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...
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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...
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...
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...
Skritter CEO Jake Gill on experimenting and ‘showing up’
Skritter CEO Jake Gill (高健) shows up with passion and dedication in all areas of his life, whether that is at work leading the world’s number one character writing application, or creating graffiti style...
Career lessons from Guy Dru Drury MBE
In a guest lecture for the Business Confucius Institute in November 2020, Leeds alumnus Guy Dru Drury gave us an insight into his successful career...
Do Mandarin learners have the top five skills that employers want?
Earlier this month the Careers Centre at the University of Leeds organised a series of workshops about the top five skills that LinkedIn says employers...
Entrepreneurial alumni return to share the story of The Chairman's Bao
Sean McGibney and Oliver Leach from The Chairman’s Bao (TCB) joined us on 17 March to give a guest lecture about the evolution of the...
Tobias Ross on combining his passions for football and China
In both his studies and his career, Tobias Ross has been able to combine his two passions - football and China. After completing his BA in...
Turning your interest in Chinese into a business: The Chairman's Bao
Leeds alumni Sean McGibney and Oliver Leach answer our questions about running a successful business for Mandarin learners. The Chairman's Bao (TCB) is the most...