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Author Archives: ciforschools

2019 Conference: Chinese Curriculum Workshop

May 15, 2019by ciforschools

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 […]

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2019 Annual Conference Plenary: Chinese – the Learner’s Perspective

May 8, 2019by ciforschools

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 […]

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Master of Teaching (MTeach)

April 11, 2019by ciforschools

Master of Teaching (MTeach) at the Institute of Education The MTeach is a 180 credit Masters course with flexible mode of study (up to 5 years). Each module of the […]

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Student Scholarships in China – Chris Webster

March 27, 2019by ciforschools

Chris Webster, former IOE PGCE student and current Programme Director of the Swire Chinese Language Centre in Oxford, was awarded a scholarship to a Chinese university in 2011. The IOE […]

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Chinese History Lecture for Pre-U Chinese

March 8, 2019by ciforschools

We recently published a blogpost featuring Dr. Toby Lincoln, Associate Professor in Chinese Urban History at the University of Leicester. The post features information about the bilingual Pre-U website Dr. […]

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Pre-U Chinese: New website for Chinese history teaching

February 28, 2019by ciforschools

Dr. Toby Lincoln, Associate Professor in Chinese Urban History at the University of Leicester, has been developing a bilingual Pre-U website in English and Chinese composed of lesson plans, source […]

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Learning Chinese: Increased Prospects for a Future Career

February 26, 2019by ciforschools

Peking University, regarded as an important strategic partner by University College London, recently set up the Peking University Oxford Campus in Boar’s Hill, Oxfordshire. IOE CI Director, Katharine Carruthers was […]

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CNY at Highdown School and Tytherington School

February 21, 2019by ciforschools

In celebration of the Year of the Pig, we are featuring a series of blogposts on our website to highlight the Chinese New Year celebrations of Confucius Classroom and Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) schools. For […]

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CNY at UCL Academy and Durham Johnston School

February 19, 2019by ciforschools

In celebration of the Year of the Pig, we are featuring a series of blogposts on our website to highlight the Chinese New Year celebrations of Confucius Classroom and Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) schools. For […]

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CNY at Millfield School and Calday Grange Grammar School

February 15, 2019by ciforschools

In celebration of the Year of the Pig, we are featuring a series of blogposts on our website to highlight the Chinese New Year celebrations of Confucius Classroom and Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) schools. For […]

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CNY at Bay House School and Simon Langton School

February 14, 2019by ciforschools

In celebration of the Year of the Pig, we are featuring a series of blogposts on our website to highlight the Chinese New Year celebrations of Confucius Classroom and Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) schools. For […]

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KS3 Mandarin Study Day at the British Film Institute

February 12, 2019by ciforschools

Last month, on 18th January, the British Film Institute (BFI) at Southbank hosted their annual study day for KS3 Mandarin students. The event entitled “Myths Culture and Modernity in Chinese […]

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CNY at Benenden School and Gumley House School

February 11, 2019by ciforschools

In celebration of the Year of the Pig, we are featuring a series of blogposts on our website to highlight the Chinese New Year celebrations of Confucius Classroom and Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) schools. For […]

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CNY at Oundle School and Sir Roger Manwood’s School

February 8, 2019by ciforschools

In celebration of the Year of the Pig, we are featuring a series of blogposts on our website to highlight the Chinese New Year celebrations of Confucius Classroom and Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) schools. […]

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Chinese New Year at St. Catherine’s College

February 5, 2019by ciforschools

In celebration of the Year of the Pig, we are featuring a series of blogposts on our website to highlight the Chinese New Year celebrations of Confucius Classroom and Mandarin […]

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Young Photographers’ Competition – Winners

January 23, 2019by ciforschools

The IOE CI is very excited to announce the winners of the 2018 Young Photographers Competition. The winning photographs were exhibited at UCL North Cloisters over December 2018 and January 2019. […]

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Chinese Language Assistants Teacher Training

November 27, 2018by ciforschools

The well-established Chinese Language Assistant programme run by the British Council provides Chinese language assistants (CLAs) to UK schools. The CLAs are experienced teachers, or graduates in teaching Chinese as a foreign language, […]

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THE 2018 YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS’ COMPETITION

September 10, 2018by ciforschools

The IOE Confucius Institute 2018 Young Photographers’ Competition is accepting entries from anyone under the age of 18 years old. The competition has been running for five years and during […]

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Pearson Teaching Award Winner – Jane Woo

September 6, 2018by ciforschools

Jane Woo, Mandarin teacher at Christ’s College Finchley and former IOE PGCE student,  has been awarded a Pearson Silver Teaching Award. The Pearson Teaching Awards is an annual award honoured by […]

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UCL IOE Mandarin PGCE experience

August 29, 2018by ciforschools

The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Mandarin Chinese PGCE course offers dedicated Mandarin-specific subject tuition for trainee teachers of languages.  Tuition draws on the best current Mandarin teaching practice in UK schools through an […]

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UCL IOE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE CHINA STUDY CAMPS

August 10, 2018by ciforschools

The UCL IOE Confucius Institute/Hanban Annual China Study Camps took place in the last two weeks of July 2018. The camps were a great success with 220 students from 17 […]

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Teacher Training Review 2017-2018

August 9, 2018by ciforschools

In this last academic year the UCL IOE CI team have once again delivered a varied programme of teacher training from standalone workshops to year-long courses and, of course, our […]

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Intensive Learning in China: 2 weeks in tweets

July 27, 2018by ciforschools

Mandarin Excellence Programme students from across the country spent the first two weeks of July taking part in the first ever Intensive Learning in China study trip, which saw the […]

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CBI ‘Winning Worldwide’ report welcomes Mandarin Excellence Programme

July 25, 2018by ciforschools

A new report published by the CBI has highlighted the role that the Mandarin Excellence Programme can have in helping UK businesses grow their trade internationally. The “Winning Worldwide” Export […]

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The 2018 Young Photographers’ Competition is now open

July 12, 2018by ciforschools

The IOE Confucius Institute 2018 Young Photographers’ Competition is open and accepting entries from anyone under the age of 18 years old. The competition has been running for five years […]

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2018 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference

June 26, 2018by ciforschools

The successful 15th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference took place on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June this year. Over the two day event, there were a wide range of activities […]

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The IOE CI team on the 2018 Annual Conference

June 13, 2018by ciforschools

The 2018 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place in two days (Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June) and what better way to learn more about the conference than asking […]

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IOE CI Young Photographers’ Exhibition at UCL

June 12, 2018by ciforschools

In September 2014, we launched our Young Photographers’ Competition, to celebrate National Confucius Institute Day. The competition which has grown in popularity ever since and is now in its fifth year, […]

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2018 Conference themes with Philippa Vallely

June 8, 2018by ciforschools

The 2018 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place next Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June. Philippa Vallely, the IOE CI Teacher Training Coordinator, speaks in this blogpost about the […]

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2018 Conference – Why Chinese?

June 4, 2018by ciforschools

The 2018 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June. The Conference will host a range of teaching workshops as well as plenaries on […]

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2018 Conference – Motivating Learners of Chinese in UK schools

May 31, 2018by ciforschools

The 2018 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June. The Conference will host a range of teaching workshops as well as plenaries on […]

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Understanding the Teaching and Learning of Mandarin Chinese in Schools

May 25, 2018by ciforschools

  MTeach New Module: Understanding the Teaching and Learning of Mandarin Chinese in Schools In partnership with the UCL Institute of Education, the UCL IOE Confucius Institute (IOE CI)  is […]

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2018 Conference – Teaching Chinese in multilingual environments

May 23, 2018by ciforschools

The 2018 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June. The Conference will host a range of teaching workshops as well as plenaries on […]

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IOE CI Job Vacancy: Mandarin Excellence Programme Project Officer

May 21, 2018by ciforschools

The IOE Confucius Institute is now recruiting a new Project Officer to join our team.

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Experience China Programme: interview with Astrid Fiess

May 16, 2018by ciforschools

Astrid Fiess, head of German at Handsworth Grammar School, joined the 2016 Experience China course in Shanghai. She told us about her experience before and after the trip, and how […]

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IOE CI Job Vacancy: Mandarin Excellence Programme Coordinator

May 15, 2018by ciforschools

IOE CI is now recruiting to the post of Mandarin Excellence Programme Coordinator . There is a huge variety in the role of MEP Programme Coordinator. Whoever is appointed will work […]

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2018 Conference – Kensington Wade Plenary

May 11, 2018by ciforschools

The 2018 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference will take place on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June. The Conference will host a range of teaching workshops as well as plenaries on […]

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2018 Conference – Authentic Materials Workshop

May 2, 2018by ciforschools

We are very happy to talk to Annabel Hurley from Oundle School about her workshop at this year’s Annual Chinese Conference. The 2018 Annual Teaching Conference; ‘Thinking globally, acting locally: motivating Mandarin […]

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Experience China: Interview with Lars Kabel

May 1, 2018by ciforschools

Lars Kabel, head of classics and teacher of MFL at Old Swinford Hospital School, joined the Experience China teachers training course in Shanghai, back in 2016. Two years have passed […]

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2018 Conference Workshop – Interview with Yadi Luo

April 26, 2018by ciforschools

The 2018 Annual Teaching Conference; ‘Thinking globally, acting locally: motivating Mandarin learners around the globe’ will take place on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June. There will be 30 workshops over the […]

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Book Now! Annual Chinese Teaching Conference 2018

April 18, 2018by ciforschools

Annual Chinese Teaching Conference The IOE Confucius Institute Annual Chinese Conference is the largest CPD opportunity of its kind in the UK for teaching professionals in the subject area of […]

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Annual Conference Programme

April 18, 2018by ciforschools

Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June 2018 We are excited to announce that the programme for our 15th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference is now live. The theme of the 2018 […]

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Mandarin Excellence Programme feature on Sky News

April 12, 2018by ciforschools

Yesterday morning (April 11 2018) Sky News ran a feature on the Mandarin Excellence Programme, in light of newly published YouGov research. 

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British business leaders believe speaking Mandarin Chinese will give students a career boost

April 11, 2018by ciforschools

More than three in four British business leaders believe speaking Mandarin will give school leavers a career advantage. Of over 1,000 senior business decision makers questioned by YouGov for the […]

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New TES article on the Mandarin Excellence Programme

April 3, 2018by ciforschools

As the Mandarin Excellence Programme enters its second year, TES caught up with two  teachers who have been delivering the programme in a feature article that has been published online.

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Primary Creative Dog Competition

March 28, 2018by ciforschools

Earlier this month, the IOE Confucius Institute ran a creative dog-making competition in partnership with the Embassy of China, to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Ten selected primary school across the […]

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MVC Students react to learning Chinese

March 15, 2018by ciforschools

We have recently featured two blogposts about Mandarin Chinese at Melbourn Village College (MVC). Chinese was highlighted in the school’s 2017 Ofsted Report in which Oftsed stated that through the introduction of […]

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Ground-breaking book examines how to teach Mandarin in English-speaking schools

March 12, 2018by ciforschools

A cutting-edge book by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) academics has been released investigating the approaches to teaching Mandarin in English-speaking schools. The book is the first to draw on […]

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Five benefits of introducing tablets to the Mandarin classroom

March 9, 2018by ciforschools

Creating an interactive and dynamic teaching environment in the classroom can be a challenge that all teachers face from time to time. Whilst there are many strategies, teachers are now […]

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Mandarin at MVC; Insights from the Chinese Teacher

March 5, 2018by ciforschools

Last week, we posted Chinese leads to good Ofsted Reports; Top tips from the Principal involved, which was the first blogpost in a three-part series about Mandarin at Melbourn Village College (MVC). […]

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