Reflections On My Mandarin Aspirations Project Internship
Emily Austin-Howell shares some thoughts on her year spent as an intern with the Business Confucius Institute team as the Mandarin Aspirations Project Assistant. The internship...
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Insights into the Language Service Industry (with Chinese Characteristics!)
On 27 April 2022, Leeds alumnus James Halstead MCIL CL delivered a lecture about the global language service providing (LSP) industry. Watch the recording of...
Advice for building your career and network as an expat in China
Leeds alumna Nandini Venkata was joined by a panel of women living and working in Beijing at an online event at the Business Confucius Institute...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Richard Barnard: from painter and decorator to HSK 6 and beyond
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...
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...
Enjoying authentic Chinese content and overcoming burnout: Mischa Wilmers
Mischa Wilmers started learning Chinese in our evening classes as a way to meet people when he first moved to Leeds. He is now a fluent...