education

An ageing population and a growth of AI means that the need for skills-based vocational training is on the rise in China, writes Tom Pattinson China’s rapidly ageing population brings about plenty of challenges and opportunities. As our report on elderly care shows there is a lot of scope for companies to help in the care sector and make the most of the gradual welfare reforms that will benefit the …

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 …

A one-day project between the University of Salford’s fashion department and Zhejiang Fashion Institute of Technology succinctly demonstrates the value of years of cross-cultural exchange and training, writes Tom Pattinson Back in 2011, the British Council established a campaign to pair up specialist technical colleges in China with British higher education institutions. Initially focusing on fashion design, the aim was to have both staff exchanges and shared student projects. Out …

Professors David Selby and Keith Lindsey, are scientists at the University of Durham explain about their blooming relationship with universities in Wuhan   The University of Durham has close relationships with universities in Wuhan. How did they come about? KL: Our partnership is specifically with Wuhan and the Huazhong Agricultural University. The link started in 2000 when someone who was working on cotton there contacted me and asked if he …

Your BBC Radio 4 series, Chinese Characters, has been very popular. How did you select which characters to feature and what were your criteria when choosing them? Thank you! Well, it was very much a personal choice, but I wanted to fulfil certain criteria. First, I wanted to give more substance to names that might be known to a British public, such as Confucius or Mao, but whose details aren’t …

Britain’s strengths in technology and education make it a strong partner for China’s booming EdTech sector, writes Lauren Buchan China and the UK both have ambitions to become global leaders in innovation, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is helping achieve these goals. Adoption of AI is increasingly seen in a wide variety of sectors and the education sector is no exception. A rise in e-learning, app-based education and Massive Open Online …

Recently, CBBC held an “Excellence in Early Years Education” roundtable in Shanghai with representatives from UK nurseries, Chinese international-style nurseries, and Chinese investment groups. Ann Pan, International Schools Sector Lead, CBBC, and Robert Gymer discuss the outcomes  Differences between UK and Chinese Education The discussion started with a general agreement that the UK and Chinese systems of education assessment are different: the existence of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s …