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Please download, complete and sign the relevant application forms and send them to:
Scotland-China School Links Programme
British Council Scotland
The Tun
4 Jackson's Entry
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8PJ
Please contact the Scotland-China School Links Programme.
telephone 0131 524 5747
email fiona.fisher@britishcouncil.org
The immersion course allows groups of students and teachers from secondary schools in Scotland to embark on a two-week intensive course in China, enabling both linguistic and cultural immersion.
The application deadline for 2007 has now passed. Further information for 2008 will be available later in the year.
If you have any queries or wish to register your interest in the immersion course please email:
fiona.fisher@britishcouncil.org
If your school already has a link with a Chinese school, teachers and headteachers can apply for funding to visit their partner school in China to develop the link. A grant of £1000 per school is available to contribute towards flights, subsistence and accommodation. Arrangements and the programme for the visit should be agreed directly with the partner school in China, but the British Council can assist with communication if needed.
Visits can take place throughout the year until 31 March 2008.
Download School linking visit guidelines 2007/8 (Scotland)
Download School linking visit application form 2007/8 (Scotland)
Headteacher visits provide an opportunity for groups of Headteachers or members of Senior Management Teams to visit China to establish new school links with a school in China. Potential partner schools are identified in advance by British Council China and a week-long programme is arranged including meetings with the Education Authority and time spent in the partner school.
A grant of up to £1000 per person is available to contribute towards the costs of flights, subsistence and accommodation.
A group visit to Shandong took place in October 2007 and details of future Headteacher visits will be posted here when available.
If you would like to register your interest in a Headteacher visit or have any queries please e-mail fiona.fisher@britishcouncil.org.
Download Headteacher visit guidelines 2007/8 (Scotland).
The aim of this programme is to promote the teaching of Chinese language and raise awareness of China and its culture in Scotland.
The British Council covers the cost of the international travel, induction course and administration. Host schools will be expected to pay employment costs of £9,800 over 10 months.
Find out more about the Chinese Language Assistants Programme.
HSBC Gap Year Scholars' programme, for five individuals to spend a gap year in China, was initially agreed as a 2 year pilot. Five students have recently returned after a successful year in Shanghai. Five further students have just left the UK for their experience of a lifetime in Shanghai. Currently, there is no intention for HSBC to continue supporting this scheme.
The Chinese Speaking Competition for Schools will take place on Thursday 28 February 2008 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London as part of the CHINA NOW festival. Download more information and the application form
Read the report on last year's event.
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