On June 22nd 2017 the official opening of the altered, revitalised and refurbished home of UCL IOE Confucius Institute took place at 15 Woburn Square, London. UCL Provost and President […]
The 2017 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference is taking place this Friday and Saturday. We spoke to IOE CI Director, Katharine Carruthers to ask her about the workshop element of this […]
Apply for the MTeach at the UCL Institute of Education, which now has an exciting new module specifically focussing on the teaching and learning of Mandarin Chinese. In partnership with […]
The plenary sessions for the 2017 conference promise to be as diverse and informative as always, covering a broad range of topics over the two day conference.
In the run up to the IOE Confucius Institute Annual Chinese Teaching Conference we interviewed Thomas Godber, Chinese Teacher at Brighton College, about his workshop for this year’s conference. Thomas will […]
Every year at the IOE CI Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, we have a range of performances from primary and secondary school students who are learning Chinese. The IOE CI National […]
We are continuing our series of 2017 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference blogposts with an interview with Kay McLeod, who is the Confucius Classroom Manager at Beths Grammar School. Kay has […]
Annual Chinese Teaching Conference – Expanding Excellence: Raising Expectation, Increasing Fluency The IOE Confucius Institute Annual Chinese Conference is the largest CPD opportunity of its kind in the UK for […]
Following our interview with Katharine Carruthers last week about the 2017 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference, we have caught up with IOE CI Teacher Training Coordinator, Philippa Vallely for a blog […]
Teacher Training We offer a variety of teacher training opportunities. Click the links below to read more about the short courses we are planning for 2016-17 (subject to demand). Courses […]
To celebrate the completion of the New Edition Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese Student Book, we caught up with Series Editor Katharine Carruthers, Pearson Editor Charonne Prosser and Series Writers Yan Hua and Michelle Tate to discuss the content of the book and the process of editing.
This year’s Annual Chinese Teaching Conference is taking place on 23rd and 24th June at the UCL Institute of Central London. The Conference is the IOE Confucius Institute’s biggest annual […]
In the run up to the 2017 Annual Chinese Conference, we will be writing a series of blogposts based on the Conference workshops. In this first post, we ask Liqun […]
The training will include a workshop led by Alex Ferraby, Seven Kings School, and Philippa Vallely, looking at how teachers can incorporate authentic materials into their teaching, to engage and […]
It’s been a busy start to the year for some Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) schools. Both St Mary Magdalene Academy, London and Beths Grammar School, Bexley celebrated Chinese New Year […]
We are pleased to annouce our Teaching Mandarin Grammar Course is now aceepting bookings. The course will take place on Thursday 30th March between 10.30am and 4pm. This grammar training […]
The third annual Schools and Universities Day took place last Friday and was attended by 24 universities from all over the UK and over 170 students from English schools. There […]
在新春来临之际，UCL IOE孔院的老师和同事祝各位同仁鸡年如意，合家团圆，恭喜发财！ 感谢多才多艺的汉办老师精心设计的贺年卡，在此祝福您。 Chinese New Year (Chun Jie, 春节）of Rooster falls on Saturday 28th January this year. Colleagues at UCL IOE Confucius Institute wish you a Happy and Prosperous ‘Rooster’ […]
Yuchen Li is a Mandarin Chinese teacher at Castle School, Taunton and is a former student of the UCL IOE Mandarin Chinese PGCE. Yuchen has been exploring the world of […]
UK parents see Mandarin Chinese as the ‘most beneficial’ non-European language for their children to learn, according to new research released today as part of the Mandarin Excellence Programme which […]
The Dynasties, daggers and duty: a Chinese Cinema Study Day for KS3 Mandarin will take place at the British Film Institute (BFI) on Tuesday 31st January between 10:30 – 15:30. […]
A UCL Memorandum of Understanding broadening education collaboration was among high-profile signings at the 2016 UK-China Education Summit and UK-China High Level People-to-People Dialogue in Shanghai. Katharine Carruthers, UCL’s Pro-Vice-Provost […]
This week hundreds of secondary school pupils in England have begun intensive lessons in Mandarin Chinese as the first initiative of its kind is rolled out across the country. The […]
Last week Bohunt School, one of the schools delivering Mandarin Excellence Programme, organised a speaking contest for their Year 7 class. Students were set the task of introducing themselves, their […]
IOE Confucius Institute’s National Network Coordinator Xiaoming Zhu was invited by the Cyprus University Confucius Institute to join their Forum on Teaching Chinese Language and Culture in Schools from 18th […]
On Saturday 5th November, the IOE CI’s Primary Network Co-ordinator, James Trapp, travelled to the new premises of the De Montfort University Confucius Institute in the heart of the university […]
Mary Oboh won the first prize in the individual category at the 9th Chinese Bridge Speaking Competition hosted by Hanban in Yunnan last month. A delegation of five candidates from […]
Beths Grammar School, Bexley is one of the first 14 schools taking part in the DfE’s Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP). The programme has gained a lot of interest from students […]
James Trapp, Primary Network Coordinator at the UCL IOE Confucius Institute, was recently interviewed by Cypress Books. In the interview, he revealed his life long passion for all things about […]
St Mary Magdalene Academy is one of 14 schools currently taking part in the Mandarin Excellence Programme. Yadi Luo, Head of Mandarin at St Mary Magdalene Academy, and a couple […]
Following the summer visit to China in 2016, there was further opportunity for our Chinese pupils to discover new and creative aspects of Chinese culture, as we took thirty year […]
In September this year, the Beijing Publishing Group (BPG), Peking University (PKU) and the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) held the event ‘A Taste of China’ at the British Library […]
Good news for giant pandas recently, with the announcement that China’s conservation efforts are paying off, moving their status from “endangered” to “vulnerable.” So there’s no better time to engage […]
We are happy to let you know about a new collaboration which brings together the worlds of Shakespeare and Kunqu (Jiangsu Opera), performed for two nights only at the Actor’s […]
Tickets are now available to hear China’s favourite choral work, Xian Xinghai’s Yellow River Cantata, China’s flagship choral work sung in Mandarin! Chopsticks Choral Society have announced a major concert […]
In September 2014, the IOE Confucius Insitute launched the Young Photographers’ Competition, to coincide with National Confucius Institute Day. The competition is now in its third year and has seen […]
This summer saw two groups of UK teachers heading to East China Normal University, Shanghai, to participate in the Language Enhancement and Experience China courses, for non-native proficient and beginner […]
The 2016 China Study Camps, whick took place this July, were a great success. The 278 students and teachers from UK schools were supported by Hanban, the IOE CI, the […]
This week we’ve been looking into the world of Open Educational Resources (OER). These are free learning and teaching resources available on the internet, and can be anything from materials […]
The UCL IOE Confucius Institute are currently recruiting to the following 3 posts advertised on the UCL Website and Jobs.ac.uk to deliver the Mandarin Excellence Programme. Please click the links […]
The UCL IOE CI 2016 Annual Chinese Teaching Conference which took place last Friday and Saturday was a great success. We would like to thank all those who took part […]
Those of you who attended the Annual Conference on Friday 13th June will have heard Katharine Carruthers and Adam Unwin talk about the MTeach (Masters of Teaching) programme at UCL […]
A new updated version of the Programme of Study for Primary Mandarin is now available for download. Re-released in June 2016, the language content and general rationale remain the same […]
In April and May, two teacher training events were held at UCL IOE CI, focussed on speaking and listening skills development. Designed and delivered by Philippa Vallely, UCL IOE CI […]
Key themes at this year’s conference are the ideas of collaboration and creativy, as we focus on the development of Mandarin Chinese in the UK. This collaboration can come from […]
Recently the UCL IOE CI held a day to support teachers who are teaching, or about to teach Pre U Mandarin Chinese. Discussion workshops were led by Ruairí Garvey, Oundle […]
Formerly an IOE Mandarin Chinese PGCE student, Chris Webster currently teaches Chinese at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, London. Chris has started to write a blog to document his successes and challenges while teaching […]
This year’s conference features a primary strand with workshops from experts in Primary Mandarin Chinese Teaching. Rhoda Pennington from Highgate Primary School is delivering a workshop called ‘Designing a culturally […]
One of the strands of this year’s conference reflects a growing trend in teaching: use of technology in the classroom. We asked two of our workshop presenters, Leng Xuenian and […]
Last night our Teacher Training Coordinator, Philippa Vallely, enjoyed Red Dragonfly’s production of “Diao Chan- The Rise of the Courtesan” at the Arts Theatre, London. The play takes its story […]