2nd Chinese Competition of Charitable Projects & Business Innovations for UK University Students (2021) Preliminary Selection Notice
In order to promote the development of business Chinese teaching in the UK universities, stimulate UK university students’ potential in business innovation and encourage them to care, participate and advocate charitable projects, based on the successful running of the 1st Business Chinese Competition for UK University Students held in 2020 with contestants participating from SOAS, University of London, University of Manchester and University of Birmingham, the 2nd Chinese Competition of Charitable Projects & Business Innovations for UK University Students will be held online in April 2021
1.Organiser: The Centre for Language Education and Cooperation, UK
2. Competition: 2nd Chinese Competition of Charitable Projects & Business Innovations for UK University Students (2021)
3. Date: 10th April 2021 (Saturday)
4. Format: Zoom Online
5. Contestants’ Qualifications: ² Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students studying at schools, faculties, departments, Confucius Institutes and language centers of UK universities and people who take part-time courses, short courses and/or evening classes at UK universities in 2020 to 2021. ² The participants mother tongue is not Chinese.
6. Theme: Topics that are related to charitable projects and business innovations, including but not limited to charitable projects, business plans, product introductions, introduction of companies and enterprises, business cases and market research.
There is a preliminary selection organized by the Scottish Confucius Institute for Business and Communication at Heriot-Watt University. If you are successful with the preliminary selection, you will represent SCIBC at HWU and attend the online competition on April 10th 2021. The details of the April 10th competition can be found on our website as a separate document.
Preliminary selection:
The preliminary selection process includes two stages.
Stage 1: You are invited to submit a 3-5 minute video of you giving your business presentation (in Chinese) to Confuciusinstitute@hw.ac.ukby 3pm on Tuesday 16th February.
Stage 2: You will receive an invitation to attend a 5 minute Q&A session (based on your business presentation) by 5pm on 17th February if you have been selected to enter stage 2. The Q&A session will take place between 11am to 1pm on 18th Friday so it is important that you tentatively block off the time slot on 18th in advance.It is important to note that you should not read your presentation from a written script but you should deliver a presentation. The evaluation is based on the language, its content and how well you present it. When you submit your video, please also include the following information in your email: Your name, your affiliation with SCIBC or HWU e.g. which department you are from, which programme you are currently studying and/or which course you attended.
Help from SCIBC
SCIBC will provide help and support to prepare for 10th April competition.
Enquiries: Confuciusinstitute@hw.ac.uk