Voices
Jasper Gogol-Sicklen spent three years teaching English at Chongqing Foreign Language School in China. He used his time abroad to seek adventures across all of Asia.
For UN Chinese Language Day, we asked British Council colleagues and programme participants in China what they find most surprising about learning Mandarin.
We asked interns who moved to China with basic language skills to tell us the most useful Mandarin words and phrases they learned.
The leadership skills Freddie Cloke gained as an international university student in Wuhan, China helped him start a business after graduation.
Abigail Nobes spent part of her Erasmus+ year in Ronda, Spain. She translated, interpreted, and organised cooking events that brought the community and visitors together.
For UN Chinese Language Day, we asked British Council colleagues who have studied Mandarin to tell us about their most memorable mistake with tone while living and working in China.
What's the best way to sort through overseas research opportunities, and make your application stand out? We asked Huw Merfyn Hughes of Cardiff Metropolitan University.
How do you become a martial arts movie star if you aren't Chinese? We asked UK-born actor, fight director and filmmaker Ted Duran, a member of our Generation UK: China Network.
We asked Northern Ireland's 16-year-olds about their ambitions to go abroad for study, travel and work. Dr Dirk Schubotz, who directed the research, explains their answers.
What's it really like to be a smart, ambitious young woman in China? Lara Izzard-Hobbs, an intern at a Chinese law firm as part of a British Council programme, answers.