Semester 2 Course Timetable
2023-2024 CI Course Timetable
We are excited to announce the new courses for this coming semester. Please see the 2023-2024 timetable for the Confucius Institute courses below.
Double Third Festival – Video Now Available!
Double Third Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, celebrated on the third day of third lunar month. Our team has created a video for you to enjoy & learn about what this time of the year means in the Chinese culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMxKTsTCS2A
Second Year Student Represented HWU in the Business Chinese Competition!
On the 10th of April, UK students from the top business Chinese-focused universities competed online in the Chinese Competition of Charitable Project & Business Innovations for UK University. Luke Reid, a second-year undergraduate of LINCS represented Heriot-Watt University to participate in the competition. With his innovative business presentation and excellent performance in the Q&A Session, he achieved the seventh place […]
John Thomson: Intrepid Traveller and his Photographic Collection Survival
Don’t miss this new event by Heriot-Watt University on March 30! John Thomson’s ground-breaking work in Asia established him as a pioneer of photojournalism and one of the most influential photographers of his generation. His collection of glass negatives travelled back with him to London in 1872. Exhibition curator Betty Yao MBE will explore his […]
Our Teacher in the Chinese Teaching Competition UK Finals!
We are delighted to announce our former volunteer teacher Mr Ji Wu will participate in the Chinese Teaching Competition UK Finals on behalf of SCIBC. Ji worked as a Chinese volunteer teacher at Heriot-Watt in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic years. He won the second price in the Scotland Chinese Teaching Competition on 17th July 2021 […]
Chinese New Year Video Release by Our Partners at ETAG
Watch this colourful video about Chinese New Year celebrations 2022 in Edinburgh:
Asia’s Global Financial Centre – Hong Kong in the 21st Century
Our colleagues at the Asia Scotland Institute will host a panel from the HK Financial Services Development Council to discuss Hong Kong as a global financial centre, with perceptions of the city as a business centre from a panel of senior business leaders in the financial services sector. The panel members will talk about how they consider […]
Chinese New Year Concert Video Now Available!
We are delighted to once again welcome musicians from the Rainbow Music Society of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics to bring a selection of musical pieces including traditional Chinese folk music and chorus performances to celebrate the Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger. The society consists of 20 musicians who will play […]
Introducing Year of the Tiger
We are about to celebrate the Eve of the Chinese New Year, and we would like you to meet the Tiger! Watch this video to find out about the origins of this Chinese Zodiac animal and learn how to appease the Tiger in 2022.