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SCEN Lecture at Leith Academy
On 6 September a group of interested students went to Leith Academy to a Scotland China Education Network (SCEN)
Handmade in China: Moons Migration & Messages
It is 'Night of the Moon Festival', a time of transformation, reunion, dreaming and sending of secret messages.
One Week Intensive Chinese Classes
The Confucius Institute is now offering one-week intensive classes from 5th to 9th August 2013
Simon's Teahouse
'Simon's Teahouse' is the first output of the project that SCEN Music Ambassador, Louise Rossiter
UK National Chinese Essay Writing Competition 2013
St George's U4 and L6 girls who study Chinese as a Modern Language took part in the UK national Chinese essay/story writing competition
SCEN Conference 2013
As a SCEN ambassador, I had the honour of attending the most recent SCEN Conference which was held in the Playfair Library
Gap Year Travels In China
On Tuesday 26 March, Jessica Howard Johnson, former student of St George's, came back to give a talk on opportunities for gap years.
Scotland Goes Global: Inspiring Youth
Scotland Goes Global, a Scottish Government-funded initiative, in partnership with the British Council, Education Scotland, and Young Scot.
Teaching Fellow In Chinese And English, 1 Year (Maternity Cover)
The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Chinese and English
European Language Label 2013
Applications are now open for the 2013 European Language Label, and schools from across the UK are invited to apply.
SCEN Meeting at The Royal Society of Edinburgh
SCEN Ambassadors' Meeting at The Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Parliament's Official Report - Extract
Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Government how it will implement its working with China strategy. (S4O-01802)
The Confucius Institute
The Confucius Institute for Scottish Schools recently ran a workshop in conjunction with Professor Jane Duckett from the Glasgow University
Lecture and Discussion
SCILT, Scotland's National Centre for Languages, will be hosting a lecture by the artist Ying Sheng Yang on the evening of Thursday 21st February
Thank You News
Today we are celebrating the Year of the Snake! With a list of Chinese events happening across Scotland
Debate - BBC Newsnight Scotland
Last Monday, we saw members of our Chinese professional community participated in the BBC special debate on Independent Referendum
Working with China
The Scottish Government has now published the next five-year strategy for engagement with the People's Republic of China:
Chinese and the Student Voice
Learning languages really matters and it is excellent to see the 1+2 plans. The Scotland China Education Network (SCEN)
Scottish Cabinet Secretary's Message on SCEN
Unfortunately the Cabinet Secretary was unwell and unable to attend the SCEN China Youth Summit at Gleneagles.
Gleneagles Photo Gallery
These marvellous photographs by Callum were made possible very generously by the Confucius Institute for Scotland at the University of Edinburgh.