China’s investment in new infrastructure and industrial automation requires skilled technicians, but vocational education has always had a bad rap in the country – until now. After a recent change to the Vocational Education Law, are there now new opportunities for UK businesses, asks Torsten Weller? Escaping the dreaded ‘middle-income trap’ has long been a major concern for Chinese policymakers. Improving education levels is therefore a key policy goal. But …
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Dental nurse training are being exported to China bringing benefits to both sides
New College Lanarkshire (NCL) is one institution that has successfully taken educational and vocation training programmes that they provide in the UK and exported them to China. NCL has been exporting dental nurse courses to China and providing guest lectures, teacher training, assessments and certification with partner institutes since 2011 when the college was first approached by an agent from China. “Dental nursing programmes were in their infancy in China …