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to establish sustainable links that will impact on the development of the schools and colleges involved |
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to provide professional development opportunities for staff |
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to enrich the curriculum and support language awareness and learning |
Please download, complete and sign the relevant application forms and send them to:
World Links and Partnerships
British Council Education, Science and Society
10 Spring Gardens
London SW1A 2BN
Please contact the World Links team:
telephone 020 7389 4595
email world.links@britishcouncil.org
Supported by HSBC Global Education Trust and managed by the British Council, this programme aims to develop partnerships between areas of England and Wales and their Chinese counterparts – providing a strategic framework for school partnership within the authority. Three partnerships will be funded each year for a period of three years. In order to apply for this funding you must have an existing partner in China. If you are looking for a partner region to make a strategic link with, please contact us at world.links@britishcouncil.org
The closing date for applications is 6 June 2008
Download the application form (MS Word 53KB)
Funding is available for teachers and headteachers to undertake short visits to a partner school in China to set up a curriculum based partnership or develop an existing link. Groups of up to ten individuals representing a district or cluster of schools may apply as a group.
The next deadline for applications is 1 May 2008. More information and case studies are on the School Linking Visit homepage
Funding is available for schools to take part in collaborative projects with their Chinese partner in a range of subjects, including sport, art and music. An excellent way to enrich the international dimension in the curriculum, the grant can be used for travel, accommodation and related project costs as well as electronic links.
Grant available: up to £5,000 per year.
Closing date for applications is 23 May 2008.
Download the Joint Curriculum Projects guidelines (MS Word 62.5KB) and application form (MS Word 100KB)
Read case studies of successful UK school partnerships with China
We can recruit language assistants for your school from China. Find out more about the costs, how to apply and the benefits to your school and students.
The immersion course allows groups of students and teachers from schools in England to embark on a two-week intensive course in China, enabling both linguistic and cultural immersion.
British Council are running DCSF funded courses in Shanghai, Kunming and Nanhai in July. For more information and to apply please click here
Read about last year's course in Beijing here
The Chinese Speaking Competition for Schools took place in February at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London as part of the CHINA NOW festival. Details of the 2008/09 competition will be announced later this year
Read about this year's competition here.
UK secondary schools with partner schools in China are invited to enter a unique competition celebrating language learning, partnership and the many similarities and differences between the UK and China. For a chance to win a visit from your partner school click here
Download the application form for the 'Chinese for GCSE' textbook (PDF 1 MB) developed by the British Council, Han Ban (National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Beijing), Edexcel and the QCA.
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