This is great! Loving the footage from the evening meal in particular!

MEP students have secured a life-changing scholarship to study at Wycombe Abbey School in Changzhou, China! EngageWithChina Wycombe Abbey ci.ioe.ac.uk/mep-students-t…

✈️ Here we go! Today, our year 10 #MandarinExcellence students leave for China 🇨🇳 Wishing them a fantastic trip filled with language learning and unforgettable experiences!

Heathrow here we come! ✈️ very excited students in their Finham park gilets!

We have landed in China and been picked up by Beijing Language and Cultural University. Safe and sound! Everyone is happy and excited! Dartford Grammar British Council Schools Mandarin Excellence Programme #10MEPChinaVisit2023

Our #MandarinExcellence students have now arrived in Beijing! ✈️🇨🇳 🌏This marks a significant milestone as the first international school tour organised under the MEP since 2019. 📽️Check out our video to hear from the students and find out more about the trip.

At the Opening Ceremony of #10MEPChinaVisit2023 warmest welcome from BLCU. Adrian delivered a fantastic speech and made us proud. Today was also his birthday! An unforgettable birthday surprise. Dartford Grammar Mandarin Excellence Programme UCL IOE CI British Council Schools

Fantastic evening at the Opening Ceremony for the Mandarin Excellence Programme China trip - a real feast of food and an excellent speech from our very own Mr. Bailie!

🛬🇨🇳Our #MandarinExcellence students have been immersed in exciting cultural activities in China! This week, more adventures await as they explore Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and Chengdu, and develop their language skills.

10MEP China Intensive Study. Ibrahim and Beau demonstrated impressive language skills and short-term memory! They recited a presentation with very little support in 10 minutes! Dartford Grammar Mandarin Excellence Programme UCL IOE CI

Life and lessons in Xi'an: three hours of instruction in the target language and an afternoon with Chinese peers, out and about in the city of Xi'an by night, using public transport and seeing the sights, including the Bell Tower. QMGS Mandarin Excellence Programme

Life and lessons in Xi'an: three hours of instruction in the target language, an afternoon with Chinese peers, out and about in the city of Xi'an by night, using public transport and seeing the sights, including the Bell Tower. QMGS Mandarin Excellence Programme

Making friends at a local middle school yesterday and trying some of their enrichment activities like calligraphy and seal carving! #MEPChinatrip Mandarin Excellence Programme

📸 More highlights from the #MandarinExcellence trip 🇨🇳 The students continue to make the most of their time in China, engaging in cultural activities and developing their language skills!

Over 100 students across England will visit China as part of the IOE and British Council-led Mandarin Excellence Programme to boost cultural exchange and language learning. Follow them on their journey at Mandarin Excellence Programme. ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/oct/…

A record-breaking number of students are visiting China this week as part of the Mandarin Excellence Programme programme: nearly 1,200 pupils and 157 teachers from 61 schools. They'll connect with local pupils to advance their language and intercultural skills. ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jul/…

A record-breaking 1,200 students are undertaking the most ambitious international school trip of its kind this month as part of the Mandarin Excellence Programme programme, led by IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society with Department for Education British Council Schools British Council ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jul/…

Join us at UCL Institute of Education on Saturday 19 October for the 21st Annual Chinese Teaching Conference 👩‍🎓 UK's largest teacher-led Chinese teaching CPD event 💡 Creative teaching ideas ✒️ Latest Chinese teaching materials 🤝 Networking opportunities Register: tinyurl.com/5n7wuzmf

Our 21st Annual Chinese Teaching Conference is under way today at the Institute of Education. Li Wei, Director and Dean at IOE is opening the conference. #chineseconf

Colleagues are discussing the Post-16 Chinese language learning landscape in the 2nd afternoon plenary session. Earlier this afternoon the first plenary covered the impact of students visiting China and Chinese speaking diaspora on school trips #chineseconf