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2023 Chinese New Year Concert at the Usher Hall
On the prestigious stage of Usher Hall, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra will be playing alongside a host of special guests, heralding the most important festival in the Chinese calendar with a ground-breaking collaboration of Scottish and Chinese music and song - a gala concert like no other!
Scottish Confucius Institute for Business and Communication Semester 2 Courses
The Scottish Confucius Institute for Business and Communication Semester 2 Course Schedule is now available. Book through Eventbrite now to secure your place.
SCEN Lecture 2022 - Recording Now Available
On the 1 December 2022, we held our first SCEN Lecture in over three years, with speaker Martin McDermott reflecting on five years of representing the Scottish Government at the British Embassy in Beijing.
CISS Chinese New Year Poster Competition 2023
CISS is delighted to announce a poster competition for primary schools to celebrate the forthcoming Year of the Rabbit! Deadline for entries: Friday 13th January 2023.
SCEN December Update 2022
SCEN’s December Update on the recent Lecture held at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, upcoming events & meetings, and other community news.
SCEN Update October 2022
SCEN Update on the latest Youth Summit at Kinross High School, the upcoming SCEN Lecture, commission of research, and election of a new Trustee.
SCEN at Kinross High School - 23 September 2022
Kinross High School hosted the third SCEN school summit event since the pandemic.
Open-access Mandarin Course at the Futures Institute at Dollar Academy
The Futures Institute at Dollar Academy (FIDA) is offering an open-access course introducing learners to the Mandarin language.
Beyond the Panda Update
It has been another successful year for Beyond the Panda and so they would like you to know about three upcoming programmes they are running.
SCEN August 2022 Update
Welcome back to the new school session/academic year 2022/23. After the considerable challenges of the past two years, we look forward hopefully to a time of fewer restrictions, albeit with many uncertainties ahead.
Confucius Institute for Scotland Chinese Language Summer Courses – 4 July to 5 August
This summer the Confucius Institute for Scotland are offering both Day and Evening classes from 4 July to 5 August.
2022 Shanghai Open University Immersion Hub Online International Students Program
2022 Shanghai Open University “Immersion Hub”
Short-term Online Program for International Students
July 4th-July 15th, 2022, Shanghai, China
100 Scholarship Opportunities
SCEN May 2022 Update
As we move towards the end of the very difficult school session and academic year of 2021-22, we look ahead to a new session ahead with fewer restrictions on all of us and, we very much hope, refreshed opportunities for language learning, especially Chinese.
2022 DUT International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship
The Center for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education has launched the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship “One Belt and One Road” Local Chinese Language Teacher Improvement Program.
Chinese Courses at the Confucius Institute for Business and Communication (23rd May to 29th July 2022)
The Confucius Institute for Business and Communication have released their programme of classes taking place over the next few months.
MSL Master Chinese Writing Contest
Chinese language learners worldwide are invited to be part of the Chinese Writing Contest 2022, writing something using 320 Chinese characters. Best entries will be published as a book. The top three will have their own special prizes.
An Analysis of the Promotion of Chinese Culture within an L3 Language Experience at the P5-7 Stages in Selected Scottish Primary Schools
Dr. David Roxburgh, PhD, SFHEA, a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, has recently shared his research with SCEN on ‘the Promotion of Chinese Culture within an L3 Language Experience at the P5-7 Stages in Selected Scottish Primary Schools’.
Vacancy: Teacher of Modern Languages (Mandarin)
Carnoustie High School is looking for a temporary full time teacher of Mandarin.
Spring 2022 Chinese Classes at the Scottish Confucius Institute for Business & Communication
Registration is now open for the Scottish Confucius Institute for Business & Communication’s Spring classes!
SCEN March 2022 Update
An update from SCEN on recent events, upcoming meetings, the appointment of a new SCEN Trustee, and more.