Manchester wins DfES contract to manage China Summer School
15 May 2007
Programme open to all UK undergraduates
In his recent letter to the UUK and Vice Chancellors, Bill Rammell, Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education announced that The University of Manchester was selected as the management agent for the DfES China Summer School for 2007, following a competitive tendering process. The contract is worth just under a quarter million.
The Summer School is part of the government initiative to increase UK student mobility and to encourage students to take advantage of opportunities to work, research and study abroad as part of their HE courses. This programme is open to all UK-based undergraduates and 200 funded places, together with 20 Widening Participation Bursaries, are on offer.
This programme will be managed and delivered by the Centre for Chinese Studies in partnership with Beijing Normal University, our partner of the Confucius Institute. Successful candidates will be spending three weeks in Beijing this July and August to learn the Chinese language and culture, to meet and interact with Chinese young people and to visit businesses and gain insight into the fastest growing economy in the world.
Please bring this to the attention of your students. If your children and friends are eligible for the scheme, encourage them to apply. Information about the programme and application procedures is available from:
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- 0161 306 1725