Nottingham Schools 2007
Nottingham’s educational institutions already have extensive links with China, especially in the Ningbo municipality.
Schools
Jiangdong Primary School
Several of Nottingham’s primary schools have established ongoing links with schools in Ningbo
Following the signing of the Sister City agreement between Nottingham and Ningbo in 2005, numerous meetings have been held between Nottingham schools, and Ningbo Education Bureau and Ningbo schools to discuss a forward plan for the educational exchange and cooperation between the two cities.
In December 2006, a representative from Nottingham City Council collected Nottingham schools’ profiles and visited Ningbo, and, with the support from the Ningbo education partners, identified partnership opportunities for the schools.
Teachers from Nottingham schools plan to visit Ningbo once again during October 2007 to further develop successful and productive educational partnerships between the two cities, and:
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- To bring benefits to all partners at both a strategic and institutional level
- To develop practical activities between all partners, particularly through the development of future joint curriculum actitivies
- To provide an opportunity for teachers to meet face to face to establish a relationship and therefore have ownership of their project
- To develop a greater understanding of the professional context in which our Chinese colleagues work and their pupils learn.
- To raise awareness of the Chinese language
- To experience the cultural context in which the pupils and teachers work and live
- To collect authentic resources to support partnership development
- To provide the opportunity for strategic discussions about collaboration between organisations and
- To create wider opportunities for children and young people in Nottingham and Ningbo
Contact
For further information please contact:
Yiyun Ling from Nottingham City Council on 00 44 115 9155095, or email at yiyun.ling@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Further education colleges
New College Nottingham
The Nottingham City Colleges Group (NCCG) is currently exploring the potential for setting up a partnership project with a foreign affairs school in Ningbo.
The Nottingham City Colleges Group (NCCG) comprises Bilborough College, Castle College Nottingham, New College Nottingham and South Nottingham College. Together they are a strong partnership of educational institutions in Nottingham, providing an extensive range of high quality vocational and academic education to the people of Nottingham and to students from around the world.
The project in Ningbo will focus on setting up a partnership to enable the establishment of UK-brand courses, such as BTEC and A-Levels, to Chinese students in Ningbo. The project may also include student and staff exchange programmes, training and work experience programmes and INSET teacher training in Nottingham for Chinese teachers of English.
Contact
For further information please contact:
Eleanor Fletcher from Nottingham City Council on 00 44 115 9155093, or email at eleanor.fletcher@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Universities
Nottingham is home to two world-class Universities:
University of Nottingham campus in Ningbo, China
University of Nottingham campus, Ningbo
The University of Nottingham’s strong links with China resulted in an invitation to become the first foreign university to establish an independent campus, under new legislation passed in China in 2003.
Established in September 2004, the campus is located in Ningbo, and has been developed in partnership with the dynamic and innovative Wanli Education Group.
The £40 million Ningbo campus was completed in 2005 and was officially opened by John Prescott, the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, in February 2006. Like the University’s Malaysia Campus, Ningbo Campus builds on the attributes of University Park in the UK and includes a lake and its own version of Nottingham's famous Trent Building. The campus provides state-of-the-art facilities for 4,000 students, including on-site residential facilities for all students and staff, restaurants and shops and a dedicated sports complex. The new campus is situated on the Ningbo City University Park, which also has excellent facilities, including the beautiful new Municipal Library.
The campus is a full and integral part of The University of Nottingham. All teaching is carried out in English and the degrees awarded are University of Nottingham degrees. A range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and opportunities are available for students wishing to study in China.
The University is delighted to have been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise (International Trade) in 2006 in recognition of its innovation in establishing campuses overseas.
For further information visit the University’s website at www.nottingham.edu.cn