SCEN Update March 2024
SCOTTISH SCHOOLS MANDARIN READING COMPETITION
Friday 7 June 2024
The Ramshorn, University of Strathclyde, 98 Ingram Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 1EX (10 minutes on foot from Queen Street station).
SCEN is hosting this unique event which provides an exceptional opportunity for students to showcase their Mandarin reading skills. We strongly encourage students in your school to participate in this exciting competition. It is a wonderful chance for students to engage with the Chinese language in a competitive yet supportive environment promoting both linguistic and cultural exchange.
For further details on this competition, and to access the registration form, please see the buttons below.
Please return the completed forms to admin@scen.info by 4 pm on 17 May 2024.
NUMBERS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED DUE TO VENUE CAPACITY SO PLEASE ENSURE TO REGISTER EARLY
If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact admin@scen.info
SCEN LECTURE 2024
“REMAKING THE CHINESE WELFARE STATE: TOWARDS COMMON PROSPERITY?”Thursday
20 June 2024
Speaker: Professor Jane Duckett, Chair of Politics, University of Glasgow, specialising in Chinese politics and social policy.
Venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 – 26 George Street, Edinburgh (10 minutes on foot from Waverley Station)
Registration: 5 p.m.
Lecture: 6 pm
Networking Event: 7 pm
This will be a unique opportunity for SCEN members, friends and a wider community interested in contemporary China to meet informally and network towards the end of the current academic year.
The event is free – however pre-registration through Eventbrite is compulsory. We shall notify you shortly when Eventbrite registration becomes available.
ERIC LIDDELL 100
SCEN is supporting the events associated with the Eric Liddell 100 celebrations. The celebrations feature a number of activities led by the Eric Liddell Community in Edinburgh and Chief Executive John Macmillan (also Advisory Council member of SCEN). Activities include exciting new school resources.
YOUTH VOICE WITHIN SCEN
Youth Voice within SCEN, now led by SCEN Trustee Juliet Presly, is developing plans for student participation across schools. Juliet, together with her student and teacher colleagues at Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, are preparing a video showcasing the school’s approach to learning Chinese – and encouraging other schools and young people to develop something similar in their own schools. SCEN will disseminate such videos through our website and other media.
RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE LEARNING ABD TEACHING OF MANDARIN IN SCHOOLS IN SCOTLAND
Publication of this important research is imminent and we shall update you as soon as it is available.
UPCOMING DATES...
SCEN TEACHING CLUB
Next meeting scheduled for Friday, 31 May 2024, on line at 3.30pm. Acting Chair is Dr Zhu Zhu, University of Aberdeen, while Lynnette Doherty is on parental leave. For further details about the Club and how to take part, please contact admin@scen.info.
SCEN ADVISORY COUNCIL
Friday,10 May 2024, on line at 2:00pm.
Please enjoy your Spring break as you prefer for the final term of the current academic year!
Best wishes to you all,
Simon Macaulay
Chair
SCEN
