Fieldwork: Football coach and translator Jacopo Mazzanti
Jacopo Mazzanati lived in China for five years working in the world of professional football as a coach and as a translator. He has passed...
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Lessons from Martin Pollard’s career as a video journalist
Leeds alumnus Martin Pollard, an award-winning multimedia journalist for Reuters, spoke in a guest lecture at the Business Confucius Institute on 8 December 2021. Martin...
Annual Lecture 2021: five key takeaways for students
Andrew Seaton, Chief-Executive of the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC), delivered the Business Confucius Institute Annual Lecture on 24 November 2021. Andrew graduated from Leeds with...
Introducing Mandarin Aspirations Project Assistant Emily
Emily Austin-Howell, a third-year Liberal Arts student at the University of Leeds, has recently joined the Business Confucius Institute (BCI) team as the Mandarin Aspirations...
Gary Izunwa on China, Employability and Widening Participation
Gary Izunwa, founder of the Climbing the Rungs social mobility podcast and Outward Mobility Manager for the British Council, joined us via Zoom on 6...
Learning Chinese: tips and resources from Jake Gill's guest lecture
Jake Gill (高健), CEO of the character learning app Skritter, is a long-time learner of Chinese and also has experience of teaching Mandarin. Along his...
Mandarin learning at Leeds University Business School
We spoke to a student, a member of professional staff and an academic to get their different perspectives on the value of engaging with Chinese...
The Slow Chinese Newsletter and making progress as an advanced learner
Andrew Methven, CEO of the British advisory firm Hampton Group, first picked up Chinese when backpacking around China. After a few years of travelling he...
Emma Cayley’s passion for language and experience of China and Chinese
Professor Emma Cayley, Head of the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies (LCS) at the University of Leeds, has always been a people person and...
A passion for Mandarin that led to a career into publishing
Whilst studying for a BTEC in journalism, Nathan Krout discovered a passion for Chinese language and culture that changed the course of his life. Having...