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 company and the lessons they have learned from running a business for Mandarin learners. Both are University of Leeds alumni, graduating in 2015 from Chinese...
After graduating from Chinese and International Development this year Natasha Fowler-Ekar will take her place as Equality and Liberation Officer on the LUU Student Executive team. We talked to Natasha about her personal experiences as a working class, neurodivergent, queer woman of colour doing a Chinese degree. Natasha’ speech is peppered with superlatives, covering both ends of the spectrum. Studying Chinese...
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 Chinese and Business at the University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany, Tobias went on to study an MA in Development Studies at Beijing Normal University. He has pursued a...
When Kay McLeod was given a Teach Yourself Chinese Characters kit for Christmas, she became instantly fascinated by Mandarin. Her love of Chinese language and culture has blossomed since then, giving her unforgettable experiences and leading to her current role as Coordinator of the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP). The MEP...
Kim McGreal’s fascination with languages and love of words led her down a Mandarin-learning rabbit hole after a Netflix TV series got her hooked on the language and what it revealed about Chinese culture. Internal Communications Manager Kim started learning Mandarin during the pandemic. She is now taking the BCI...
Today is 小年 (Xiao Nian), which marks the start of the build up to Chinese New Year. In this post the Business Confucius Institute team share their Spring Festival wishes and we provide lots of Chinese New Year greetings that you can use with your friends, family, students and classmates. ...
Gary Chambers runs the TESOL Studies MA course at the University of Leeds; a course populated almost entirely by Chinese students. As an investment in his working relationship with them, Gary enrolled on a beginner Mandarin course to learn some words and phrases in their native language. Gary’s story is...
Marina Rupp is a student from Austria who came to Leeds to study Geography and Mathematics. She had her eyes on the Business Confucius Institute (BCI) evening courses throughout her undergraduate degree, and finally completed levels 1 and 2 after graduating. What attracted Marina to Mandarin and why did it take...
Richard Barnard’s Mandarin learning journey has seen him transform from a shy young man who feared learning new things to a fluent Mandarin speaker with a full set of Chinese Proficiency Exams under his belt. Richard now inspires the next generation of learners in his teaching role at our Harrogate Grammar School Confucius Classroom. Learn how he developed his confidence and found an approach...
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 comprehensive online new-based graded reader for students of Chinese, and forms a part of teaching in over 300 Mandarin teaching institutions around the world. The...
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