UCEC, in partnership with Beijing Normal University’s Education Training Centre, was proud to host a group of 20 distinguished Chinese school teachers and headteachers for a 13-day Oxford University Certificate programme. Running from 21st March to 2nd April 2026, the programme was designed specifically for experienced educators: people who lead schools, shape curricula, and develop teachers in China’s primary and secondary sectors.
The programme was structured around some of the most pressing questions in contemporary education: how do you build a rigorous and effective teacher training system? How do you design a curriculum that develops the whole person? What can Chinese educators learn from — and teach — their British counterparts? The itinerary addressed these questions head-on, combining school visits, academic lectures, and structured dialogue.
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The programme closed with group presentations, at which participants shared their “action plans” — concrete commitments to changes they intended to bring back to their schools in China. It was a format that reflected UCEC’s philosophy: that the value of international education exchange lies not in the visit itself, but in what participants do with it when they return home.
UCEC was grateful to all the academic partners, school hosts, and colleagues at Beijing Normal University’s Education Training Centre who made this programme possible. It is precisely this kind of senior, substantive, practitioner-focused exchange that demonstrates what UK-China education cooperation can achieve at its best. 
