Apple: An Insight Supported by Bristol Student Union To ask questions about graduate opportunities in the UK and globally. Time: Wednesday, 17th February, 16:00 – 18:00 Location: 2D1 Social Science Complex, Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TU Apple revolutionised personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today. Their three software platforms — iOS, OS […]
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, has bestowed one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious honours on Dr. Winston Wong, recognising his service to education and research in the United Kingdom and his contributions to Taiwan-UK education relations, by naming him an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The Honour is more […]
Results of the survey will be relayed to the government. Photo: Terry Li The British Chinese Project is working with an All Party Parliamentary Group and the Chinese Embassy to undertake the first ever Parliamentary International Students Survey Project specifically directed at the Chinese students. The results will be a major breakthrough in bringing Chinese international students’ voice […]
When my successful application to study at China’s Fudan University arrived I confess that I had no idea what I was letting myself into. The problem with most English-speaking nationalities is a sense of laziness at learning other languages. This description most certainly applies to me! In fact, despite being British, I was born in […]
A public health programme hoping to develop health knowledge and healthy lifestyles among Chinese children for the purpose of promoting healthy nutritional and weight status has been officially launched in Guangzhou. Devised and led by academics at the University of Birmingham (UK) and in collaboration with the Guangzhou Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, the […]
In a recent poll conducted by Nee Hao (120 asked), 65% of British Chinese students studied a subject at university to please their parents rather than themselves. One person claimed he could have become a great artist had he developed his training through further study in the Arts, but chose an accounting and finance degree […]
By Nelson Lo, Director of Athena Tuition – A UK-China based Tutor agency and education consultancy China and the West: more similar than we are led to believe Last week, the BBC aired a programme called ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough?’, in which Chinese teachers were brought in to teach at an English school in […]
The University of Birmingham is set to teach Chinese children about Shakespeare in a week-long summer camp at Maofeng Mountain, near Guangzhou in Guangdong province. Organised by the education group Readstart and led by Duncan Lees; a postgraduate student at the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute, the programme aims to get the children interested in […]
Do British Chinese children get more pressured into studying harder than their white counterparts? Work hard and get a good education: this is the mantra many Chinese parents followed when they were younger and want their children to adhere to as well. In China and other East Asian countries, a high percentage of children are […]
China Graduate Recruitment Event – Saturday 11th October, 2014 “An excellent opportunity to meet top talent from five leading UK Universities” Whether you are a Chinese organisation, a multinational firm or a growing UK business, this is an excellent opportunity for you to meet and recruit China talent. Participating Universities: 5 leading UK universities have come […]