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SCEN Update September 2024
News on the SCEN Youth Summit and Mandarin Speaking Competition 2025, SCEN Lecture 2025, Youth voice within SCEN, SCEN Events in Schools, ERIC LIDDELL 100, and Upcoming SCEN CTC Meeting and Advisory Council Meeting.
SCEN Lecture 2024 - Recording Now Available
On the 20 June 2024, we held our second SCEN Lecture. Professor Jane Duckett spoke of China’s socio – economic development trajectory over the past quarter century.
SCEN Update JUNE 2024
News on the 2024 Scottish Schools Mandarin Speaking Competition, SCEN Lecture 2024, ERIC LIDDELL 100, Youth Voice within SCEN, and upcoming meetings.
SCEN Update April 2024
News on the Scottish Schools Mandarin Reading Competition, SCEN Lecture, ERIC LIDDELL 100, Youth Voice within SCEN, Research Project on the learning and teaching of mandarin in schools accorss Scotland and upcoming meetings.
SCEN Update March 2024
News on the Scottish Schools Mandarin Reading Competition, SCEN Lecture, ERIC LIDDELL 100, Youth Voice within SCEN, Research Project on the learning and teaching of mandarin in schools accorss Scotland and upcoming meetings.
SCEN Update February 2024
News on the Chinese New Year Concert at Usher Hall, research project on the learning and teaching of mandarin in schools across Scotland, and upcoming events & meetings.
SCEN April 2023 Update
SCEN update on the Youth Summit, Highland Hub School Youth Event, and Mandarin Teaching Research Project.
SCEN Update February 2023
News on the 9th SCEN Youth Summit & Scottish Schools Mandarin Reading Competition, as well as a Youth Event at Grantown Grammar School, and upcoming meetings.
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.
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.
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.
SCEN March 2022 Update
An update from SCEN on recent events, upcoming meetings, the appointment of a new SCEN Trustee, and more.
SCEN January 2022 Update
This update discusses the latest SCEN report, Youth Voice, and thanks Jack Simpson for all his work in taking forward the Mandarin agenda.
SCEN November 2021 Update
SCEN is pleased to say that we have recently been involved in the organisation of our first live events since November 2019…
SCEN September-October Update
SCEN is working with a number of schools on the organisation of local events to celebrate and promote the learning and teaching of Mandarin. The intention is to reach young people across Scotland who are learning, or who wish to learn, Mandarin.
Welcome to the New SCEN Website
Welcome to the new SCEN website, designed to be more accessible, informative, and user friendly. The website hosts information about SCEN and its work, as well as from our partner bodies involved in the teaching of Mandarin across Scotland.
The Fourth Conference on Chinese Teaching in Scotland
The Fourth Conference on Chinese Teaching in Scotland is a free half-day event and a series of three workshops throughout September.