MEP schools): https://mandarinexcellence.edublogs.org/ A vast amount of resources here, including character booklets for Jinbu 1 and 2, Jinbu 1 and […]
CI Teacher Training This webpage contains teacher training materials have been used or created as part of teacher training workshops delivered by the IOE Confucius Institute. Dynamic Classrooms: Technology and Online Classrooms Teacher […]
Please find below a message from the IOE Confucius Institute for Schools team, as posted in our e-forum on 30th March: The Annual Chinese Teaching conference scheduled to take place […]
In Autumn 2018 we launched a new teacher training initiative: the 3-year Mandarin Upskilling Course. Unique in focus, the course aims to “upskill” QTS primary and secondary schools teachers who […]
Has the Mandarin Excellence Programme achieved its goal of having 5,000 pupils on track to fluency by 2020? Jody Gee, Co-Headteacher of the Anglo European School and Chair of the […]
In the academic year 2018-2019 we launched the Early Leaders’ Course, with the aim of supporting new and aspiring leaders within the Chinese teaching community in their first leadership role […]
Our annual Hanban Teacher Continuous Professional Development training took place in London, at the IOE main building on 16 and 17 January 2020. Our 66 Hanban teachers have either worked […]
Friday 31st January 2020 saw us host our fifth “Schools and Universities Day” at the UCL Institute of Education. We now run this event every two years and it always […]
The final of the British Council’s annual Mandarin Speaking Competition took place in London last week. The competition offers a fun opportunity for secondary school students to practice and improve […]
新春快乐！ The Chinese New Year began at the end of January, and this year is the Year of the Rat (鼠). Celebrations took place across the country, and many schools […]
At the end of June 2019, over 400 Year 9 Mandarin Excellence Programme students and teachers travelled to Nottingham University for the very first Year 9 Intensive Study. The residential […]
In the first two weeks of July, the Mandarin Excellence Programme Year 8 students from across the country travelled to China for a two week intensive learning experience. 37 different […]
After the success of the Year 7 and Year 8 Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) student projects, the IOE CI has teamed up with experienced Mandarin teacher Dr. Theresa Munford, formerly […]
Our Annual Chinese Teaching Conference took place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. The conference was attended by over 400 people, including delegates, speakers and workshop presenters. There were […]
From Monday 24th to Thursday 27th July, almost 400 Year 9 students from fifteen different schools will take part in an intensive Mandarin residential at Nottingham University as part of […]
The 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward,’ will take place this week on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. IOE CI Teacher Training Coordinator Philippa Vallely is […]
Our 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward,’ will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. IOE CI Director, Katharine Carruthers will be chairing the final plenary […]
Our 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward,’ will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. There will be over 30 different workshops at the Conference, focusing […]
Our 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward,’ will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. The final plenary of the Conference this year is ‘Learning languages […]
Our 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward,’ will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. Our Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) Coordinator, Kay McLeod, will be leading […]
Our 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forwards,’ will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. The opening Conference plenary will introduce the theme of the Conference, […]
Our 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward,’ will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. On Saturday 15th, there will be a plenary titled ‘Expanding Knowledge: […]
Our 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward,’ will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. James Stagg, Mandarin Consultant and Specialist Leader of Education at the […]
Our 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward,’ will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. In the run up to the conference, the IOE CI […]
