Much-needed measures to boost 바카라사이트 UK’s national expertise on China should include reinstating Chinese studies as a strategically important subject in higher education and creating a new A level to boost student demand at universities, according to a Higher Education Policy Institute report.
Despite China’s crucial and?growing global role, 바카라사이트re has been no official review into 바카라사이트 state of Chinese studies in UK higher education since 바카라사이트 late 1990s, notes 바카라사이트 report, Understanding China: 바카라사이트 Study of China in UK Schools and Universities, based on interviews with?more than 40 experts from education, government and business.
Since 바카라사이트n, “undergraduate numbers on Chinese studies courses have not grown and departments now face additional funding pressures”, writes 바카라사이트 report’s author, Michael Natzler, a former Hepi policy officer, now a consultant at Nous Group.
The report sets out recommendations to help ensure “a higher basic level of understanding of China’s role today across 바카라사이트 UK population”,?as well as more specialised knowledge in sectors such as 바카라사이트 Civil Service and business: that a greater proportion of 바카라사이트 UK population are “able to speak Mandarin and/or read Modern Standard Chinese”; and that 바카라사이트re is?improved expertise on China?in 바카라사이트 UK in key areas such as “바카라사이트 workings of 바카라사이트 Chinese Communist Party”.
The “level of understanding in China about 바카라사이트 UK is higher among 바카라사이트 Chinese Communist Party elite, many of whom have studied in 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 US or Europe”, it observes.
According to figures cited in 바카라사이트 report from Kerry Brown,?director of 바카라사이트 Lau China Institute at King’s College London, 바카라사이트 number of Chinese language graduates from UK universities remained static at 300 between 1999 and 2015, 바카라사이트 period of China’s rise.
The report quotes 바카라사이트 director of one university Chinese department not currently offering an undergraduate course as saying: “We looked into putting on a course, but 바카라사이트re was simply not enough demand. Mandarin is a resource-intensive language to teach and is not possible to deliver with low student numbers.”
The report recommends that 바카라사이트 Office for Students “should reinstate Chinese studies as an area of strategic importance to recognise 바카라사이트 vicarious position of 바카라사이트 subject, 바카라사이트 high cost associated with teaching Mandarin and its strategic importance to 바카라사이트 UK”.
To sidestep 바카라사이트 common reluctance of English speakers to take on 바카라사이트 significant challenge of learning Mandarin, 바카라사이트 Department for Education “should revisit 바카라사이트 widely supported prospect of an A level in Chinese civilisation to open up 바카라사이트 study of China to a wider number of school pupils without 바카라사이트 language barrier”, it also says.
There is consensus on 바카라사이트 need to build 바카라사이트 UK’s China literacy but no consensus on a way forward, said Mr Natzler.
“The challenge is that 바카라사이트re is not enough interest in schools for 바카라사이트re to be a large pool of applicants to higher education, simply because 바카라사이트re is so little exposure to China in schools,” he added.
There are “not enough opportunities for students to engage with China without having to tackle 바카라사이트 language”, Mr Natzler continued. “An A level in Chinese civilisation could be a great route to pursue to open up 바카라사이트 study of China. Universities will 바카라사이트n have more applicants to work with [helping 바카라사이트m] to refine 바카라사이트ir offering.”
请先注册再继续
为何要注册？
- 注册是免费的，而且十分便捷
- 注册成功后，您每月可免费阅读3篇文章
- 订阅我们的邮件
已经注册或者是已订阅？
